Past Projects

2019/2020

• Mapping Community Desire for Friendly Streets Bailey Chenier, Hannah Feldman, Teresa Rogalinski
  • Summary Report
• Piloting A Bicycle Buddy Program Rana Biabani, Mateo Orrantia, Molly Parker
• The Green Room Certification in Residence Program: Energy, Water, and Transportation Dorsai Boreshnavard, Nava Najafabadipoor, Lisa Putter
• The Green Room Certification in Residence Program: Food and Waste Meghna Annapoorna, Anchana Kuganesan,  Kavian Taghizadeh
• Catering Sustainable Events at McMaster Belinda Tam, Mehrdad Janatyan
• Hungry for Knowledge: Student Food Insecurity at McMaster Amir Reihani, Elian Shoukry,  Rose Yazdan-Parast
• Greening The Grind Cole Badiani, Kunwar Karim, Vivienne Lee
• Compostable Containers and Cutlery Aylise Cooke, Farnaz Keshavarz, Clémence Petit
• Sustainable Enhancement of the Essential Utensils Kit Ihtisham Ahmad, Eric Andreacchio, Arvin Sekhon
• Eliminating Single-use Plastic Bags at the McMaster Campus Store Hugo Foraison, Hargun Grewal, Atiya Iqbal
• Trash to Treasure: A Process for IT Collection, Reuse, and Donation Simran Saini, Clare Benson,  Abanoub Gaber
• IT Collection, Reuse, and Donation: Communication and Engagement Mehran Janatyani, Claire Logeais, Shunmathi Shanmugam
• Community Permaculture Lab Marvel Ekwuribe, Teagan Konig-Hession, Clara Myhrman Nilsson
• Sustainability Day Tree Planting and Student Education Aniqa Chaudhry, Mubariz Maqsood,  Karan Taghizadeh
• The Solitary Bee Project Kevin Mattes, Robert Sager,  Isaac Yeung

2018/2019

• Reduce Food Packaging Waste at McMaster Stefania Abbatangelo, Natalie Ciancone
• Upcycling Jute Coffee Sacks with Detour Coffee Roasters: Reusable Bags Manjyot Kainth, Brandon Lebel, Gurinder Sandhu
• Upcycling Jute Coffee Sacks with Detour Coffee Roasters: GTJ Coffee Sleeves Josephine Agueci, Gabrielle Gonsalves, Taddeo Moretti
• Waste Free Champions: Essential Utensils Kit Sabrina Dasouki, Billy Olds, Kristal Ramnarine
• Trees for Hamilton Philippe Alves, Eric Howarth, Erin Nunn
• Catering Sustainable Events at McMaster Lina Abril, Madeleine Seatle, Thomas Siuda
• Students Supporting Students Through the Gig Economy Anita Bharji, Janelle Treash, Shannon Wu
• Towards a Sustainable Campus: Green Room Certification (GRC) in Residence Katelynn Blowe, Kathy Xie
• Mother Nature’s Minions in Residence Navjot Mann, Alexander Mo
• No Lunch Money: Enhancing Student Engagement and Participation Myra Gobitharan, Dominika Piskorz, Shirin Talebi
• Junk Jam: Keeping Green Spaces Clean with Proper Waste Management Practices Natalie Ciancone, Bri Conn, Locky Flaherty
• Hamilton Sustainable City Tour: Path Towards a Sustainable Future Maral Aminaei, Elise Durie, Ciaran Egan
• Hungry for Knowledge Student Food Insecurity at McMaster University An’am Sherwani, Asha Smith, Garry Vinayak
• Identifying Barriers to Indigenoue Inclusion Jonathon Jin, Monica Sadik, Trey McLeod
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• Attitudes, Behaviours, and Strategies to Reducing Undergraduate Food Waste Alexandrea Johnston, Josh Yachouh

• The Role of Truck Traffic on the Health of Uran Cyclists in Hamilton Glenda Chiu
• Implementing Smart City Solutions to Improve Hamilton Transportation Erin Varey
• Hungry For Knowledge: Student Experiences of Food Insecurity at McMaster University Diana Williams 

