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New Leaf Sustainability: Alternative Paper

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New Leaf was founded with the mission to address the environmental, health, and sustainability consequences of paper production today. We explored the sourcing and foundations of paper needs, supporting our assumption that paper can be created from agricultural waste. We solidified a business plan using agricultural waste after considerable sourcing…

New Leaf was founded with the mission to address the environmental, health, and sustainability consequences of paper production today. We explored the sourcing and foundations of paper needs, supporting our assumption that paper can be created from agricultural waste. We solidified a business plan using agricultural waste after considerable sourcing research and expert and consumerism input. We determined that using forest foliage that is a potential fire hazard from a national forest could be used as a source to make alternative paper as well as contribute to sustainability efforts.

ContributorsCoon, Chantel (Author) / Frechette, Joseph (Co-author) / Herzog, Tighe (Co-author) / Tryon, Matthew (Co-author) / Taylor, Kenzie (Co-author) / Byrne, Jared (Thesis director) / Larson, Wiley (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Department of Supply Chain Management (Contributor) / Dean, W.P. Carey School of Business (Contributor)

Created2023-05

New Leaf Sustainability: Alternative Paper

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New Leaf was founded with the mission to address the environmental, health, and sustainability consequences of paper production today. We explored the sourcing and foundations of paper needs, supporting our assumption that paper can be created from agricultural waste. We solidified a business plan using agricultural waste after considerable sourcing…

New Leaf was founded with the mission to address the environmental, health, and sustainability consequences of paper production today. We explored the sourcing and foundations of paper needs, supporting our assumption that paper can be created from agricultural waste. We solidified a business plan using agricultural waste after considerable sourcing research and expert and consumer input. We determined that forest foliage, a potential fire hazard, could be sourced from national forests and used to make alternative paper as well as contribute to sustainability efforts.

ContributorsFrechette, Joseph (Author) / Coon, Chantel (Co-author) / Herzog, Tighe (Co-author) / Tryon, Matthew (Co-author) / Taylor, Kenzie (Co-author) / Byrne, Jared (Thesis director) / Larson, Wiley (Committee member) / Kneer, Danny (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Department of Marketing (Contributor)

Created2023-05

New Leaf Sustainability: Alternative Paper

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New Leaf was founded with the mission to address the environmental, health, and sustainability consequences of paper production today. We explored the sourcing and foundations of paper needs, supporting our assumption that paper can be created from agricultural waste. We solidified a business plan using agricultural waste after considerable sourcing…

New Leaf was founded with the mission to address the environmental, health, and sustainability consequences of paper production today. We explored the sourcing and foundations of paper needs, supporting our assumption that paper can be created from agricultural waste. We solidified a business plan using agricultural waste after considerable sourcing research and expert and consumerism input. We determined that using forest foliage that is a potential fire hazard from a national forest could be used as a source to make alternative paper as well as contribute to sustainability efforts.

ContributorsTaylor, Kenzie (Author) / Coon, Chantel (Co-author) / Frechette, Joseph (Co-author) / Herzog, Tighe (Co-author) / Tyron, Matthew (Co-author) / Byrne, Jared (Thesis director) / Larsen, Wiley (Committee member) / Kneer, Danny (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Department of Management and Entrepreneurship (Contributor) / College of Health Solutions (Contributor) / Department of Marketing (Contributor)

Created2023-05

New Leaf Sustainability: Alternative Paper

Description

New Leaf was founded with the mission to address the environmental, health, and sustainability consequences of paper production today. We explored the sourcing and foundations of paper needs, supporting our assumption that paper can be created from agricultural waste. We solidified a business plan using agricultural waste after considerable sourcing…

New Leaf was founded with the mission to address the environmental, health, and sustainability consequences of paper production today. We explored the sourcing and foundations of paper needs, supporting our assumption that paper can be created from agricultural waste. We solidified a business plan using agricultural waste after considerable sourcing research and expert and consumerism input. We determined that using forest foliage that is a potential fire hazard from a national forest could be used as a source to make alternative paper as well as contribute to sustainability efforts.

ContributorsTryon, Matthew (Author) / Frechette, Joseph (Co-author) / Herzog, Tighe (Co-author) / Taylor, Kenzie (Co-author) / Coon, Chantel (Co-author) / Byrne, Jared (Thesis director) / Larson, Wiley (Committee member) / Kneer, Danny (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / School of Accountancy (Contributor)

Created2023-05

Green Halo Cases.

DescriptionCreation of a biodegradable phone case business, "Green Halo Cases".

ContributorsPollard, Oscar (Author) / Rakolta, Mikayla (Co-author) / Curtin, Erika (Co-author) / Byrne, Jared (Thesis director) / Lee, Christopher (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Industrial, Systems & Operations Engineering Prgm (Contributor)

Created2024-05

Green Halo Cases

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Creation of a biodegradable phone case business, "Green Halo Cases".

