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Blog category: Sustainable Development Goals

Post connected to the overall Sustainable Development Goals.

Campus Changemaker: Dr. Sweta Byahut Sustainability in ActionSustainable Development Goal 1 - No PovertySustainable Development Goal 11Sustainable Development Goal 6Sustainable Development Goal 7Sustainable Development Goal 9

Blog post title: Campus Changemaker: Dr. Sweta Byahut

By Chloe McMahon. Dr. Sweta Byahut serves as an Associate Professor and current Director at Auburn’s Community Planning graduate program. She has been teaching at Auburn for nearly nine years. A seasoned urban planner, her passion for sustainable urban development is evident both in her teaching and research. Since she…
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April 5, 2021
Dread & Disbelief: My Brother’s Death & Climate Change Director's CornerSustainable Development Goal 13

Blog post title: Dread & Disbelief: My Brother’s Death & Climate Change

“The future is not set in stone. Some amount of change is inevitable. It’s as if we’ve been smoking a pack of cigarettes a day for decades, but we don’t have lung cancer yet. The amount of change that we’re going to see—whether it’s serious, whether it’s dangerous, whether it’s…
Mike Kensler
March 29, 2021
Campus Changemakers Rob Engle & Scott McClure on energy engineering & designing a more sustainable campus Sustainability in ActionSustainable Development Goal 7

Blog post title: Campus Changemakers Rob Engle & Scott McClure on energy engineering & designing a more sustainable campus

By Chloe McMahon. Rob Engle and Scott McClure both work as energy engineers for the Department of Facilities Management. The central concern of their work is to ensure that the university is using energy as efficiently as possible. Though this task may seem straightforward enough, they have found that maximizing energy efficiency means having a holistic knowledge about all…
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March 2, 2021
Racial and Economic Disparity in the Age of COVID-19  Sustainability in ActionSustainable Development Goal 10Sustainable Development Goal 5Sustainable Development Goal 8

Blog post title: Racial and Economic Disparity in the Age of COVID-19 

By Chloe McMahon.   As all of us know, COVID-19 has left an indelible mark on every aspect of our lives. For so many, 2020 has been a year marred by loss, and for others, we have grown increasingly thankful for all we did not lose. Globally, we have mourned the…
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February 1, 2021
A “Decent” Economy Director's CornerSustainable Development Goal 1 - No PovertySustainable Development Goal 12Sustainable Development Goal 5Sustainable Development Goal 8

Blog post title: A “Decent” Economy

“If you define the goal of a society as GNP , that society will do its best to produce GNP. It will not produce welfare, equity, justice, or efficiency unless you define a goal and regularly measure and report the state of welfare, equity, justice, or efficiency.” ~Donella Meadows More…
Mike Kensler
February 1, 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
Director’s Corner: Innovate, Or Else Director's CornerSustainable Development Goal 15Sustainable Development Goal 2Sustainable Development Goal 7Sustainable Development Goal 8Sustainable Development Goal 9

Blog post title: Director’s Corner: Innovate, Or Else

"The Stone Age did not end because humans ran out of stones. It ended because it was time for a re-think about how we live." ~William McDonough Photo credit: Haiku Deck This month in our exploration of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, created by 193 countries under the auspices of…
Mike Kensler
January 5, 2021