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Sustainable for Who? Decisions, Development, & Destruction Guest Blog PostsSustainable Development Goal 10Sustainable Development Goal 15Sustainable Development Goal 17

Blog post title: Sustainable for Who? Decisions, Development, & Destruction

By Ryan Thomson. What some people view to be progress, others call ruin. And visa-versa. The line between development and destruction has largely become a matter of perspective. You do need not to be a fervent conservationist or “tree hugger” to prefer an untamed river to a glass condominium. Conversely,…
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April 4, 2022
Salt Marshes are Beautiful, Stinky, and Uncomfortable Places to Work Guest Blog PostsSustainable Development Goal 14Sustainable Development Goal 15

Blog post title: Salt Marshes are Beautiful, Stinky, and Uncomfortable Places to Work

By Sam Bickley. The marshes that hug the banks of Alabama’s bays and bayous are smaller than some of their Louisiana or Georgia cousins but are no less beautiful. When the sun is setting over the black needlerush, the dominant marsh plant in our neck of the woods, and you…
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March 21, 2022
Regeneration: Reversing Global Degeneration Director's CornerSustainable Development Goal 11Sustainable Development Goal 13Sustainable Development Goal 7

Blog post title: Regeneration: Reversing Global Degeneration

“If putting the future of life at the heart of everything we do is not central to our purpose and destiny, why are we here?” Paul Hawken In a 1946 New York Times article, the eminently quotable Albert Einstein said, “a new type of thinking is essential if mankind is…
Mike Kensler
March 2, 2022
Alumni Feature: Travys Harper Sustainability Auburn Alumni AffiliateSustainable Development Goal 11Sustainable Development Goal 13Sustainable Development Goal 15

Blog post title: Alumni Feature: Travys Harper

By Travys Harper. I was first exposed to sustainability at Auburn through an Introduction to Sustainability course. At the time, I began to notice that I was already doing some of these things in my life naturally, for example using less water for dishes and brushing my teeth. I was…
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February 23, 2022
Clean Water, Sanitation, & Human Rights: What Do We Owe Our Neighbors? Director's CornerSustainable Development Goal 1 - No PovertySustainable Development Goal 11Sustainable Development Goal 3Sustainable Development Goal 6

Blog post title: Clean Water, Sanitation, & Human Rights: What Do We Owe Our Neighbors?

Directors Corner, February 2022 “Our collective failure to invest in adequate sanitation, clean drinking water, and effective response to pollution is taking life from the most vulnerable and marginalized among us.”  Bryan Stevenson What do you think?  Is access to clean water and sanitation a basic human right?  One would…
Mike Kensler
January 28, 2022
Addressing ‘the Greatest Human Rights Challenge in the World” Director's CornerSustainable Development Goal 5

Blog post title: Addressing ‘the Greatest Human Rights Challenge in the World”

“I raise up my voice—not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard. … We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.” ~Malala Yousafzai The 193 nations that created the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) determined SDG 5, Achieve Gender…
Mike Kensler
January 12, 2022