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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: Humanity’s growing ecological footprint: “the only measure which tracks how much nature we have – and how much nature we use.” Director's CornerNewsletter Archived Updates

Blog post title: Director’s Corner: Humanity’s growing ecological footprint: “the only measure which tracks how much nature we have – and how much nature we use.”

“If we did to our bank account what we have been doing to the Earth’s natural capital we would have been bankrupt long ago.” ~Christina Figueres, former Executive Secretary, United Nations Frameworks Convention on Climate Change Planet Earth has over eons generated a vast endowment of natural capital, which the…
Mike Kensler
January 9, 2020
Counting Carbon Newsletter Archived Updates

Blog post title: Counting Carbon

As we watch the calendar flip to a new year, we often find ourselves looking back in reflection while simultaneously making resolutions for how we might make our lives in the new year better.  We take personal stock so we can make concrete plans to build a better tomorrow for…
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January 7, 2020
Campus Changemaker: Caroline Leonard Newsletter Archived UpdatesSustainability in Action

Blog post title: Campus Changemaker: Caroline Leonard

Post Contributed by Taylor Kraabel, Office of Sustainability Employee Engagement Coordinator Caroline Leonard has successfully climbed the Auburn University career ladder. She began working as a student employee seven years ago, eventually landing a job in the Office of the Registrar as a Transcript Evaluator. Last month, she officially transitioned…
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November 20, 2019
Plan to Power Down for Break Newsletter Archived Updates

Blog post title: Plan to Power Down for Break

Post originally published in 2016 and contributed by Kenzley Defler, Office of Sustainability Intern  The holiday break for Auburn University is just around the corner, so there’s no doubt people’s thoughts are filled with travel plans to see family and friends. Much of campus is vacant during the winter weeks…
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November 18, 2019
Co-Creating a Sustainable Economy–Our Conference Takeaways Newsletter Archived Updates

Blog post title: Co-Creating a Sustainable Economy–Our Conference Takeaways

Here in the Office of Sustainability, the goal of our internship program is to transform our student interns into sustainability practitioners who are equipped to lead others in solving the sustainability challenges our world is facing. One of the most powerful professional development experiences we provide is the opportunity to…
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November 11, 2019