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

Green Events Reduce Waste and Encourage Sustainable Behavior Newsletter Archived UpdatesOffice Guest Blog Posts

Blog post title: Green Events Reduce Waste and Encourage Sustainable Behavior

Post contributed by Joan Hicken, Coordinator, Waste Reduction and Recycling Department Auburn University’s Waste Reduction and Recycling Department is working to increase the university’s efforts to be more sustainable. We are committed to integrating sustainability into all aspects of campus life, including events. Sustainability is defined as meeting human needs…
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October 24, 2017
Tiger Dining and Campus Kitchens Partner to Reduce Food Waste Newsletter Archived UpdatesOffice Guest Blog PostsSustainable Development Goal 2

Blog post title: Tiger Dining and Campus Kitchens Partner to Reduce Food Waste

Post contributed by Katie Peters, Marketing Assistant, Tiger Dining Tiger Dining seeks to handle the food served on campus in the most sustainable and responsible way possible, from the beginning to end of the food service process. Our associates are reminded during food preparation to reduce food waste with our…
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October 24, 2017
Parkerson Mill Creek: An AU Treasure Worth Preserving Newsletter Archived UpdatesOffice Guest Blog Posts

Blog post title: Parkerson Mill Creek: An AU Treasure Worth Preserving

Post contributed by Tom McCauley, Manager, Risk Management and Safety As the warm weather considers giving way to Fall, as the trees begin to lose their leaves, as construction creates a new campus skyline and as students make their way down the Haley concourse, Parkerson Mill Creek which flows  through…
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October 3, 2017
Director’s Corner: Water: The Common Heritage of All Life on Earth Director's CornerNewsletter Archived UpdatesSustainable Development Goal 6

Blog post title: Director’s Corner: Water: The Common Heritage of All Life on Earth

  “Basically, each of us is a blob of water with enough macromolecular thickening to give us some stiffness and to keep us from dribbling away.”  David Suzuki, geneticist and Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia Wow!  I never thought of myself as ‘a blob of water with enough macromolecular…
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October 3, 2017
Sustainability In Action: Mona Dominguez Newsletter Archived UpdatesSustainability in Action

Blog post title: Sustainability In Action: Mona Dominguez

Post contributed by Ingrid Schnader, Office of Sustainability Intern When it comes to watershed issues, it can be difficult to get the surrounding community to care. Mona Dominguez takes a different approach with the Alabama Water Watch (AWW): this volunteer water-quality monitoring program gets people of all ages outside and…
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October 3, 2017
What Can You Use Water For? Newsletter Archived Updates

Blog post title: What Can You Use Water For?

Post contributed by Matthew Preisser, Office of Sustainability Intern How would you describe the uses of water to someone? Your first thoughts might be of swimming to escape Alabama’s sweltering summer heat. Or perhaps having a water balloon fight as a child. Maybe it’s having a cool, refreshing drink after…
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October 3, 2017