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The Power of Partnerships to Promote Global Sustainability: The Story of One Alabama Community Office Guest Blog PostsSustainable Development Goal 1 - No PovertySustainable Development Goal 17Sustainable Development Goal 8

Blog post title: The Power of Partnerships to Promote Global Sustainability: The Story of One Alabama Community

By Hollie Cost. Sixteen years ago, in a bout of insanity, as a full-time professor and mother of two young boys I willingly jumped into local politics. This was motivated by my overwhelming desire, as a self-proclaimed tree-hugger, to create a citywide recycling program in a small town in Alabama…
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August 9, 2021
Community-University Partnerships: Lessons from the Field Office Guest Blog PostsSustainable Development Goal 17Sustainable Development Goal 2

Blog post title: Community-University Partnerships: Lessons from the Field

By Sean A. Forbes and Carey E. Andrzejewski. Auburn University’s classification as a Carnegie Community Engaged university speaks to the institution’s recognition of the value of partnerships in fulfilling its land-grant mission of bettering the lives of those in Alabama and beyond. The Carnegie Foundation articulates that “the purpose of community…
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August 9, 2021
Campus Race To Zero Waste Encourages Us To Waste Less & Recycle More Office Guest Blog Posts

Blog post title: Campus Race To Zero Waste Encourages Us To Waste Less & Recycle More

By Joan Hicken. Campus Race to Zero Waste Logo Auburn University is participating in the Campus Race to Zero Waste (formerly known as RecycleMania), a friendly competition for colleges and universities to promote waste reduction and recycling to their campus communities, that runs through March 27. During the eight-week tournament,…
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February 26, 2021
Academic Sustainability Program’s 2021 Fall Line Course (Re)Design Workshop EventsOffice Guest Blog Posts

Blog post title: Academic Sustainability Program’s 2021 Fall Line Course (Re)Design Workshop

By Sarah Hamilton. All Auburn University faculty are invited to apply to the Academic Sustainability Program's 2021 Fall Line Course (Re)Design Workshop, to be held May 3-7. Facilitators from the Sustainability Program and the Biggio Center for Teaching and Learning will work closely with a small group of participants to…
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February 22, 2021
The Key To An Inclusive Workplace Is Being Intentional Office Guest Blog PostsSustainable Development Goal 8

Blog post title: The Key To An Inclusive Workplace Is Being Intentional

By Mike Stover.   As I considered this month’s Sustainable Development Goal #8, “Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all”, I felt the need to step back from my normal work at Auburn and evaluate the goal from a different perspective. This…
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January 28, 2021
Sustainable Community Planning Addresses the Racist Origins of Interstate Highways Office Guest Blog PostsSustainable Development Goal 11Sustainable Development Goal 8Sustainable Development Goal 9

Blog post title: Sustainable Community Planning Addresses the Racist Origins of Interstate Highways

By Rebecca Retzlaff.   For this month’s theme of sustainability goal 8: decent work and economic growth, I want to focus on transportation equity, an often-overlooked, but nonetheless essential, component of working and economic growth. A few years ago, my historic preservation planning class (CPLN 5400/6400) was working on a historic…
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January 21, 2021
International Justice Mission & the Fight Against Violence Office Guest Blog PostsSustainable Development Goal 1 - No PovertySustainable Development Goal 11Sustainable Development Goal 16Sustainable Development Goal 5

Blog post title: International Justice Mission & the Fight Against Violence

There are an estimated 40 million people that are trapped in different forms of slavery around the world. That is more people in slavery than ever before in history. Human trafficking itself is a $150 billion industry – and it’s growing rapidly. International Justice Mission is a global organization fighting…
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November 16, 2020