Artist Biography
Katherine Tomko will be graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Architecture this May and is very excited to continue her Design passion in the professional world. Originally from Cheshire, CT, Katherine is a very creative individual and has had three amazing internship opportunities in both Connecticut & Massachusetts. She will be continuing working for Kristina Crestin Design, a firm located in Manchester by the Sea, post grad. During her time at Endicott, she has enjoyed studying art & design, meeting wonderful new friends and also studied abroad in Florence, Italy. Katherine would like to take this opportunity to thank her classmates, professors, friends and family for supporting her during her time at Endicott. Go Gulls!
Thesis Abstract
Climate Change is a direct response to human activity. The Process of burning fossil fuels produces greenhouse gases that are negatively affecting climate change, food supply, air pollution, rising sea levels, etc. It is predicted that the effects of climate change will be irreversible within the next 11 years. The average american contributes the most carbon dioxide pollution from transportation as well as heating and cooling their residential homes. What can humans do to evolve their lifestyle and living patterns within a residential community to decrease the devastating consequences of climate change? Baby Boomers as a generation have produced the highest levels of carbon emissions known to mankind. As a generation so uneducated about the effect of climate change, it is believed that with some support this attitude towards the environment can be reversed into a fulfilling transformation in their latter years of life. By supplying Boomers with a community driven, aging in place living facility, with intentions of fulfilling lives with education and environmental action can reverse their contribution to the enormous carbon footprint their generation has created.