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Office Guest Blog Posts Sustainable Development Goal 12

Recycling: It’s a Team Effort

Walmart founder, Sam Walton, said, “We’re all working together; that’s the secret.” Let me tell you about our little secret! At Auburn, we are making a difference in waste reduction at the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) by working together. The CVM has partnered with AU Waste Reduction…

adminAugust 30, 2019

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Dining Goes Greener

Post contributed by Gwen Ward, Campus Dining “Reduce, reuse, recycle” is the first thing we’re taught about creating and maintaining a sustainable world. In our very earliest years, we’re taught that we are responsible for the impact we make. At Campus Dining, we’re diligently working to minimize the impact we…

adminAugust 29, 2019

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Want to Help Improve Cycling on Campus? Here’s Your Chance!

We know how Aubie feels about biking at Auburn, but what about you? Do you have ideas on how bicycling programs and facilities on campus might be improved? Are there things we’re already doing in relation to cycling that you appreciate? Now’s your chance to let us know! You have…

adminAugust 27, 2019

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Insta Inspirations: The Donald E. Davis Arboretum

Patrick Thompson and Morgan Beadles at Sustainability Picnic. Contributed by Taylor Kraabel, Office of Sustainability Intern Although the idea of working in an arboretum never occurred to Morgan Beadles, today she could not imagine working anywhere else. Before becoming the Director of Donald E. Davis Arboretum, Morgan worked for the…

adminAugust 13, 2019

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Director’s Corner: Trees, Forests, & Reversing Global Warming

“… in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal.” - President John F. Kennedy, 1963 Human activity since the dawn of…

Mike KenslerAugust 13, 2019

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Need Help with Your Forestry, Wildlife, or Other Natural Resource-Related Questions?

Post contributed by Becky Barlow, Forestry Extension Specialist, Alabama Cooperative Extension System & Professor, Auburn University College of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences Photo by Becky Barlow. Occasionally I meet people and the conversation goes something like this Other Person: “So what to do you?” Me: “I work as a Forestry…

adminAugust 8, 2019

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The Beauty & Value of Trees

Post contributed by Dr. Wendy Vidor, Lecturer, Department of Horticulture My fondest childhood memory is connected to a tree, a common silver maple (Acer saccharinum). With its shimmery silver white leaves, smooth, and somewhat flaky bark, and helicopter double samaras. It was my connection to the earth and the world…

adminAugust 1, 2019

Books and Ball Caps Archive Newsletter Archived Updates Videos

Book Recommendation & Ball Caps Story: Discussion of The Hidden Life of Trees & Everett AquaSox

Mike KenslerAugust 1, 2019

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Green Game 2019 Needs Volunteers

Post adapted from post contributed by Matthew Preisser, Former Office of Sustainability Intern The annual Green Game at Auburn University is set to kick off on September 14th as the Auburn Tigers prepare to face off against Kent State. The Green Game is an opportunity to celebrate the sustainability-related initiatives…

adminJuly 31, 2019

Newsletter Archived Updates Sustainability in Action

Campus Changemaker: Dr. Nanette Chadwick

Contributed by Taylor Kraabel, Office of Sustainability Intern Dr. Nanette Chadwick wears many hats at Auburn University. As the Director of Academic Sustainability Programs (ASP), she has been an integral part of Auburn sustainability for the past eight years. In addition to this role, Chadwick has also spent 30 years…

adminApril 12, 2019

Recycling: It’s a Team Effort

Dining Goes Greener

Want to Help Improve Cycling on Campus? Here’s Your Chance!

Insta Inspirations: The Donald E. Davis Arboretum

Director’s Corner: Trees, Forests, & Reversing Global Warming

Need Help with Your Forestry, Wildlife, or Other Natural Resource-Related Questions?

The Beauty & Value of Trees

Book Recommendation & Ball Caps Story: Discussion of The Hidden Life of Trees & Everett AquaSox

Green Game 2019 Needs Volunteers

Campus Changemaker: Dr. Nanette Chadwick

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