2017/2018

• Promoting Opportunities in the Gig Economy to Secondary School Students Hamad Akram, Jonathan La, Erin Varey, Victoria Wong
• Ment-it: Cultivating Mentorships and Community in an Ambitious City Avasarala Anjini Varsha, Degiorgio-Daley Brandon, Gillia-Adelman Camilla, Lavigne Brady,
• Seedy Saturday Molly Bradford, Rachel Brennan, Stephanie Bysice, Ana Rivera
• The Block Party: A Strategy For Community Engagement Codey Boers, Sabrina Musto, Zoe Shepherd, Jennifer Tian 
• Cycle Hamilton: Linking Industries and Forging Value Wilfred Bao, Stephen Folorunsho, Joy Park
• Reducing Barriers to SoBi Use on Campus Connor MacLean, Trey McLeod, Udari Premachandra, Amanda Reale
• Designing a Mobile Greenhouse Daniella Giardetti, Nicholas Moss, Simran Sharma, Emily Siskos
• Exploring Ways to Distribute Excess Food For Consumption Riya Mistry, Simren Rai, Nikhita Stoimenov
• Sustainable Action to Reduce Electronic Waste in the McMaster Community Breanne Lyons, Diana Zuniga,Tanzim Hoque, Zil Nasir
• Food Waste At Mac: Sustainable Composting Initiative Alicia Giannetti, Amber van Druten, 
• Implementing a Reusable Takeout Container: The Eco-To-Go Program Mohammad Abdul Aziz, Gloria Ko, Abigail Little, Carolyn Stearns
• Growing Bridges Muhammed Aydın, Katheleen Eva, Jay Krause, Ikra Saeed
• Wellness and Engagement in CityHousing Hamilton Robert Etherington, Zoë Grant, Coomal Rashid, Gagandeep Saini
• Sustainable Submissions Standards in Science Talia Moretti  
• Evaluation of a Novel Food Recovery Program John Vu
• Evaluation of Electric Waste Recycling at McMaster University Karen Taggar
• Tree Planting at Fifty Point Conservation Area Anita Bharji

2016/2017

• Improving on Campus Bike Share Zaeem Kibria, Tyler Marr, Mehant Parkash, Erin Sinclair, Angela Xie
• Cycling Advocacy Week Akeel Ali, Danielle de Laat, Zoe Grant, Yasa Ibragimova, Michael Romaniuk
• Cycling Demographics in Hamilton Robert Etherington, Patricia Kousoulas, Nathania Ofori, Coomal Rashid, Aisha Ikra Saeed
• Hamilton Cycling Gap Analysis Robbyn Darling, Waleed Dhillon, Fiona McGill, Rachel Medved, Maria Wolos
• Food Waste in Halton Region Dalton Budhram, Amy Dang, Maryam Davari, Jovana Jovanovic, Zarwa Saqib
• Hydrogen Energy in the 21st Century Raisa Ahmed, Natalie Cranston, Dalia Nasser, Emily Urban, Shira Weiss
• Local Food at McMaster: Bridging the Gap Between Farm and Campus Aedammair Dunleavy, Rhys Thomas, Vyshnavi Mahendran, Shaera Rahim, Louise Twells
• New Fee for Stormwater Management in Hamilton Daljeet Cheema, David Gowland, Sophia Silverton
• Sustainability Professionals Network: Sustainability Plan Dina Hamed, Danielle Hudson, Matthew Li, Isa Mulder, Nicole Vasarevic
• Sustainability in Action: Supporting Community Campus Partnerships Natalie Charette, Jeevika Goyal, Bakht-Awar Khan, Jacob Lee, Natalie Phung, & Carol Tang
• Active Transportation To and From Elementary School  Syed Ali Haider Zaidi, Sandra Hernandez, Hayya Usmani, Jasmine Wong
• Athenium Evolution: The New Age of Academic Libraries Areeba Amer, Mohamed Mahfouz, Agamsharan Patel
• Volunteering in Hamilton Through Smart Phone Technology  Adam Chiaravalle, Manprit Kaur, Midhat Malik, Andre Marini, Edwin Wong
• Role of Public Participation in the Waste Management System  Samantha Chow 
• Effects of Infrastructure Improvement on Waste Diversion  Wayne Cutinha 
• Parking to Paradise: Communication and Community Engagement Reyna Matties, Danielle Hudson

2015/2016

• City of Hamilton Bike Parking Inventory and Analysis Tabbish Aziz, Matthew Halleran, Agstya Kaul, Tom Yang
• Communicating Sustainability in a Healthcare Setting Ahmad Zubair Banoor, Joshua Del Gobbo & Srishti Harnal 
• Community Carshare at McMaster Rubaid Dhillon, Amanul Haque, Sushen Talwar & Dillon Phoenix
• Halton Consumer Food Waste Advocacy Team: Promoting Conscious Consumption Sarah Dzin, Sohana Farhin, Agatha Maciaszek, Varun Muddaluru & Aheen Mukherjee
• Hamilton Burlington Trails Geetha Ramachandran, Ibrahim Kareemi, Jasmine Wong, Kritika Badhan & Neil Reu 
• Random Acts of Kindness Omar Balbaa, Charlie Coe & Sandra Hernandez
• Random Act of Kindness Day (RAK): McMaster Outreach Morgan Brauer, Hannah Hinchey & Jonathon Tonietto    Hussain Abbas, Duncan Chambers, Liana Glass, Luc Hains & Jordan MacCarthy-Tilley 
• Small Farm Biodiversity and Pollinator Habitat Hussain Abbas, Duncan Chambers, Liana Glass, Luc Hains & Jordan MacCarthy-Tilley 
• Student Attitudes Towards Food Waste Komal Aryal, Aqsa Arshad, Mackenzie Kretz, Nikhil Kumar & Pauline Varona 
• Supporting the Formation of Cycle Hamilton Miranda Babbitt, Christine Luu, Janine Sziklasi, Kelly Yeung & Syed Zaidi
• SustainableJoes EdTEAM Ashley Darch, Andre Marini, Melina Ralph & Hayya Usmani
• SustainableJoes: Making Sustainability Easy Alexandra Crone, Nicole Vandenheuvel, Samantha Wright & Christine Yachouh
• Waste Management at McMaster Medical Center Negin Balaghi, Zaki Bayat, Christian Monti, Mansi Patel & Hiba Shah 

