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Director’s Corner: Solar Power & Climate Change–Closing the Emissions Gap

“We are like tenant farmers, chopping down the fence around our house for fuel, when we should be using nature’s inexhaustible sources of energy—sun, wind, and tide.” Thomas Edison in 1931, as quoted by James D. Newton On November 26th, 2019, the United Nations Environment Program released its Emissions Gap…

Mike KenslerDecember 4, 2019

Director's Corner SDG8

Director’s Corner: Overconsumption, Climate Change, the Doughnut, & Wellbeing

“There is a world of difference between well-being and being well-off.” Stefan Klein, The Science of Happiness Imagine an economy and a future where Wellbeing, the western point on the Sustainability Compass, one of the four system conditions of a sustainable world, is the point and the goal; and a…

Mike KenslerOctober 3, 2019

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How to Recycle and Repurpose University Property Instead of Sending it to Landfills

ALRM Overhead Google Image Ag Land and Resource Management (ALRM) provides construction, earth preparation, irrigation systems, AG building repair, roads, and ponds in support of the College of Agriculture (COAG) and the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (AAES). In the fall of 2018, ALRM was directed to begin the process of…

adminSeptember 3, 2019

Guest Posts SDG12

Recycling: It’s a Team Effort

Walmart founder, Sam Walton, said, “We’re all working together; that’s the secret.” Let me tell you about our little secret! At Auburn, we are making a difference in waste reduction at the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) by working together. The CVM has partnered with AU Waste Reduction…

adminAugust 30, 2019

Director's Corner SDG14 SDG6 Updates

Director’s Corner: The Oceans Cradle All Life on Earth & Require Immediate Protection & Restoration

“It ought to be hard for a species that occupies roughly 10% of the earth’s land to mess up 70% of the planet’s entire surface. Yet humans are well on the way to wrecking the oceans.” Jennifer Duggan, Time, February 4, 2019 Life on Earth began in primitive seas about…

Mike KenslerApril 12, 2019

Guest Posts SDG SDG1 Updates

Understanding Poverty

Post contributed by Sarah Castaneda, Public Relations Communications, and Marketing Major, Honors College Intern As The Honors College k(no)w poverty? Week of Service nears its sixth year, it’s important to consider the impact it has made on both Auburn’s campus, and the state of Alabama alike. The program, exclusively available to incoming…

adminFebruary 6, 2019

Director's Corner SDG8 Updates

Director’s Corner: Consumerism Drives Consumption that is Consuming the Planet

“People say they want to have it all. But where would they put it?” Steven Wright The word “consumption” was used in ancient Greece almost 2,500 years ago to describe the disease pulmonary tuberculosis because the disease appeared to consume the body it had infected. This form of consumption has…

Mike KenslerOctober 31, 2018

Guest Posts SDG3 Updates

How Your Mental Wellbeing Has Everything to do with Sustainability

Contributed by Markie Pasternak, Coordinator of Mental Well Being at Health Promotion and Wellness Services The Compass Here at Auburn University, we use a model to inform our ideas about sustainability called the ‘Sustainability Compass’. Just like on a navigational compass, there are four directions that can guide you towards…

adminSeptember 25, 2018

Guest Posts SDG12 Updates

My Experience in the Waste Reduction and Recycling Department

Post contributed by Gabriel Harrison, Student Employee, Waste Reduction and Recycling Department When I first started at Auburn University, my focus was on going to class, studying and socializing. I didn’t spend much time thinking about recycling. We didn’t have a recycling program at my house when I was growing…

adminApril 2, 2018

Guest Posts SDG12 Updates

Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Climate

Post contributed by Joan Hicken, Coordinator, Waste Reduction and Recycling Department Greenhouse gases from human activities are the most significant driver of observed climate change according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Resource extraction and processing, manufacturing, transportation, consumption and waste management all result in greenhouse gas emissions. Rising levels of…

adminFebruary 26, 2018

Director’s Corner: Solar Power & Climate Change–Closing the Emissions Gap

Director’s Corner: Overconsumption, Climate Change, the Doughnut, & Wellbeing

How to Recycle and Repurpose University Property Instead of Sending it to Landfills

Recycling: It’s a Team Effort

Director’s Corner: The Oceans Cradle All Life on Earth & Require Immediate Protection & Restoration

Understanding Poverty

Director’s Corner: Consumerism Drives Consumption that is Consuming the Planet

How Your Mental Wellbeing Has Everything to do with Sustainability

My Experience in the Waste Reduction and Recycling Department

Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Climate

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