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Blog category: Sustainable Development Goals

Post connected to the overall Sustainable Development Goals.

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
Gender Equality Requires Parity in Leadership Office Guest Blog PostsSustainable Development Goal 5Sustainable Development Goals

Blog post title: Gender Equality Requires Parity in Leadership

By Steph Shepherd Image created by Roel Fleuren. In 2015 the UN adopted a resolution titled, “Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.” Within the plan, 17 sustainable development goals to were identified, including Goal 5 to “achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”. In the…
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January 7, 2022
Community Garden Water Sustainability Initiative Office Guest Blog PostsSustainable Development Goal 11Sustainable Development Goal 2Sustainable Development Goal 6

Blog post title: Community Garden Water Sustainability Initiative

By Marley Halter. Early this year, the Community Garden at Auburn University (CGAU) Advisory Committee developed a 2021 Water Savings Program. As part of the program, irrigation timers were phased out of use, and garden staff planned to raise awareness of the problem of water waste, and to hold classes…
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December 7, 2021
Alabama, Eradicate the Tampon Tax Office Guest Blog PostsSustainable Development Goal 3Sustainable Development Goal 5

Blog post title: Alabama, Eradicate the Tampon Tax

By Regan Moss. Menstruation is a shared experience for many female-bodied individuals. Despite the normalcy of having a menstrual cycle, pervasive stigmas surrounding female bodies and their functions persist. One of the most notable outcomes of the stigmas associated with periods and menstruators is the economic burden of supporting one’s…
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December 7, 2021
Campus Changemaker: Women’s Initiatives and Gender Equity  Sustainability in ActionSustainable Development Goal 1 - No PovertySustainable Development Goal 17Sustainable Development Goal 5

Blog post title: Campus Changemaker: Women’s Initiatives and Gender Equity 

By Grace Reilein. Dr. Nashira Williams, Director of Women's Initiatives and Gender Equity at Auburn In the world of sustainability, there is the constant reminder that everything is interconnected. For example, when investigating SDG 5 Gender Equality, issues under that goal can be easily connected to poverty, health care and hunger issues, as women and…
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December 7, 2021
Is the Response to Climate Change a War? Yes. And No. Director's CornerSustainable Development Goal 13Sustainable Development Goal 16

Blog post title: Is the Response to Climate Change a War? Yes. And No.

As I write this, the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties – COP 26 for short – is about to convene in Glasgow Scotland.  It opens on October 31 and ends on November 12.  Before 1995 when COP 1 was convened we already knew that planetary warming…
Mike Kensler
November 2, 2021
Campus Changemaker: ONE Campaign at Auburn Sustainability in ActionSustainable Development Goal 1 - No Poverty

Blog post title: Campus Changemaker: ONE Campaign at Auburn

By Grace Reilein. Colleges and universities are often the breeding grounds for change. Students and faculty alike come up with innovative solutions to global issues that many individuals face. Students of institutions across the United States are presented with unique opportunities to make a difference, and Auburn University is one such institution. One of these…
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October 28, 2021