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Campus Changemaker: ONE Campaign at Auburn Sustainability in ActionSustainable Development Goal 1 - No Poverty

Campus Changemaker: ONE Campaign at Auburn

By Grace Reilein. Colleges and universities are often the breeding grounds for change. Students and faculty alike come up with innovative solutions to global issues that many individuals face. Students of institutions across the United States are presented with unique opportunities to make a difference, and Auburn University is one such institution. One of these…
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October 28, 2021
Cooperation for Conservation: How Communities that Depend on Coral Reefs are Responding to the Climate Crisis Guest PostsSustainable Development Goal 14Sustainable Development Goal 17

Cooperation for Conservation: How Communities that Depend on Coral Reefs are Responding to the Climate Crisis

By Kelly Dunning. Coral reefs are the most colorful, lively, beautiful locations of life below the water, and yet they are the most threatened. Human burning of fossil fuel for heat, energy, and industry has led to a warming ocean, and with it, corals that turn a bright white color…
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October 5, 2021
When It Rains, It Pours: Sustainability Picnic 2021 EventsSustainable Development Goal 2

When It Rains, It Pours: Sustainability Picnic 2021

By Molly Kilpatrick. Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose, and sometimes it just rains. The Sustainability Picnic was canceled this year due to heavy afternoon rain on Wednesday, August 25, 2021. The annual Welcome Week picnic brings together Auburn students, employees, and community members for a gathering of all things sustainability with free food,…
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September 2, 2021
How Auburn University & Higher Education Can Address Quality Education Guest PostsSustainable Development Goal 11Sustainable Development Goal 4Sustainable Development Goals

How Auburn University & Higher Education Can Address Quality Education

By Miriam Wyman. The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Quality Education recognizes the need to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.”  Quality Education is also highlighted under the U.S. Chapter of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)’s vision for achieving the SDGs through “facilitating…
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August 27, 2021
Orange & Blue Goes Green with Gameday Waste & Recycling Program Guest PostsSustainable Development Goal 12Sustainable Development Goals

Orange & Blue Goes Green with Gameday Waste & Recycling Program

By Joan Hicken. Student volunteers pass out bags to tailgaters to collect plastic bottles and aluminum cans for recycling. College sports are making a commitment to greener practices as part of the growing sports sustainability movement. They support campus-wide environmental goals, provide a platform for environmental education, and signal Auburn…
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August 27, 2021
Where, How, & Why We Learn: Promises of Whole School Sustainability Guest PostsSustainable Development Goal 4Sustainable Development Goals

Where, How, & Why We Learn: Promises of Whole School Sustainability

By Lisa Kensler. Sustainable Development Goal 4 calls for ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all. The targets speak to addressing every aspect of education from equity and teacher quality to facilities and curricula. The systemic challenges facing education and those of us striving to improve it – whether…
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August 24, 2021
The Power of Partnerships to Promote Global Sustainability: The Story of One Alabama Community Guest PostsSustainable Development Goal 1 - No PovertySustainable Development Goal 17Sustainable Development Goal 8

The Power of Partnerships to Promote Global Sustainability: The Story of One Alabama Community

By Hollie Cost. Sixteen years ago, in a bout of insanity, as a full-time professor and mother of two young boys I willingly jumped into local politics. This was motivated by my overwhelming desire, as a self-proclaimed tree-hugger, to create a citywide recycling program in a small town in Alabama…
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August 9, 2021