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Blog category: Newsletter Archived Updates

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

Director’s Corner: The Sustainability Compass: Systems Thinking, Prisms, & Tapestries Director's CornerNewsletter Archived Updates

Blog post title: Director’s Corner: The Sustainability Compass: Systems Thinking, Prisms, & Tapestries

“We need to work together to optimize the system as a whole, not to seek to optimize separate pieces... Optimizing separate pieces destroys the effectiveness of the whole. For the organization to work well as a whole, the components must work together.”   Brian Joiner “We don't accomplish anything in this…
Mike Kensler
January 15, 2015
Nominations Open for the Spirit of Sustainability Awards Newsletter Archived Updates

Blog post title: Nominations Open for the Spirit of Sustainability Awards

The Office of Sustainability is now accepting nominations for the 2015 Spirit of Sustainability Awards.  Students, faculty, staff, administration, and alumni may be nominated for an award either individually or as a group.  Self-nominations will also be accepted.  Nominations must be submitted to the Sustainability Office by close of business…
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January 14, 2015
Sustainability in Action: JT Hazelrigs Newsletter Archived UpdatesSustainability in Action

Blog post title: Sustainability in Action: JT Hazelrigs

Recently, Auburn has been placing more of an emphasis on wellbeing and sustainability, and JT Hazelrigs is one of the driving forces behind this effort. JT serves as the Assistant Director for Campus Recreation overseeing the Auburn Outdoors program, an “adventure-based education program” that provides numerous opportunities for outdoor recreation.…
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November 6, 2014
Sustainability in Action: Rosa Cantrell Newsletter Archived UpdatesSustainability in Action

Blog post title: Sustainability in Action: Rosa Cantrell

Rosa Cantrell is an Auburn senior with a passion for real food – food that “truly nourishes producers,communities and the earth” (realfoodchallenge.org). From studying Agricultural Communications to leading the Auburn Real Food Challenge as its president, Rosa aspires to effect big changes in the food system at Auburn and beyond.…
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October 2, 2014
Newsletter Archived Updates

Blog post title: Green Game 2014: LA Tech vs Auburn

 http://vimeo.com/106867186 Join us for this year's Green Game vs. LA Tech on Saturday, September 27th.  The game will feature expanded recycling opportunities for fans, special sustainability activities at Fan Fest, and on-field recognition of the 2014 Spirit of Sustainability Awardees.  Festivities kick off Friday at 11 am with a Sustainability…
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September 24, 2014
Director’s Corner: Community Service that Empowers Citizens Director's CornerNewsletter Archived Updates

Blog post title: Director’s Corner: Community Service that Empowers Citizens

“A determined effort by colleges and universities to promote civic and social responsibility among their students could do much to improve the quality of civic life in America.” Michael McPherson “We stand at the beginning of a world in which free citizens, across boundaries and borders, learn to act together…
Mike Kensler
September 5, 2014