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- Creating a Data Collection Tool for Habitat for Humanity MetroWest/Greater Worcester
- Friendly House: Developing Comprehensive Recommendations to Improve Thermal Comfort
- I AM Dress for Success Worcester: A Video Campaign
- Quinsigamond Community College: Providing Recommendations for Project-Based Learning Implementations
- Seven Hills Foundation: Facilitating Effective Communication
- Worcester Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS): Marketing Campaign for Stigma Free Worcester
- Winter 2019
- Advertising for Advocates: A Project to Bolster Volunteer Recruitment for CASA Worcester County
- Mechanics Hall: Renovation Revival
- Park Spirit of Worcester, Inc.: Evaluating Environmental Justice and Organizational Partnerships for Green Space in Worcester, MA
- Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary: Establishing Engineering in Elementary Instruction
- Fall 2018
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- Abby’s House: An Effective Waste Management Plan for Abby’s House
- Seven Hills Foundation: Assistive Technology Exposition with Planning Guide & Toolkit
- The Boys & Girls Club of Worcester: Developing a STEAM Strategy for the Boys & Girls Club of Worcester
- Worcester Art Museum – Mobile Website
- Worcester Division Of Public Health: Accentuating Accessible Recreation in the Greater Worcester Community
- Winter 2018
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- Spring 2017
- Northborough Composting: A Peri-Urban Land Conflict
- Revealing Worcester’s Hidden Gem: Promoting the East-West Trail
- Seven Hills Foundation: Improving Efficiency for Community Outing Planning
- Worcester Art Museum: Interactive Media in the Medieval Exhibit
- YMCA of Central Massachusetts: Communication at the YMCA
- Winter 2017
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- Habitat for Humanity (HFH): Management of Volunteers and Build Sites Using Technology
- Seven Hills Foundation: Increasing the Accessibility of Assistive Technology
- Worcester Art Museum: Engaging the Visitor with Digital Technology
- YMCA of Central Massachusetts: Helping the Y to Further Integrate Newcomer Populations through Community Engagement & Encouragement
- Winter 2016
- Abby’s House: 40th Anniversary Video
- Habitat for Humanity MetroWest/Greater Worcester: Marketing and Recruiting College Student Volunteers
- Seven Hills Foundation: Assistive Technology Intervention Process
- Worcester Art Museum: Family Accessibility
- Worcester Regional Food Hub: Profitability of a Commercial Kitchen
- Fall 2015
- Spring 2015
- Winter 2015
- Blackstone Canal District Alliance: Combined Sewer Overflow in the Blackstone Canal
- Dismas House: Micro-Wind Turbine Feasibility Study
- Habitat for Humanity ReStore: Weight Estimation Method
- Seven Hills Foundation: Assistive Technology Kit
- Shalom Neighborhood Center: Resource Guide for Immigrants and Refugees
- Worcester Art Museum: Renaissance [remastered] Gallery Evaluation
- Fall 2014
- Spring 2014
- Worcester Earn-A-Bike: Creating an Adaptive Bicycle
- Cost Analysis for Implementing MS4 Permit in Towns of Central Massachusetts
- ReStore Volunteers: A ‘Hand Up’ for the Worcester Community
- Worcester Art Museum: Developing Third Spaces
- Worcester Historical Museum: An Interactive Redesign of the Fuller Gallery
- Fall 2013
- Compliance of Central Massachusetts Municipalities with Stormwater Regulations
- Educational and Interactive Miniature Golf Course for Worcester Historical Museum
- Expanding the Massachusetts Watershed Coalition’s catalog of stormwater Best Management Practices
- Marketing and Fundraising with the African Community Education Program
- Phase II MS4 Permit: Improving Central Massachusetts Stormwater Management
- Worcester Art Museum: Creation of a Green Cafe
- Spring 2013
- Winter 2013
- Fall 2012
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One Planet Living Comes to WPI
Welcome to our team webpage!
Project Overview
We are a group of students from Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) working on our Interactive Qualifying Project (IQP) to bring the global initiative One Planet Living (OPL) to the campus. OPL has 10 sustainability principles that range from zero carbon, to culture and community, to health and happiness. We will be assessing WPI’s current sustainability efforts and collect any relevant data regarding WPI sustainability. Once we have collected and analyzed the relevant data , we will create an integration plan to implement these principles into WPI’s sustainability efforts, making WPI the first One Planet Living college campus in the United States.
For more information about the 10 OPL Principles, visit this website http://www.oneplanetliving.org/index.html
Sponsor
Our sponsor is BioRegional Development Group from London. BioRegional and WWF partnered to create One Planet Living which provides a framework for communities to live sustainably, using one planet’s resources.
To learn more about One Planet Living and BioRegiona, please visit their website http://www.bioregional.com/
Blog
Check out our weekly blog posts to stay updated with our project!
Final Report
The Investigation of the One Planet Living Framework for WPI
Project Video
Below is our team’s project video to convey our experience during the past seven weeks!