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Coordination & Planning Assessment: Auburn University’s STARS Report STARS: Sustainability Tracking Assessment And Rating SystemSustainable Development Goal 11Sustainable Development Goal 13Sustainable Development Goal 16Sustainable Development Goal 17Sustainable Development Goal 5

Blog post title: 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…
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April 13, 2024
Climate Change: An Issue of Climate Justice Archived UpdatesGuest PostsSustainable Development Goal 1 - No PovertySustainable Development Goal 10Sustainable Development Goal 13Sustainable Development Goal 16Sustainable Development Goal 17Sustainable Development Goal 5Sustainable Development Goal 6

Blog post title: 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…
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March 13, 2023
Campus Changemaker: Kimberly Mulligan-Guy Archived UpdatesSustainability in ActionSustainable Development Goal 10Sustainable Development Goal 16Sustainable Development Goal 4Sustainable Development Goal 5

Blog post title: Campus Changemaker: Kimberly Mulligan-Guy

by Camille Colter, Office of Sustainability Photo courtesy of Kimberly Mulligan-Guy Let’s talk about diversity, equity, and inclusion. Wait, scratch that. Inclusion, equity, THEN diversity.   Formally, Dr. Kimberly Mulligan-Guy is the Assistant Dean for Inclusion, Equity, and Diversity (IED) in the College of Science and Mathematics (COSAM). Informally, she is…
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January 31, 2023
DIVERSITY & AFFORDABILITY Assessment: AUBURN UNIVERSITY’S STARS REPORT Archived UpdatesSTARS: Sustainability Tracking Assessment And Rating SystemSustainable Development Goal 1 - No PovertySustainable Development Goal 10Sustainable Development Goal 4Sustainable Development Goal 5Sustainable Development Goal 8

Blog post title: DIVERSITY & AFFORDABILITY Assessment: AUBURN UNIVERSITY’S STARS REPORT

by Randy Martin, Office of Sustainability As I begin, I feel as though most are familiar with the moral cases for diversity, so I want to draw attention to this tweet from Adam Grant, a leader in Organizational Psychology and award-winning author. As he states, a recent paper titled Gender-diverse…
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January 23, 2023
Addressing ‘the Greatest Human Rights Challenge in the World” Director's CornerSustainable Development Goal 5

Blog post title: Addressing ‘the Greatest Human Rights Challenge in the World”

“I raise up my voice—not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard. … We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.” ~Malala Yousafzai The 193 nations that created the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) determined SDG 5, Achieve Gender…
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January 12, 2022
All-Gender Restroom Map Created by Sustainability Capstone Class Sustainable Development Goal 5

Blog post title: All-Gender Restroom Map Created by Sustainability Capstone Class

By Grace Reilein. Spring semester 2021, students in the Sustainability Capstone class worked on providing the locations of the all-gender restrooms on Auburn’s campus. The restrooms listed on the map include both handicap-accessible and non-accessible restrooms and provide the precise location of each restroom.   Providing this all-gender restroom database is important…
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January 8, 2022
Gender Equality Requires Parity in Leadership Guest PostsSustainable Development Goal 5Sustainable Development Goals

Blog post title: Gender Equality Requires Parity in Leadership

By Steph Shepherd Image created by Roel Fleuren. In 2015 the UN adopted a resolution titled, “Transforming our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.” Within the plan, 17 sustainable development goals to were identified, including Goal 5 to “achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls”. In the…
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January 7, 2022
Alabama, Eradicate the Tampon Tax Guest PostsSustainable Development Goal 3Sustainable Development Goal 5

Blog post title: Alabama, Eradicate the Tampon Tax

By Regan Moss. Menstruation is a shared experience for many female-bodied individuals. Despite the normalcy of having a menstrual cycle, pervasive stigmas surrounding female bodies and their functions persist. One of the most notable outcomes of the stigmas associated with periods and menstruators is the economic burden of supporting one’s…
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December 7, 2021
Campus Changemaker: Women’s Initiatives and Gender Equity  Sustainability in ActionSustainable Development Goal 1 - No PovertySustainable Development Goal 17Sustainable Development Goal 5

Blog post title: Campus Changemaker: Women’s Initiatives and Gender Equity 

By Grace Reilein. Dr. Nashira Williams, Director of Women's Initiatives and Gender Equity at Auburn In the world of sustainability, there is the constant reminder that everything is interconnected. For example, when investigating SDG 5 Gender Equality, issues under that goal can be easily connected to poverty, health care and hunger issues, as women and…
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December 7, 2021