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At Desert X 2025, guiding visitors through New York artist Sarah Meyohas’s installation featuring “caustics,” light patterns created through refraction by projecting sunlight onto the desert floor, to explore the aesthetic potential within science and art.
Desert X 2025 has enticed visitors to journey in search of extraordinary, site-specific art installations. Each piece, crafted by artists from around the globe, interacts harmoniously with the desert landscape while addressing pressing contemporary issues. https://www.visitgreaterpalmsprings.com/blog/post/desert-x-a-guide-to-the-must-see-installations/
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Highlighting the local environmental issues in the Coachella Valley
https://yli.org/2025/01/the-coachella-valleys-palm-frond-crisis-sustainable-solutions/
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Working with a local urban farming initiative to set up composting bins using waste that was taken from various local businesses and farms in order to provide a more sustainable alternative to landfilling
Using permaculture techniques and composting to combat the environmental impact of palm fronds on residents of the Coachella Valley.
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Explaining how circular economy concepts can work with additive manufacturing to enhance sustainable production to international students from ~15 countries at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Discussing the effectiveness of an integrated air sensor and app combination if utilized in Chinese society to international students from ~15 countries at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China
Published an article discussing how a circular economy could feasibly implemented, alongside a discussion regarding the societal effects of doing so.
Demonstrating DIY air filters to middle school students, Boys and Girls Club
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Demonstrating DIY air filters to middle school students, Boys and Girls Club
Highlighting how nature is the fundamental inspiration of circular concepts, Boys and Girls Club
At California State Water Resources Control Board meeting - talked about the current situation in the Eastern CV, including detailing how Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) must be implemented at the Salton Sea
Selected as the only youth to make a public comment at 2024 Annual Salton Sea Workshop by the California State Water Resources Control Board
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Overview of environment and human - centered design thinking, especially focused on the pros/cons of each, Boys and Girls Club
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Introduced the concept of wishcycling, or when an individual mistakenly recycles something that can't actually be recycled to a diverse audience
Facilitated a session on how landfills demonstrate environmental injustice, Boys and Girls Club
Air Quality and Asthma - Particulate Matter Introduction,
Leading a conversation about general circular practices around the world, Boys and Girls Club
2023
Linear vs Circular Economy Module / Presentation, Boys and Girls Club
Group discussion on how environment - centered design thinking could be applied in innovative ways to positively impact communities, Boys and Girls Club
Delivering a presentation -introducing the basics of a circular economy to middle school students, Boys and Girls Club
Led a presentation on air quality and asthma, Boys and Girls Club
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Considerations surrounding environmental injustice evident within the Coachella Valley, data found via environmental mapping (CalEnviroScreen)
Reviewing the primary implementation methods of the 10 R's of a circular economy, Boys and Girls Club
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Presentation discussing human vs. environment - centered design thinking, Boys and Girls Club
Dual-presentation discussing the correlation of circular economy and environmental justice to a high school audience, Boys and Girls Club
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A presentation discussing the fundamentals of a circular economy
Assembled a cheap, portable, and highly effective air cleaner to combat air quality issues surrounding Salton Sea communities
Exploring the fundamentals of DIY air cleaners
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The Ellen Macarthur Foundation is a key organization of the circularity movement - their website is amazing for understanding circular concepts
Visiting the impaired Salton Sea for a trail hike