Research shows having community gardens in schools can decrease student stress, decrease negative emotions, give students a sense of calmness, etc. This project explores why a community garden is beneficial and how to start a community garden. This project focuses on feasibility at Basis Oro Valley, but could be modified to fit any school. The thesis is comprised of a manual that includes different plants and produce to be included in the garden, lesson plans for educators to use to enhance the overall educational experience and bring the garden into the classroom, bonus materials, different garden resources, and a literature review for students and educators to use as further reading.

Unintended consequences occur in the supply chain process when managers fail to fully prepare for the social and environmental outcomes of their initiatives. By analyzing these unintended consequences, we are better prepared to make supply chain initiatives that are truly sustainable for all. This paper utilizes a model developed by Dr. Carter and Dr. Kaufmann which creates a mutually exclusive and exhaustive framework in order to fully develop the relationship between intended and unintended consequences. Furthermore, paradox theory is implemented in order to refine the differences between intended and unintended outcomes to create a clearer understanding. Over the course of this paper, real world examples will be utilized from company social responsibility reports in order to populate and explain the matrix. Through this work, we show how companies take on a broad range of actions with outcomes varying from positive to negative. We expect that through this paper, we can make this topic more easily understood so that further research and understanding can be achieved.