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Campus Changemaker: Sarah Lessard

By Grace Reilein. When exploring the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, it is important to note that many distinct factors allow for a goal to be reached. There cannot solely be work in the oceans, or in agriculture, but there must be collaboration between policymakers, companies, organizations, and the citizens…

ContributorApril 6, 2022

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Sustainable for Who? Decisions, Development, & Destruction

By Ryan Thomson. What some people view to be progress, others call ruin. And visa-versa. The line between development and destruction has largely become a matter of perspective. You do need not to be a fervent conservationist or “tree hugger” to prefer an untamed river to a glass condominium. Conversely,…

ContributorApril 4, 2022

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A Land Ethic, an Ecological Conscience, & Biophilia

“In short, a land ethic changes the role of Homo sapiens from conqueror of the land-community to plain member and citizen of it.” Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac Aldo Leopold, a forester and ecologist, published a collection of essays in A Sand County Almanac in 1949. It is recognized…

Mike KenslerApril 4, 2022

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Salt Marshes are Beautiful, Stinky, and Uncomfortable Places to Work

By Sam Bickley. The marshes that hug the banks of Alabama’s bays and bayous are smaller than some of their Louisiana or Georgia cousins but are no less beautiful. When the sun is setting over the black needlerush, the dominant marsh plant in our neck of the woods, and you…

ContributorMarch 21, 2022

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Alumni Feature: Travys Harper

By Travys Harper. I was first exposed to sustainability at Auburn through an Introduction to Sustainability course. At the time, I began to notice that I was already doing some of these things in my life naturally, for example using less water for dishes and brushing my teeth. I was…

ContributorFebruary 23, 2022

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Director’s Corner: Innovate, Or Else

"The Stone Age did not end because humans ran out of stones. It ended because it was time for a re-think about how we live." ~William McDonough Photo credit: Haiku Deck This month in our exploration of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals, created by 193 countries under the auspices of…

Mike KenslerJanuary 5, 2021

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Director’s Corner: Humanity’s Design Problem & Nature’s Design Solutions

“We see a world of abundance, not limits. In the midst of a great deal of talk about reducing the human ecological footprint, we offer a different vision. What if humans designed products and systems that celebrate an abundance of human creativity, culture, and productivity? That are so intelligent and…

Mike KenslerNovember 4, 2020

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Conflict in the World’s Most Important Wilderness Area: The Cameroon Anglophone Crisis & the Need for Community Participation in Conservation of the Congo

By Dr. Kelly Dunning, Assistant Professor of Conservation Governance, College of Forestry and Wildlife. The Congo Basin Rainforest is the world’s second-largest rainforest at 500 million acres, it is larger than the U.S. state of Alaska. It has over 10,000 species of plants, and many charismatic species like my personal…

adminSeptember 29, 2020

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Director’s Corner: Hunger – There is No Excuse

The international Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were created by the nations of the world under the auspices of the United Nations. Tapping experts across the globe on a range of disciplines, seventeen goals were established with a deadline of 2030 for achieving each goal. The seventeen goal topics were identified…

Mike KenslerSeptember 10, 2020

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Take a Hike! It is good for your health & the well-being of society.

By Wayde Morse, Associate Professor, Conservation Social Scientist, College of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences. Children drawn to a large Sequoia tree. Sometimes, when we have had enough, want to reduce some stress, just need to get away from it all – we go for a walk, or a run, or…

adminAugust 19, 2020

Campus Changemaker: Sarah Lessard

Sustainable for Who? Decisions, Development, & Destruction

A Land Ethic, an Ecological Conscience, & Biophilia

Salt Marshes are Beautiful, Stinky, and Uncomfortable Places to Work

Alumni Feature: Travys Harper

Director’s Corner: Innovate, Or Else

Director’s Corner: Humanity’s Design Problem & Nature’s Design Solutions

Conflict in the World’s Most Important Wilderness Area: The Cameroon Anglophone Crisis & the Need for Community Participation in Conservation of the Congo

Take a Hike! It is good for your health & the well-being of society.

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