ContributorsRakolta, Mikayla (Author) / Curtin, Erika (Co-author) / Pollard, Oscar (Co-author) / Byrne, Jared (Thesis director) / Lee, Christopher (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Computer Science and Engineering Program (Contributor)

Created2024-05

Devil Crate - Changing the Food Culture at ASU Tempe

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There are issues at the Arizona State University Tempe campus with the culture of food and many of these issues stem from the dining halls. To determine the extent of this problem, our group conducted research on the Tempe campus through student surveys and in person discussions. What we found…

There are issues at the Arizona State University Tempe campus with the culture of food and many of these issues stem from the dining halls. To determine the extent of this problem, our group conducted research on the Tempe campus through student surveys and in person discussions. What we found were limitations in both the healthy options and hours of operations at the dining halls. Students also showed general dissatisfaction with their diets. Our solution is the Devil Crate, a subscription box that conveniently delivers healthy food along with a personal touch. The recipes, health information and tips inside the subscription box are given to motivate students to eat healthy. We also realized that this solution could potentially solve another issue facing our community, which is food waste. The sustainably sourced food allows the price of Devil Crate to be lowered while eliminating the waste of produce. Once this solution was formulated, a test trial was conducted to measure the demand for such a product among students. The Devil Crate was produced, sold, and delivered to 2 students, both of whom were pleased and willing to recommend Devil Crate to others. The end goal is to incorporate Devil Crate into the meal plans to offer more options in this limited food environment and promote healthy eating among students.

ContributorsDemangone, Michael Richard (Co-author) / Pham, Emily (Co-author) / Anderson, Andrew (Co-author) / Van Vleck, Calista (Co-author) / Byrne, Jared (Thesis director) / Sebold, Brent (Committee member) / School of Human Evolution & Social Change (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)

Created2020-05

Engaging Organization Members Through Tailored Sustainable Competitions

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As ASU students, we saw that our peers had opinions regarding sustainable issues, but did not feel like their voices were being heard by the university. We saw a space we could fill to promote engagement and let students know that they could participate in finding sustainable solutions to…

As ASU students, we saw that our peers had opinions regarding sustainable issues, but did not feel like their voices were being heard by the university. We saw a space we could fill to promote engagement and let students know that they could participate in finding sustainable solutions to problems they faced around campus. This created our venture which works to promote engagement through sustainable solutions. We ran a successful competition with students and local professionals by focusing on sustainability topics students were interested in. Promoting engagement can often come across as disingenuous and thus serve the opposite effect of its function. By centering around the topic of tailored sustainability related competitions, we can direct goodwill to the organizations by harnessing the positive feelings individuals have toward sustainability topics.

ContributorsDesmond, Sarah C (Co-author) / Williams, Brock (Co-author) / Byrne, Jared (Thesis director) / Miller, Clark (Committee member) / Department of Marketing (Contributor) / Department of Finance (Contributor) / School of Life Sciences (Contributor) / Department of Information Systems (Contributor) / Dean, W.P. Carey School of Business (Contributor) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor)

Created2020-05

Devil’s Harvest: A Solution to the ASU Food Desert

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This paper outlines cumulative research on food deserts in relation to college students; namely, that there are communities classified as food deserts because significant numbers of the population lack access to grocery stores selling fresh produce or other goods normally called “healthy.” These areas are often also food swamps, or…

This paper outlines cumulative research on food deserts in relation to college students; namely, that there are communities classified as food deserts because significant numbers of the population lack access to grocery stores selling fresh produce or other goods normally called “healthy.” These areas are often also food swamps, or areas with intense access to sugar-dense, high-fat foods. Research as a whole suggests that three considerations primarily drive food insecurity for individuals caught in these food deserts: lack of access to a personal vehicle, low income or prohibitively expensive healthy foods, and personal education or culture (Wright et al., 2016). College students both fit into the geographical food deserts and are individuals who tend to have a worrying level of food insecurity (Kim, 2018). It is costly to make adjustments to entire environments to rid communities of food desert characteristics, and it is not always potent enough to end food insecurity or malnutrition; instead, it can be much more effective to focus on individuals within communities and help push cultures into a better direction. This project demonstrates that ASU students are experiencing food dissatisfaction and are in a food desert worthy of attention and action, and that students are motivated to see a solution. The solution that the paper focuses on is a food delivery system of fresh produce and foods for students, which addresses the three drivers of individual food deserts discussed by Wright et al. (2016).  

ContributorsReyes, Marina (Author) / Gailey, Timothy (Co-author) / Hailey, Lauren (Co-author) / Raghuraman, Vidya (Co-author) / Byrne, Jared (Thesis director) / Satpathy, Asish (Committee member) / Balven, Rachel (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / The Design School (Contributor) / The Sidney Poitier New American Film School (Contributor) / Department of Marketing (Contributor) / Department of Management and Entrepreneurship (Contributor)

Created2022-05

Founders Lab Thesis: Patchwork Apparel

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Our group examined the low rate of clothing utilization in the fashion industry. Fast fashion has contributed to this low rate of utilization, as well as the high amounts of textiles that end up in landfills. Our startup, Patchwork Apparel, was designed to address this problem. Our clothes were made…

Our group examined the low rate of clothing utilization in the fashion industry. Fast fashion has contributed to this low rate of utilization, as well as the high amounts of textiles that end up in landfills. Our startup, Patchwork Apparel, was designed to address this problem. Our clothes were made with fabric scraps or donated textiles that would otherwise end up in landfills. The mission of our business was to develop trendy and sustainable apparel that helped to eliminate textile waste while staying on brand with current fashion trends.

ContributorsEspinosa, Karly (Author) / Bolas, Brandon (Co-author) / Schalla, Freya (Co-author) / Rebe, Breanna (Co-author) / Byrne, Jared (Thesis director) / Lee, Christopher (Committee member) / Barrett, The Honors College (Contributor) / Harrington Bioengineering Program (Contributor)

Created2022-05

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