2014/2015

• Bruce Trail Conservancy Community Outreach Project Moeed Ahmed, Jasjit Birk, Danielle Bove, Elise Desjardins, Ingrid Farnell, Christina New, Sofia Romero Gonzalez & Lindsey Wellstead
• Building a Portable Solar Generator Saad Amjad, Aathiq Hameed, Nilushi Kariyawasam, Nabil Khaja & Onkabetse Lekgwere
• Grand & Toy: Student Attitudes Towards Corporate Sustainability Chitmandeep Josan & Warren Viegas
• The Green Red Cup Basmah Ahmed, Cristian Ivascu, Erik Jurriaans, Marijke Jurriaans & Amanda Watkins
• Hamilton Bike Share at McMaster Rachel Brain, Thomas Nokes, Alexandria Rees, Maia Stevenson & Kristina Vucenic
• Local Quinoa Project Crystal Chan, Kimberly Dowell, Ana-Maria Qarri, Julia Redmond & Michael Spencer
• Solar-powered McMaster Aqsha Adam-Haji & Brandon Huzevka
• Textbooks for Change Jeremy Bober, Emily Guan & Matthew Thomson
• Waste Management at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton Anton Gallego, Katya D’Costa, Michael Hissink & Sara Sahota

2013/2014

• Cultural Heritage Project Scott Dawson, Gabriela Gepilano & Holly Thomson
• Electronics Waste Program Aliya Satani & Carolyn Willems
• Getting Your Greens Nicholas Austin, Colin Delsey, Kamal Prasher & Matt Terry
• Growing the Garden Lucia Jara, Scott MacDonald & Chelsi McNeill
• Less Waste More Taste Yaman Al-Nachawati & Brianna Smrke
• Recycling Plastics: Construction of a 3D “Unprinter” Kara Grace Hounsell, Matthew Le Feuve, Eric Phillips-Sheldon & Taha Shoaib
• Small Scale Organic Farming Stephen Clare, Christopher Galano, Ritika Goel & Spencer Imbrogno
• Social Impact Bonds Madeline Lawler, Christopher Raptopoulos & Guang Zheng (Greg) Sun
• Sustainable Fashion Tsering Shrestha
• The Plan “Bee” Initiative Anna Iwanicki, Nashwa Khan, Mark Lee & Mark Westerink
• The Sustain Race Peter Fenlon, Lavinia Ghinea & Hani Ramzan

2012/2013

• McMaster Social Innovation Lab Kathryn Dye & Simon Gooding-Townsend
• Promoting Cardboard Construction Basmah Ahmed, Elizabeth Nagai, Tsering Shrestha & Nickolay Vityuk
• From Farm to Table Narina Jabari & Nauras Jabari
• The Sustainable Hamilton Project Tomasz Diduszko, Jyssika Russell & Ainun Zaria
• Vote with your Wallet Jessica Chen & Sarah Hampson
• Think Bright, Think LED Lavinia Ghinea, Daniel Lochbihler & Adam Milko
• Defining Natural Lands Cristina Silvestri & Steven Tang
• Growing the Garden, Amber Dewar Med Draguceanu, Chelsea Soares & Daniel Walsh
• Beekeeping on Campus Claire Danukarjanto, Daniel Fahey & Trevor Reid
• The Good Tomato Project Ariel Bader-Shamai, Scott MacDonald, Jacob McLean & Mackenzie Rogers
• Healthy Sustainable Eating Jacqueline Brown & Emily Trudeau
• Keith Neighbourhood Community Market Philip Hang
• Bike Repair Station Prashant Patel
• Bike Share System Colin Delsey, Vivek Govardhanam, Raheel Syed & Jason Yeung
• McMaster CAN-BIKE Colin Coon & Victoria Medeiros
• Rain Garden at McMaster Ian Blechta, Emily Ives, Kamal Prasher & Renata Samigullina