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

Sustainability in Action: Taryn Wilson Newsletter Archived UpdatesSustainability in Action

Blog post title: Sustainability in Action: Taryn Wilson

Making Time Count:  A Dedicated and Extremely Involved Sustainability Advocate by: Jaclyn Brass Office of Sustainability Intern Taryn Wilson,a junior in accounting, approaches life with an immovable determination and a core dedication to sustainability. From SGA involvement to recycling enthusiast, Taryn has embarked on a journey to effect change at…
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April 22, 2014
Director’s Corner: Nature and the Environmental Movement: Human Values in Action Director's CornerNewsletter Archived Updates

Blog post title: Director’s Corner: Nature and the Environmental Movement: Human Values in Action

“A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community.  It is wrong when it tends otherwise.” ~Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac   “The components of the natural world are myriad but they constitute a single living system.  There is no escape…
Mike Kensler
April 20, 2014
Sustainability in Action: Tammy Hollis Newsletter Archived UpdatesSustainability in Action

Blog post title: Sustainability in Action: Tammy Hollis

Creating a Culture of Health and Wellbeing by: Jaclyn Brass Office of Sustainability Intern Tammy Hollis has become a force for health, wellness and sustainability on Auburn’s campus. Tammy believes in the power of individual wellness in leading a sustainable life because she asserts that without health, it’s difficult to…
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February 20, 2014
Director’s Corner: Wellbeing is What it’s All About Director's CornerNewsletter Archived Updates

Blog post title: Director’s Corner: Wellbeing is What it’s All About

“There is a world of difference between wellbeing and being well off.” Stefan Klein, The Science of Happiness “For this generation, ours, …the pursuit of happiness is a planet whose resources are devoted to the physical and spiritual nourishment of its inhabitants.” Jimmy Carter As a prism reveals the constituent,…
Mike Kensler
February 20, 2014
Director’s Corner: Interconnectedness and the Compass of Sustainability Director's CornerNewsletter Archived Updates

Blog post title: Director’s Corner: Interconnectedness and the Compass of Sustainability

  “When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the Universe.” -- John Muir “Ultimately, as quantum physics showed so dramatically, there are  not parts at all. What we call ‘a part’ is merely a pattern in an inseparable web of…
Mike Kensler
January 20, 2014