Blog category: Office Guest Blog Posts

Post contributed by Becky Barlow, Forestry Extension Specialist, Alabama Cooperative Extension System & Professor, Auburn University College of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences Photo by Becky Barlow. Occasionally I meet people and the conversation goes something like this Other Person: “So what to do you?” Me:  “I work as a Forestry…

Post contributed by Dr. Wendy Vidor, Lecturer, Department of Horticulture  My fondest childhood memory is connected to a tree, a common silver maple (Acer saccharinum).  With its shimmery silver white leaves, smooth, and somewhat flaky bark, and helicopter double samaras. It was my connection to the earth and the world…

Contributed by Kaitlyn Baker, ASI Divemaster, Auburn University Alumna ‘18 Auburn students Randall Dunlap and Kelly Burnham SCUBA diving is an amazing opportunity to discover the world below sea level. With the ocean covering the majority of the earth, there is so much to explore. Ocean life dates to the…

Contributed by Brittany Branyon, Program Coordinator, Cary Center Nonprofit Affiliate Program Have you ever heard of collaborative capitalism? Perhaps you’ve heard of social impact investing? Even if you don’t know it by name, surely the concept is familiar. Social impact investing regards investments made into an organization intended to generate…

Contributed by Bill Walton, Associate Professor in the School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences and Extension Specialist with Alabama Cooperative Extension System When we think of the oceans and sustainability, we often think of what we harvest from the seas. Thinking about harvest, there are now clear patterns emerging…

Post Contributed by Dr. Nanette Chadwick, Director of Academic Sustainability Programs Academic Sustainability Programs has prepared a listing of all courses in the Minor in Sustainability Studies that will be offered this summer and fall semesters, as well as related courses that are not yet officially in the minor. This summer,…

Post Contributed by Haley Turner, Psychology & Global Studies Major, Junior at Auburn University We have all heard the saying “reduce, reuse, and recycle” since we were little kids, but do we actually practice what we preach?  This summer I had the incredible opportunity to study abroad in New Zealand…

Post Contributed by Dan Ballard, PLA, Landscape and Sustainability Division Manager, Department of Public Works, City of Auburn, Alabama In his pivotal essay “Solving for Pattern”, Wendell Berry, the great agronomist, environmental activist, and poet, describes “good” solutions to problems of contemporary agriculture as those that are “in harmony” with…

Post contributed by Dr. Nanette Chadwick, Academic Sustainability Programs, Director Faculty: Is this the year for you to enhance the sustainability content in the courses you teach? Or to explore new perspectives on how to incorporate aspects of sustainability studies into your teaching? It is possible to include various dimensions of sustainability, including social…

Post contributed by Courtney Edwards, Auburn Global Nelson outside with laptop Growing up on a farm on the outskirts of Nairobi Kenya, Nelson Muthanji fell in love with nature and farm life at a young age. With a sparkle in his eyes, he described his childhood home where chicken coops…