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Employee Wellness Assessment: Auburn University’s STARS Report STARSSustainable Development Goal 1 - No PovertySustainable Development Goal 3Sustainable Development Goal 8

Blog post title: Employee Wellness Assessment: Auburn University’s STARS Report

Human behavior is influenced by the environment in which it resides. The average worker spends the most amount of time every day at work. That accumulates to 90,000 hours in the workplace over the course of their life. Therefore, the workplace environment is a significant factor in the lifetime well-being…
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June 5, 2023
Emissions Assessment: Auburn University’s STARS Report STARSSustainable Development Goal 11Sustainable Development Goal 13Sustainable Development Goal 3Sustainable Development Goal 7Updates

Blog post title: Emissions Assessment: Auburn University’s STARS Report

By Randy Martin, Office of Sustainability The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently released its latest report assessing the current status and trends of climate change, future risks and the long- and near-term responses. This report contained a sentence that has stuck with me since I first read it: …
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April 6, 2023
DIVERSITY & AFFORDABILITY Assessment: AUBURN UNIVERSITY’S STARS REPORT STARSSustainable Development Goal 1 - No PovertySustainable Development Goal 10Sustainable Development Goal 4Sustainable Development Goal 5Sustainable Development Goal 8Updates

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
GROUNDS ASSESSMENT: AUBURN UNIVERSITY’S STARS REPORT STARSSustainable Development Goal 15Sustainable Development Goal 3Sustainable Development Goal 6Updates

Blog post title: GROUNDS ASSESSMENT: AUBURN UNIVERSITY’S STARS REPORT

by Meleah Montgomery, Office of Sustainability  Universities draw students because of exceptional academic programs, job opportunities, and most importantly, the environment on campus. Grounds are a crucial component of an institution because it is the first thing students observe when visiting and serve as a daily route for thousands of…
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January 3, 2023
Purchasing Assessment: Auburn University’s STARs Report STARSSustainable Development Goal 12Sustainable Development Goal 15Sustainable Development Goal 3Sustainable Development Goal 6Sustainable Development Goal 8Updates

Blog post title: Purchasing Assessment: Auburn University’s STARs Report

by Randy Martin, Office of Sustainability With this “Purchasing” criteria, ¹STARS is drawing attention to the purchasing power of universities. Collectively universities spend billions of dollars on essential items. According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, the total revenue for degree-granting, postsecondary institutions in the United States was $695…
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December 2, 2022
Academics Assessment: Auburn University’s Stars Report STARSSustainable Development Goal 13Sustainable Development Goal 4Updates

Blog post title: Academics Assessment: Auburn University’s Stars Report

by Randy Martin, Office of Sustainability Thousands of students attend universities and colleges for primarily one purpose, academics. Academics serve as the backbone of an institution. There are many things that people do and participate in tangentially to classes, but at the root, the university experience is in the classroom.…
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October 31, 2022
Campus Engagement ASSESSMENT: AUBURN UNIVERSITY’S STARS REPORT STARSSustainable Development Goal 12Sustainable Development Goal 13Sustainable Development Goal 4Updates

Blog post title: Campus Engagement ASSESSMENT: AUBURN UNIVERSITY’S STARS REPORT

by Randy Martin, Office of Sustainability Auburn’s vision and mission statement declares, “Auburn University is dedicated to improving the lives of the people of Alabama, the nation, and the world through forward-thinking education...”. We can’t have a forward-thinking education without teaching sustainability. Sustainability is already permeating every facet of our lives.…
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September 30, 2022
Transportation Assessment: Auburn University’s STARS Report STARSSustainable Development Goal 11Sustainable Development Goal 12Sustainable Development Goal 13Sustainable Development Goal 3Sustainable Development Goal 9Updates

Blog post title: Transportation Assessment: Auburn University’s STARS Report

by Randy Martin, Office of Sustainability If you have seen the dark smoke billow out of the exhaust of a tractor-trailer or have had your windows down behind an older vehicle that coughs its way forward, you’ve seen firsthand the pollution that a single vehicle can produce. Now imagine all of…
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September 8, 2022
Shooting for Gold STARS Guest PostsSTARSUpdates

Blog post title: Shooting for Gold STARS

Post contributed by Shelby Hall, Office of Sustainability Intern This spring, Auburn will begin reassessing the campus to renew its Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, & Rating System (STARS) rating. STARS is a self-reporting assessment used by universities and colleges to measure sustainability progress on campus. The program was developed by The Association…
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January 9, 2018