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Getting Your Roots – Finding Your People at the Community Garden Sustainable Development Goal 15Sustainable Development Goal 17

Blog post title: Getting Your Roots – Finding Your People at the Community Garden

By Cole Bedics* Did you know that you have the opportunity to grow your own plants and food right here in Auburn? It doesn't matter if you live in a residence hall or tiny apartment, because you have access to the Community Garden at Auburn University. Where you can rent a plot and use it to grow anything from wildflowers to…
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April 16, 2026
It’s Not Dirt, It’s Soil: Kiss the Ground Outdoor Film Screening Sustainable Development Goal 15Sustainable Development Goal 17

Blog post title: It’s Not Dirt, It’s Soil: Kiss the Ground Outdoor Film Screening

By Emily Moore* Sitting on a picnic blanket in the Langdon Courtyard, I gaze up at the night sky through the branches of a tree. Twinkling stars and a radiant moon shine down, providing ample light to the gathering below. People are sipping on tea and snacking on popcorn, and, on the screen in front…
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February 24, 2026
Jamie Johnson’s Experience with Karen Pryor Academy Comprehensive Dog Trainer Program Office Guest Blog PostsProfessional DevelopmentSustainability in ActionSustainable Development Goal 15Sustainable Development Goal 4

Blog post title: Jamie Johnson’s Experience with Karen Pryor Academy Comprehensive Dog Trainer Program

By Jamie Johnson* Last year I was given the opportunity to complete the Karen Pryor Academy Comprehensive Dog Trainer Program, and to sum it up, it has completely changed my outlook. I was interested in taking this course for several reasons and I am happy that I did. For starters,…
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February 6, 2026
Growing a Greener Auburn: Native Plants Take Root Sustainable Development Goal 11Sustainable Development Goal 15Sustainable Development Goal 4

Blog post title: Growing a Greener Auburn: Native Plants Take Root

By Emily Moore, Outreach Coordinator In February, the College of Architecture, Design, and Construction’s rain garden went from drab to fab. Although the Office of Sustainability typically hosts an annual tree-planting event at an off-campus natural area, we have always wanted to implement a similar project on Auburn’s campus. Hence,…
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March 31, 2025
Food & Dining Assessment: Auburn University’s STARS Report STARS: Sustainability Tracking Assessment And Rating SystemSustainable Development Goal 12Sustainable Development Goal 14Sustainable Development Goal 15Sustainable Development Goal 2Sustainable Development Goal 3

Blog post title: Food & Dining Assessment: Auburn University’s STARS Report

By Bella Wright  Food is essential to the survival of all living beings on our planet. How this food is grown, processed, and distributed significantly impacts the environment. Auburn University has extensive dining services across campus, offering a variety of choices for nutrition and dining. Where food on campus is…
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April 17, 2024
Campus Changemaker: Karen McNeal Newsletter Archived UpdatesSustainability in ActionSustainable Development Goal 13Sustainable Development Goal 15Sustainable Development Goal 16Sustainable Development Goal 4

Blog post title: Campus Changemaker: Karen McNeal

Karen on a hike with her family By Camille Colter, Office of Sustainability Karen McNeal is a professor of Geosciences within the College of Sciences and Mathematics, hired as one of the first disciple-based education researchers (DBERs). DBERs conduct nontraditional disciplinary research on education. Karen’s work focuses on understanding how…
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March 31, 2023
The Big and Small ways to Celebrate Earth Day Newsletter Archived UpdatesOffice Guest Blog PostsSustainable Development Goal 13Sustainable Development Goal 14Sustainable Development Goal 15

Blog post title: The Big and Small ways to Celebrate Earth Day

by Becki Retzlaff Every Earth Day I am reminded of two things. The first is when I was a teenager, and my friends and I volunteered to plant trees at a park near my home in Michigan. We labored all day to carefully plant little pine tree seedlings in long…
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March 13, 2023
The Importance of Planting Native Vegetation Newsletter Archived UpdatesOffice Guest Blog PostsSustainable Development Goal 15Sustainable Development Goal 3

Blog post title: The Importance of Planting Native Vegetation

by John Kush Anyone who has moved about Auburn in last few years has noticed the continued growth of our community. With this growth, we continue to lose valuable green space and tree canopy, which negatively impacts the ecological function of our local environment. Water filtration decreases with an increase…
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January 4, 2023