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Blog category: Sustainable Development Goals

Post connected to the overall Sustainable Development Goals.

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
Recycling Drop-Off Center Now Available On Campus Newsletter Archived UpdatesOffice Guest Blog PostsSustainable Development Goal 12

Blog post title: Recycling Drop-Off Center Now Available On Campus

Post contributed by Lindsay Souders, Student Employee, Waste Reduction and Recycling Department One of the ways the Waste Reduction and Recycling Department is working to promote sustainability on campus is by recycling – diverting useful materials from the waste stream in an effort to reduce our dependence on landfills. To…
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February 26, 2018
Tiger Dining and Campus Kitchens Partner to Reduce Food Waste Newsletter Archived UpdatesOffice Guest Blog PostsSustainable Development Goal 2

Blog post title: Tiger Dining and Campus Kitchens Partner to Reduce Food Waste

Post contributed by Katie Peters, Marketing Assistant, Tiger Dining Tiger Dining seeks to handle the food served on campus in the most sustainable and responsible way possible, from the beginning to end of the food service process. Our associates are reminded during food preparation to reduce food waste with our…
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October 24, 2017