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Regeneration: Reversing Global Degeneration Director's CornerSustainable Development Goal 11Sustainable Development Goal 13Sustainable Development Goal 7

Blog post title: Regeneration: Reversing Global Degeneration

“If putting the future of life at the heart of everything we do is not central to our purpose and destiny, why are we here?” Paul Hawken In a 1946 New York Times article, the eminently quotable Albert Einstein said, “a new type of thinking is essential if mankind is…
Mike Kensler
March 2, 2022
Climate Change 2021 & a “Quality Education” Director's CornerSustainable Development Goal 13Sustainable Development Goal 4Sustainable Development Goal 7Sustainable Development Goals

Blog post title: Climate Change 2021 & a “Quality Education”

By Mike Kensler. For September, this column continues our tour of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), this month focusing on SDG 4: Quality Education. Sort of. As I write this in late August 2021, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has just released its Sixth Assessment Report, also…
Mike Kensler
September 1, 2021
Campus Changemaker: Dr. Sweta Byahut Sustainability in ActionSustainable Development Goal 1 - No PovertySustainable Development Goal 11Sustainable Development Goal 6Sustainable Development Goal 7Sustainable Development Goal 9

Blog post title: Campus Changemaker: Dr. Sweta Byahut

By Chloe McMahon. Dr. Sweta Byahut serves as an Associate Professor and current Director at Auburn’s Community Planning graduate program. She has been teaching at Auburn for nearly nine years. A seasoned urban planner, her passion for sustainable urban development is evident both in her teaching and research. Since she…
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April 5, 2021
Campus Changemakers Rob Engle & Scott McClure on energy engineering & designing a more sustainable campus Sustainability in ActionSustainable Development Goal 7

Blog post title: Campus Changemakers Rob Engle & Scott McClure on energy engineering & designing a more sustainable campus

By Chloe McMahon. Rob Engle and Scott McClure both work as energy engineers for the Department of Facilities Management. The central concern of their work is to ensure that the university is using energy as efficiently as possible. Though this task may seem straightforward enough, they have found that maximizing energy efficiency means having a holistic knowledge about all…
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March 2, 2021
Director’s Corner: Innovate, Or Else Director's CornerSustainable Development Goal 15Sustainable Development Goal 2Sustainable Development Goal 7Sustainable Development Goal 8Sustainable Development Goal 9

Blog post title: 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 Kensler
January 5, 2021
Marine Renewable Energy & the Environment Guest PostsSustainable Development Goal 7Updates

Blog post title: Marine Renewable Energy & the Environment

Post contributed by Matt Preisser, Office of Sustainability Intern Last summer I had the opportunity to work at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Seattle, Washington as a part of the Department of Energy’s Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internship (SULI) program. For 10 weeks, I worked in the Coastal Science Division…
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January 23, 2017
The Maturation of Solar Photovoltaic Energy Generating Facilities in the Southeast US Guest PostsSustainable Development Goal 7Updates

Blog post title: The Maturation of Solar Photovoltaic Energy Generating Facilities in the Southeast US

Post contributed by Dr. Sushil H. Bhavnani, Professor, Henry M. Burt Jr. Endowed Chair, Associate Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering In July 2016, it was reported (WSFA-TV) that a solar photovoltaic generation facility was being developed in nearby Macon Co., AL.   The plant will generate 10 MW on an 80-acre…
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October 24, 2016
Director’s Corner: Renewable Energy: Things are Changing Fast, and They Need To Director's CornerSustainable Development Goal 7Updates

Blog post title: Director’s Corner: Renewable Energy: Things are Changing Fast, and They Need To

“We are like tenant farmers, chopping down the fence around our house for fuel, when we should be using nature’s inexhaustible sources of energy—sun, wind, and tide.  I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until…
Mike Kensler
February 3, 2016