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Blog category: Sustainable Development Goals

Post connected to the overall Sustainable Development Goals.

Director’s Corner: The Wellbeing of Each is the Responsibility of All Director's CornerSustainable Development Goal 10Sustainable Development Goal 3

Blog post title: Director’s Corner: The Wellbeing of Each is the Responsibility of All

“The end is reconciliation; the end is redemption; the end is the creation of the Beloved Community. It is this type of spirit and this type of love that can transform opponents into friends. It is this type of understanding goodwill that will transform the deep gloom of the old…
Mike Kensler
July 31, 2020
What is the Connection Between Climate Change & Our Food System? Does What We Eat Really Make a Difference? Newsletter Archived UpdatesOffice Guest Blog PostsSustainability in ActionSustainable Development Goal 13

Blog post title: What is the Connection Between Climate Change & Our Food System? Does What We Eat Really Make a Difference?

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) set up by the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment concluded in its Fifth Assessment Report: “climate change is real and human activities are the main cause.” Dangerous greenhouse gas emissions, average global temperatures increasing, oceans warming, and sea-level rise; represent…
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March 2, 2020
Food & Climate Change: A Permaculture Perspective Office Guest Blog PostsSustainable Development Goal 13

Blog post title: Food & Climate Change: A Permaculture Perspective

Our current food industry isn’t working. Agriculture accounts for 9.3% of the United States’ carbon footprint. This carbon footprint is furthered when we consider the high percentage of this food that goes to waste. Agriculture is a designed human system which has created wealth and security, fueled industrialization and specialization of…
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February 26, 2020
Lee County Remembrance Project: Reflecting on the Past to Build a Better Future Newsletter Archived UpdatesOffice Guest Blog PostsSustainability in ActionSustainable Development Goal 10

Blog post title: Lee County Remembrance Project: Reflecting on the Past to Build a Better Future

In partnership with the Equal Justice Initiative, the Lee County Remembrance Project (LCRP) focuses on confronting the history of racial terror in Lee County and engaging the community through conversations about the narrative of racial injustices and the legacy of racial inequality in our community. In an effort to accomplish…
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February 3, 2020
Director’s Corner: Solar Power & Climate Change–Closing the Emissions Gap Director's CornerSustainable Development Goal 13

Blog post title: 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 Kensler
December 4, 2019
Director’s Corner: Overconsumption, Climate Change, the Doughnut, & Wellbeing Director's CornerSustainable Development Goal 8

Blog post title: 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 Kensler
October 3, 2019
How to Recycle and Repurpose University Property Instead of Sending it to Landfills Office Guest Blog PostsSustainable Development Goal 12Sustainable Development Goal 15

Blog post title: 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…
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September 3, 2019
Director’s Corner: The Oceans Cradle All Life on Earth & Require Immediate Protection & Restoration Director's CornerNewsletter Archived UpdatesSustainable Development Goal 14Sustainable Development Goal 6

Blog post title: 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 Kensler
April 12, 2019