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Director’s Corner: Less Bad Isn’t Good Enough Director's CornerNewsletter Archived UpdatesSustainable Development Goal 12

Blog post title: Director’s Corner: Less Bad Isn’t Good Enough

“This is the ultimate failure of the ‘be less bad’ approach: a failure of the imagination.” - McDonough and Braungart, Cradle to Cradle I recently gave a presentation about mental models, which are unexamined and systemically flawed assumptions that blind us and limit us to familiar ways of thinking and…
Mike Kensler
October 4, 2022
Campus Engagement ASSESSMENT: AUBURN UNIVERSITY’S STARS REPORT Newsletter Archived UpdatesSTARS: Sustainability Tracking Assessment And Rating SystemSustainable Development Goal 12Sustainable Development Goal 13Sustainable Development Goal 4

Blog post title: Campus Engagement ASSESSMENT: AUBURN UNIVERSITY’S STARS REPORT

by Randy Martin, Office of Sustainability Auburn’s vision and mission statement declares, “Auburn University is dedicated to improving the lives of the people of Alabama, the nation, and the world through forward-thinking education...”. We can’t have a forward-thinking education without teaching sustainability. Sustainability is already permeating every facet of our lives.…
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September 30, 2022
Transportation Assessment: Auburn University’s STARS Report Newsletter Archived UpdatesSTARS: Sustainability Tracking Assessment And Rating SystemSustainable Development Goal 11Sustainable Development Goal 12Sustainable Development Goal 13Sustainable Development Goal 3Sustainable Development Goal 9

Blog post title: Transportation Assessment: Auburn University’s STARS Report

by Randy Martin, Office of Sustainability If you have seen the dark smoke billow out of the exhaust of a tractor-trailer or have had your windows down behind an older vehicle that coughs its way forward, you’ve seen firsthand the pollution that a single vehicle can produce. Now imagine all of…
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September 8, 2022
Orange & Blue Goes Green with Gameday Waste & Recycling Program Office Guest Blog PostsSustainable Development Goal 12Sustainable Development Goals

Blog post title: Orange & Blue Goes Green with Gameday Waste & Recycling Program

By Joan Hicken. Student volunteers pass out bags to tailgaters to collect plastic bottles and aluminum cans for recycling. College sports are making a commitment to greener practices as part of the growing sports sustainability movement. They support campus-wide environmental goals, provide a platform for environmental education, and signal Auburn…
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August 27, 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
Recycling In An Imperfect World Office Guest Blog PostsSustainable Development Goal 12Sustainable Development Goal 9

Blog post title: Recycling In An Imperfect World

United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (UNSDG) 12 is to “ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.” “Consumption and production drive the global economy, but also wreak havoc on planetary health through the unsustainable use of natural resources. The global material footprint is increasing faster than population growth and economic output.” –…
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November 2, 2020
Purchasing for Your Health & Our Planet Office Guest Blog PostsSustainable Development Goal 12Sustainable Development Goal 3

Blog post title: Purchasing for Your Health & Our Planet

You may have heard the phrase “your vote is your dollar”- where you choose to spend your money speaks to the products and services that you value and support. By purchasing products that minimize negative environmental impacts by using safe ingredients and ethical, energy-efficient manufacturing or from companies that demonstrate…
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October 28, 2020
So Like… Recycling? Expanding the Understanding of Sustainability Office Guest Blog PostsSustainable Development Goal 12

Blog post title: So Like… Recycling? Expanding the Understanding of Sustainability

As the first person to hold the Director of Sustainability position of SGA, there were a number of uncertainties for what my job might look like when I first started. Though a slightly intimidating concept to be the first of anything, I was excited about the wide array of possibilities…
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September 28, 2020