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Are Controlled Environments the Future of Food Production?

It’s a Weird Time to be Alive It is certainly unprecedented in human history to have anytime, on-demand access to almost any type of food, prepared in any way imaginable. Yet, as residents of the developed world in the 21st century, we find ourselves in this strange situation. Most of…

adminFebruary 26, 2020

Guest Posts SDG13

Food & Climate Change: A Permaculture Perspective

Our current food industry isn’t working. Agriculture accounts for 9.3% of the United States’ carbon footprint. This carbon footprint is furthered when we consider the high percentage of this food that goes to waste. Agriculture is a designed human system which has created wealth and security, fueled industrialization and specialization of…

adminFebruary 26, 2020

Guest Posts SDG10 Sustainability in Action Updates

Lee County Remembrance Project: Reflecting on the Past to Build a Better Future

In partnership with the Equal Justice Initiative, the Lee County Remembrance Project (LCRP) focuses on confronting the history of racial terror in Lee County and engaging the community through conversations about the narrative of racial injustices and the legacy of racial inequality in our community. In an effort to accomplish…

adminFebruary 3, 2020

Guest Posts SDG SDG6 Sustainability in Action Videos

Climate & Water Security: Vulnerable Communities in Peri-urban India

There are many vulnerable communities around the world whose livelihood challenges are exacerbated by climate change. In this blog post, I would like to introduce readers to the problems of peri-urban communities. In India, peri-urban communities live at the fringes of highly concentrated urban centers, in high-rise apartment complexes and…

adminFebruary 3, 2020

Guest Posts

Dish It Out: Let SGA Know You Support Dish Reuse on Campus

Do you want your student organization to save money and reduce waste? Then please petition SGA for a dish reuse program through their Auburn Answers platform. When asked, choose DINING (first option), and copy the following text. Feel free to add/change/etc. I would like to see Auburn University leadership take…

adminJanuary 13, 2020

Announcements Guest Posts

New AU Course on Personal Resilience & Sustainability

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" ~Mary Oliver, A Summer's Day Academic Sustainability Programs is offering this semester a new 1-credit course, SUST 4900 Personal Resilience and Sustainability. This course arose out of an understanding among our sustainability instructors that…

adminDecember 19, 2019

Events Guest Posts

Plant Ahead Tree Project: Planting with Purpose

Contributed by Allison Foster, School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences Coming into Auburn, I had an idea of what I wanted to do but I wasn’t completely sure. My freshman year I took a Conservation Biology Learning Community class and I was exposed to ideas I didn’t really know much…

adminDecember 4, 2019

Guest Posts

Constructing a Gold Standard on the Field & in the Future

Contributed by Auburn Athletics Student Communicator The world is ever-changing as we advance with new technologies and the industries that support it. With this comes even more construction for renovations and new buildings. How does that change co-exist with the world around us as we strive to keep the Earth…

adminDecember 1, 2019

Announcements Guest Posts

Spring Course Offerings in Sustainability

A wide variety of courses related to sustainability will be offered on campus during the Spring 2020 semester. Twenty courses which span 8 colleges on campus will be offered as part of the Minor in Sustainability Studies. Many of these courses also can be used toward core curriculum requirements, majors,…

adminSeptember 30, 2019

Guest Posts

Considerations of Sustainability in Agriculture

Sustainability is something that has received an increasing amount of attention. Any idea/product/business/practice can be great but if it cannot sustain over time, its ability to survive and make an impact is small. Production agriculture as a whole has to be sustainable otherwise, at some point, we as humans would…

adminSeptember 30, 2019

Are Controlled Environments the Future of Food Production?

Food & Climate Change: A Permaculture Perspective

Lee County Remembrance Project: Reflecting on the Past to Build a Better Future

Climate & Water Security: Vulnerable Communities in Peri-urban India

Dish It Out: Let SGA Know You Support Dish Reuse on Campus

New AU Course on Personal Resilience & Sustainability

Plant Ahead Tree Project: Planting with Purpose

Constructing a Gold Standard on the Field & in the Future

Spring Course Offerings in Sustainability

Considerations of Sustainability in Agriculture

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