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Events SDG13 Videos

Population Connection: Why Family Planning Matters to Climate Change

We invite you to watch our webinar on the connections between climate change and population growth. Our guest Hannah Evans with Population Connection presents the ways in which population growth contributes to and is affected by climate change around the world. It includes several case studies which introduce the concepts…

adminApril 23, 2021

Updates

2020 Executive Summary of Sustainability at Auburn University

We invite you to view our 2020 Executive Summary of Sustainability at Auburn University. The 2020 Executive Summary gives a sense of the history of sustainability at Auburn University. While no means comprehensive, it shows our steady progress in integrating sustainability into our operations, outreach, administration, teaching, and research. The…

adminApril 20, 2021

Events Sustainability in Action Videos

How can Alabama help Solve Climate?

By Meredith Lynch. It has been a long Covid-19 year for all of us. Meanwhile, the planet kept getting hotter, with 2020 tying for the hottest year that humans have ever experienced. What can we do here in Alabama to create climate solutions, while also driving an economic recovery from Covid?  …

adminApril 14, 2021

SDG1 SDG11 SDG6 SDG7 SDG9 Sustainability in Action

Campus Changemaker: Dr. Sweta Byahut

By Chloe McMahon. Dr. Sweta Byahut serves as an Associate Professor and current Director at Auburn’s Community Planning graduate program. She has been teaching at Auburn for nearly nine years. A seasoned urban planner, her passion for sustainable urban development is evident both in her teaching and research. Since she…

adminApril 5, 2021

Guest Posts SDG12

Are You Recycling Correctly? Maybe.

By David Knowles. There are intricacies to waste sorting that we think we understand but we really really do not. Your local recycling program might not accept all recyclable items and putting things in the recycling bin that cannot be recycled will contaminate the recycling stream. This can be confusing,…

adminMarch 24, 2021

SDG7 Sustainability in Action

Campus Changemakers Rob Engle & Scott McClure on energy engineering & designing a more sustainable campus

By Chloe McMahon. Rob Engle and Scott McClure both work as energy engineers for the Department of Facilities Management. The central concern of their work is to ensure that the university is using energy as efficiently as possible. Though this task may seem straightforward enough, they have found that maximizing energy efficiency means having a holistic knowledge about all…

adminMarch 2, 2021

Guest Posts

Campus Race To Zero Waste Encourages Us To Waste Less & Recycle More

By Joan Hicken. Campus Race to Zero Waste Logo Auburn University is participating in the Campus Race to Zero Waste (formerly known as RecycleMania), a friendly competition for colleges and universities to promote waste reduction and recycling to their campus communities, that runs through March 27. During the eight-week tournament,…

adminFebruary 26, 2021

Events Guest Posts

Academic Sustainability Program’s 2021 Fall Line Course (Re)Design Workshop

By Sarah Hamilton. All Auburn University faculty are invited to apply to the Academic Sustainability Program's 2021 Fall Line Course (Re)Design Workshop, to be held May 3-7. Facilitators from the Sustainability Program and the Biggio Center for Teaching and Learning will work closely with a small group of participants to…

adminFebruary 22, 2021

Events Updates

AUtensil Pick-Up & Volunteer Details

Swing by and pick up your reusable AUtensils and ditch the disposbales habit! We will be at the following locations for lunch (L) and dinner (D). Utensils are also available at the Office of Sustainability and Tiger Dining, details below. We need volunteers to hand out reusable AUtensils. It's super…

adminFebruary 15, 2021

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Want to Get Paid While Making a Difference? Apply Now to Join Our Team!

We’re seeking 4 undergraduate students to join our team for the 2021-22 academic year! Students from the Office of Sustainability in Baltimore for the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education conference. We're looking for folks who will apply their knowledge, skills, & talents to individual & team…

adminFebruary 2, 2021