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Collaborative Capitalism: Investing in the Future of Your Community Archived UpdatesGuest Blog Posts

Collaborative Capitalism: Investing in the Future of Your Community

Contributed by Brittany Branyon, Program Coordinator, Cary Center Nonprofit Affiliate Program Have you ever heard of collaborative capitalism? Perhaps you’ve heard of social impact investing? Even if you don’t know it by name, surely the concept is familiar. Social impact investing regards investments made into an organization intended to generate…
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April 12, 2019
Welcome AU’s First-Ever, Full-Time Sustainability Instructor Archived Updates

Welcome AU’s First-Ever, Full-Time Sustainability Instructor

Contributed by Dr. Nanette Chadwick, Director of Academic Sustainability Programs Academic Sustainability Programs is delighted to announce the hiring of our first-ever full-time instructor for core courses in AU's sustainability program. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Miriam Wyman, who will teach all sections of SUST 2000 Introduction to Sustainability…
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April 12, 2019
Over 20 Courses Toward the Sustainability Minor Offered this Fall Archived UpdatesGuest Blog Posts

Over 20 Courses Toward the Sustainability Minor Offered this Fall

Post Contributed by Dr. Nanette Chadwick, Director of Academic Sustainability Programs Academic Sustainability Programs has prepared a listing of all courses in the Minor in Sustainability Studies that will be offered this summer and fall semesters, as well as related courses that are not yet officially in the minor. This summer,…
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March 19, 2019
Watch What You Waste Archived UpdatesGuest Blog Posts

Watch What You Waste

Post Contributed by Haley Turner, Psychology & Global Studies Major, Junior at Auburn University We have all heard the saying “reduce, reuse, and recycle” since we were little kids, but do we actually practice what we preach?  This summer I had the incredible opportunity to study abroad in New Zealand…
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March 19, 2019
A Letter to Those Interested in a Sustainable Auburn Archived UpdatesGuest Blog Posts

A Letter to Those Interested in a Sustainable Auburn

Post Contributed by Dan Ballard, PLA, Landscape and Sustainability Division Manager, Department of Public Works, City of Auburn, Alabama In his pivotal essay “Solving for Pattern”, Wendell Berry, the great agronomist, environmental activist, and poet, describes “good” solutions to problems of contemporary agriculture as those that are “in harmony” with…
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March 19, 2019