Gender Equality Requires Parity in Leadership Office Guest Blog PostsSustainable Development Goal 5Sustainable Development Goals

Gender Equality Requires Parity in Leadership

By Steph Shepherd Image created by Roel Fleuren. In 2015 the UN adopted a resolution titled, “Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.” Within the plan, 17 sustainable development goals to were identified, including Goal 5 to “achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”. In the…
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January 7, 2022
Community Garden Water Sustainability Initiative Office Guest Blog PostsSustainable Development Goal 11Sustainable Development Goal 2Sustainable Development Goal 6

Community Garden Water Sustainability Initiative

By Marley Halter. Early this year, the Community Garden at Auburn University (CGAU) Advisory Committee developed a 2021 Water Savings Program. As part of the program, irrigation timers were phased out of use, and garden staff planned to raise awareness of the problem of water waste, and to hold classes…
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December 7, 2021
Alabama, Eradicate the Tampon Tax Office Guest Blog PostsSustainable Development Goal 3Sustainable Development Goal 5

Alabama, Eradicate the Tampon Tax

By Regan Moss. Menstruation is a shared experience for many female-bodied individuals. Despite the normalcy of having a menstrual cycle, pervasive stigmas surrounding female bodies and their functions persist. One of the most notable outcomes of the stigmas associated with periods and menstruators is the economic burden of supporting one’s…
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December 7, 2021
Campus Changemaker: Women’s Initiatives and Gender Equity  Sustainability in ActionSustainable Development Goal 1 - No PovertySustainable Development Goal 17Sustainable Development Goal 5

Campus Changemaker: Women’s Initiatives and Gender Equity 

By Grace Reilein. Dr. Nashira Williams, Director of Women's Initiatives and Gender Equity at Auburn In the world of sustainability, there is the constant reminder that everything is interconnected. For example, when investigating SDG 5 Gender Equality, issues under that goal can be easily connected to poverty, health care and hunger issues, as women and…
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December 7, 2021
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 Office Guest Blog 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
Spaceship Earth & the “Ultimate Life Support System” Director's CornerSustainable Development Goal 14

Spaceship Earth & the “Ultimate Life Support System”

“I am a passenger on the spaceship Earth.” ~ Buckminster Fuller Imagine yourself on the International Space Station (ISS).  You’re up there captivated by views of our beautiful planet, doing experiments, completing assigned tasks, living, and floating weightless.  Hurtling around the world at over 17,000 miles per hour, there is…
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October 4, 2021