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Ecology + Democracy = Sustainability

“A healthy democracy is as dependent on public life as a healthy ecosystem is dependent on clean air and water: in the absence of an engaged public, democracy begins to die, and some form of oligarchy (government by the few) emerges to take its place.” ~ Parker Palmer, Healing the Heart…

Mike KenslerSeptember 24, 2024

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“Welcomed, Valued, Respected and Engaged”

“I will act as if what I do makes a difference.” ~ William James In the 1990s, I lived in Norfolk, Virginia. I exercised at a local YMCA and, as usual, I wore a ball cap from my alma mater (not Auburn). A guy who usually worked out at the…

Mike KenslerAugust 20, 2024

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Public Engagement Assessment: Auburn University’s STARS Report

By Randy Martin & Bella Wright It is no secret that the city of Auburn revolves around the university. If you’ve ever been to a football game, you know that the entire town comes to a standstill as the Tigers battle it out on the field. Whether you attend the…

ContributorApril 27, 2024

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Finance Assessment: Auburn University’s STARS Report

By Randy Martin The role of a university endowment is to invest donated money and gifts and use the returns to fund school operations. The role of those charged with this task must utilize their abilities and all the tools available to them to make sure the university gets a…

ContributorApril 27, 2024

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Coordination & Planning Assessment: Auburn University’s STARS Report

By Randy Martin & Bella Wright A quick look at the top public colleges reveals that in each of their strategic plans, sustainability is taken seriously and given a prominent seat in the future of their institutions. This isn’t for show. Beyond the “good citizen” reasons, it's a smart business…

ContributorApril 13, 2024

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Research Assessment: Auburn University’s STARS Report

By Randy MartinAs we face a future that hasn’t looked like our past, research will play a key role in helping us chart our course. The work of researchers has already alerted us to our current woes, such as climate change and biodiversity loss. Going forward, it is essential that…

ContributorSeptember 13, 2023

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I Care About the Environment but My Policticians Don’t

By Randy Martin The national and local conversation around climate change is ridiculous, and that's why I’m doing something about it. If you’ve followed this issue at all, you probably know it feels as if the entire thing is just people talking past one another. It feels like we’re so…

ContributorApril 6, 2023

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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…

ContributorMarch 31, 2023

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The Weather is More than Small Talk: What I Learned from Climate Scientists on a Trip to the Southeast

By Sabrina De Los Santos Rodríguez Dark clouds over the Week's Bay boat. Photo credits: Sabrina De Los Santos Rodríguez On Sunday, August 7th, 2022 I was on a white van with seven other people - all climate science graduate students and professors with diverse specialties. We were leading the…

ContributorMarch 27, 2023

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Climate Change: An Issue of Climate Justice

by Ghanashyam Khanal and Nabin Bhandari While about two frenetic weeks of discussions and negotiations on climate change, damage and loss, and climate finance were going on at COP27 in Egypt, a documentary that depicted the impact of climate change on women and children in the Himalayan regions of Nepal…

ContributorMarch 13, 2023

Ecology + Democracy = Sustainability

“Welcomed, Valued, Respected and Engaged”

Public Engagement Assessment: Auburn University’s STARS Report

Finance Assessment: Auburn University’s STARS Report

Coordination & Planning Assessment: Auburn University’s STARS Report

Research Assessment: Auburn University’s STARS Report

I Care About the Environment but My Policticians Don’t

Campus Changemaker: Karen McNeal

The Weather is More than Small Talk: What I Learned from Climate Scientists on a Trip to the Southeast

Climate Change: An Issue of Climate Justice

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