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Mike Kensler

Auburn University Signs Pledge to Demonstrate Support for Strong International Climate Action Updates

Auburn University Signs Pledge to Demonstrate Support for Strong International Climate Action

The 2015 UN Climate Change Conference is in Paris. Auburn University recently joined more than 200 other colleges and universities in signing the American Campuses on Climate Pledge.  The White House Council on Environmental Quality organized this effort to demonstrate support in higher education for strong international action on climate…
Mike Kensler
November 20, 2015
Director’s Corner: Reconnecting with Nature: Dropping Cares Like Autumn Leaves Director's CornerUpdates

Director’s Corner: Reconnecting with Nature: Dropping Cares Like Autumn Leaves

 “Time, time, time, see what’s become of me.” - Paul Simon, “A Hazy Shade of Winter”  “ holds that a reconnection to the natural world is fundamental to human health, wellbeing, spirit, and survival.” - Richard Louv, The Nature Principle “Keep close to Nature's heart... and break clear away, once…
Mike Kensler
September 30, 2015
Director’s Corner: The Earth-Friendly, People-Friendly, Two-Wheeled, Human-Powered People Mover Director's CornerUpdates

Director’s Corner: The Earth-Friendly, People-Friendly, Two-Wheeled, Human-Powered People Mover

Sometimes the awesomeness of common devices is taken for granted.  A bicycle is such a device, especially when viewed through the lens of sustainability. A bike tour of all four points of the Sustainability Compass, Nature, Economy, Society, and individual Wellbeing, tells the story. Biking and Nature: It takes far…
Mike Kensler
September 1, 2015
Auburn Earns U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools Award Updates

Auburn Earns U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools Award

Dr. Nanette Chadwick and Mike Kensler accepting the US Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools Award from Department of Education officials. In June of this summer the Director of Academic Sustainability Programs, and Nanette Chadwick, and I traveled to Washington D.C. to receive the U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon…
Mike Kensler
August 13, 2015
Director’s Corner: The Climate Change Conversation: Adapt and Mitigate Director's CornerUpdates

Director’s Corner: The Climate Change Conversation: Adapt and Mitigate

“Climate change: adapting to what we can’t prevent, and preventing what we can’t adapt to.”  Dr. Stephen Schneider, Stanford University “We’re staring down a climate bubble that poses enormous risks to both our environment and economy. The warning signs are clear and growing more urgent as the risks go unchecked. …
Mike Kensler
March 5, 2015
Director’s Corner: Business Must Play a Key Role in Creating a Sustainable Future Director's CornerUpdates

Director’s Corner: Business Must Play a Key Role in Creating a Sustainable Future

“In a world of constrained natural capital, social capital, and human capital, optimizing only return on financial capital imprisons business in the shadow of a distant past.” Arie de Gues, Former executive at Royal Dutch Shell  “We’ve reached a tipping point. Our planet and our society are at risk.  Business…
Mike Kensler
February 5, 2015