Category

Guest Posts

Posts contributed by campus stakeholders.

I Care About the Environment but My Policticians Don’t Guest PostsSustainable Development Goal 16Sustainable Development Goal 17

I Care About the Environment but My Policticians Don’t

By Randy Martin  The national and local conversation around climate change is ridiculous, and that's why I’m doing something about it. If you’ve followed this issue at all, you probably know it feels as if the entire thing is just people talking past one another. It feels like we’re so…
Contributor
April 6, 2023
“Handprint” Your Way to A Better World Guest PostsSustainable Development Goal 12Updates

“Handprint” Your Way to A Better World

By Mike Buhmann and Stephanie Richardson In 2021, Auburn University purchased over 800 chairs from Humanscale (the premier designer and manufacturer of ergonomic and sustainable furniture) for use in several departments around campus.   This leaves the world better off by conserving and returning:    3,611 kg of CO2, which equates to…
Contributor
March 31, 2023
The Weather is More than Small Talk: What I Learned from Climate Scientists on a Trip to the Southeast Guest PostsSustainable Development Goal 13Sustainable Development Goal 16Sustainable Development Goal 17Updates

The Weather is More than Small Talk: What I Learned from Climate Scientists on a Trip to the Southeast

By Sabrina De Los Santos Rodríguez Dark clouds over the Week's Bay boat. Photo credits: Sabrina De Los Santos Rodríguez On Sunday, August 7th, 2022 I was on a white van with seven other people - all climate science graduate students and professors with diverse specialties. We were leading the…
Contributor
March 27, 2023
Climate Change: An Issue of Climate Justice Guest PostsSustainable Development Goal 1 - No PovertySustainable Development Goal 10Sustainable Development Goal 13Sustainable Development Goal 16Sustainable Development Goal 17Sustainable Development Goal 5Sustainable Development Goal 6Updates

Climate Change: An Issue of Climate Justice

by Ghanashyam Khanal and Nabin Bhandari  While about two frenetic weeks of discussions and negotiations on climate change, damage and loss, and climate finance were going on at COP27 in Egypt, a documentary that depicted the impact of climate change on women and children in the Himalayan regions of Nepal…
Contributor
March 13, 2023
The Song of the Taiwanese Trash Truck Guest PostsSustainable Development Goal 12Sustainable Development Goal 13Updates

The Song of the Taiwanese Trash Truck

by Jesse Teel Taiwan had the unfortunate nickname “Garbage Island.” Trash polluted the environment through littering and burning. Mountains of waste rotted in the streets. Taiwan initiated a waste management overhaul and the last two decades have seen a transformation to a clean, largely litter-free country.   The waste and recycling…
Contributor
January 27, 2023