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Archived announcements and updates posted on the blog from the Office of Sustainability.

Welcome AU’s First-Ever, Full-Time Sustainability Instructor Newsletter Archived Updates

Blog post title: Welcome AU’s First-Ever, Full-Time Sustainability Instructor

Contributed by Dr. Nanette Chadwick, Director of Academic Sustainability Programs Academic Sustainability Programs is delighted to announce the hiring of our first-ever full-time instructor for core courses in AU's sustainability program. Please join us in welcoming Dr. Miriam Wyman, who will teach all sections of SUST 2000 Introduction to Sustainability…
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April 12, 2019
Director’s Corner: The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are ‘No Little Plans’ Director's CornerNewsletter Archived Updates

Blog post title: Director’s Corner: The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are ‘No Little Plans’

"Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans; aim high in hope and work…." — Daniel Hudson Burnham “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there” is a paraphrase of…
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March 19, 2019
The Good Life Goals: Sustainable Development Goals Newsletter Archived UpdatesVideos

Blog post title: The Good Life Goals: Sustainable Development Goals

The United Nations General Assembly established the Sustainable Development Goals, a collection of 17 global goals, in 2015 to be accomplished by the year 2030. This video introduces these broad and interdependent goals and the targets they wish to achieve. Learn more about the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and…
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March 19, 2019
Over 20 Courses Toward the Sustainability Minor Offered this Fall Newsletter Archived UpdatesOffice Guest Blog Posts

Blog post title: Over 20 Courses Toward the Sustainability Minor Offered this Fall

Post Contributed by Dr. Nanette Chadwick, Director of Academic Sustainability Programs Academic Sustainability Programs has prepared a listing of all courses in the Minor in Sustainability Studies that will be offered this summer and fall semesters, as well as related courses that are not yet officially in the minor. This summer,…
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March 19, 2019
A Letter to Those Interested in a Sustainable Auburn Newsletter Archived UpdatesOffice Guest Blog Posts

Blog post title: A Letter to Those Interested in a Sustainable Auburn

Post Contributed by Dan Ballard, PLA, Landscape and Sustainability Division Manager, Department of Public Works, City of Auburn, Alabama In his pivotal essay “Solving for Pattern”, Wendell Berry, the great agronomist, environmental activist, and poet, describes “good” solutions to problems of contemporary agriculture as those that are “in harmony” with…
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March 19, 2019