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Post connected to the overall Sustainable Development Goals.

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
Understanding Poverty Newsletter Archived UpdatesOffice Guest Blog PostsSustainable Development Goal 1 - No PovertySustainable Development Goals

Blog post title: 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…
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February 6, 2019
Director’s Corner: Consumerism Drives Consumption that is Consuming the Planet Director's CornerNewsletter Archived UpdatesSustainable Development Goal 8

Blog post title: 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 Kensler
October 31, 2018
How Your Mental Wellbeing Has Everything to do with Sustainability Newsletter Archived UpdatesOffice Guest Blog PostsSustainable Development Goal 3

Blog post title: 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…
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September 25, 2018
My Experience in the Waste Reduction and Recycling Department Newsletter Archived UpdatesOffice Guest Blog PostsSustainable Development Goal 12

Blog post title: 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…
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April 2, 2018
Waste Reduction, Recycling, and Climate Newsletter Archived UpdatesOffice Guest Blog PostsSustainable Development Goal 12

Blog post title: 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…
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February 26, 2018