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Director’s Corner: Global Warming/Climate Change/Anthropogenic Climate Disruption: What Can We Do that Makes a Difference? Director's CornerNewsletter Archived Updates

Director’s Corner: Global Warming/Climate Change/Anthropogenic Climate Disruption: What Can We Do that Makes a Difference?

“Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved.  It deserves to be a huge priority.”  Bill Gates In many ways, climate change, global warming, anthropogenic climate disruption – whatever you want to call it – is old news.  Old news in that the science has…
Mike Kensler
October 31, 2016
Director’s Corner: Making a Difference Right Where We Are Director's CornerNewsletter Archived Updates

Director’s Corner: Making a Difference Right Where We Are

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”  Theodore Roosevelt Climate change.  The Zika virus.  Terrorism.  These are complex global issues.  As individuals it can seem like there is not much we can do about them.  Actually, there are things we can do like informing ourselves, changing…
Mike Kensler
August 30, 2016
From Earth Day to Sustainability and STARS: Making a Significant Difference Newsletter Archived UpdatesSTARS: Sustainability Tracking Assessment And Rating System

From Earth Day to Sustainability and STARS: Making a Significant Difference

“Auburn University is committed to integrating sustainability into all aspects of the University including: operations, instruction, research and outreach activities.  Auburn University considers sustainability a core value and strives for excellence in sustainability through continuous assessment and improvement.” -- Auburn University Sustainability Policy Statement First Earth Day demonstration in Philadelphia.…
Mike Kensler
April 18, 2016
Director’s Corner: Waste? Humans Invented It. Nature Never Heard of It. Director's CornerNewsletter Archived Updates

Director’s Corner: Waste? Humans Invented It. Nature Never Heard of It.

“Nature doesn’t have a design problem. People do.” ~William McDonough and Michael Braungart in Cradle to Cradle Our mental models, store our internal assumptions about the way the world works, determine how we see and behave in the world.  We accept unexamined assumptions as the way things are, the way…
Mike Kensler
April 7, 2016
Director’s Corner: Transformational Leadership and Megacommunities Director's CornerNewsletter Archived Updates

Director’s Corner: Transformational Leadership and Megacommunities

“Leaders have a significant role in creating the state of mind that is the society….they can conceive and articulate goals that lift people out of their petty preoccupations, carry them above the conflicts that tear society apart, and unite them in pursuit of objectives worthy of their best efforts.” ~John…
Mike Kensler
March 2, 2016
Director’s Corner: Renewable Energy: Things are Changing Fast, and They Need To Director's CornerNewsletter Archived UpdatesSustainable Development Goal 7

Director’s Corner: Renewable Energy: Things are Changing Fast, and They Need To

“We are like tenant farmers, chopping down the fence around our house for fuel, when we should be using nature’s inexhaustible sources of energy—sun, wind, and tide.  I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until…
Mike Kensler
February 3, 2016