Fed by Families
My grandad checking in on his Angus cattle. When I was about seven years old, my cousin and I wrote our names in the dirt one summer day while watching my grandad bale hay. Later that day when we asked if he had seen our masterpieces he smiled and said,…
adminNovember 4, 2015
Conference Has Something for Everyone
Post contributed by Taylor Craft, Office of Sustainability Intern Aubie with Keynote Speaker, David Orr For a few days each year since 2006, folks from all over North America have come together to discuss one thing – sustainability. This year the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE)…
adminNovember 3, 2015
Director’s Corner: “An Inseparable Web of Relationships”
“When we try to pick out anything by itself we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.” -John Muir American culture celebrates the rugged individualist; the self-made man (or woman); pulling one’s self up by the bootstraps; self-reliance; independence; going it alone. Certainly there is much to…
Mike KenslerOctober 29, 2015
Diverse Sustainability-Related Courses Offered for Spring Semester
Post contributed by Dr. Nanette Chadwick, Director of Academic Sustainability Programs, Office of the Provost Students on a water tour at the bog garden in the Arboretum. As students continue to enroll for spring courses this month, our program has put together a worksheet listing details about each of the…
adminOctober 29, 2015
Green Game Highlights Sustainability Efforts in Athletics
Volunteers in athletics filling backpacks for the End Child Hunger in Alabama campaign. The AU Green Game vs. San Jose State on October 3rd celebrated the initiatives of Athletics in sustainability and invited fans to do their part to conserve resources, promote wellbeing, and protect the loveliest village on the…
Jen MorseOctober 19, 2015
Sustainability in Action: Michael Freeman
Auburn Alum and Staff Member, Michael Freeman The Auburn spirit is something so infectious that it’s almost inevitable to be captured by it once you’ve experienced it first-hand. Growing up in Easley, South Carolina among a sea of Clemson fans, Michael Freeman became a War Eagle Auburn man after attending…
adminOctober 16, 2015
Button, Button, Who’s Got the Green Game Button?
Lots of folks have the AU Goes Green Game button! This Saturday’s Green Game highlights sustainability initiatives in Athletics and gives fans a chance to help support Auburn as it aims to be the #1 Gameday recycler in the SEC. To show support of this year’s Green Game, collaborators from…
Jen MorseOctober 2, 2015
Sustainability in Action: Eric Smith
Eric Smith both promotes and practices wellness. Eric Smith is Director of Health Promotion and Wellness Services in the Division of Student Affairs at Auburn University. The main goal of his office is “to create a healthier Auburn University,” with a particular focus on student learning and personal success. Individual…
adminOctober 1, 2015
