Office of Sustainability

MAY 2020

• Director’s Corner: Creating a New Normal: Where Do We Go From Here?
• Remembering Our Friend & Colleague Nanette Chadwick
• Congratulations to Our Graduating Students
• VIDEO: Solve Climate by 2030: Alabama & National Power Dialog
• VIDEO: Nifty & Thrifty: Crafting the Bioeconomy
• COVID-19
• News & Events

APRIL 2020

We must recognize and act upon our connectedness to all life through time and space.

• Director’s Corner: At the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day it’s Lessons Have Yet to be Learned
• Webinars, Documentaries, & Professional Development Opportunities Expanded
• Solve Climate by 2030 National Power Dialog & Power Dialog for the State of Alabama
• Sustainability in the Workplace (SU100) Course Offered for Employees through HRD
• COVID-19 Updates from Auburn University
• Books and Ball Caps
• News & Events

MARCH 2020

“Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants. “-Michael Pollan

• Director’s Corner: Eating as if Food is the Point
• Campus Changemaker: Ana Plana
• Did You Know That before the Grocery Store & the Food Truck, There are the Bees?
• A Taste of Sustainability
• Food & Climate Change: A Permaculture Perspective
• What is the Connection Between Climate Change & Our Food System? Does What We Eat Really Make a Difference?
• Are Controlled Environments the Future of Food Production?
• Books and Ball Caps
• News & Events

JANUARY 2020

The only way we can thrive is by living within our ecological means.

• Humanity’s Growing Ecological Footprint: “The only measure which tracks how much nature we have – & how much we use.”
• Counting Carbon at Auburn University
• Meetings Happen: Make a Difference at Yours
• Dish it Out: Let SGA Know You Support Dish Reuse on Campus
• Planting with Purpose: Plant Ahead Tree Project
• New AU Course on Personal Resilience & Sustainability
• Dr. Katharine Hayhoe: Faith, Climate Change, & Our Culture in the U. S.
• News & Events

NOVEMBER 2019

Your transportation choices impact your health, wealth, and the planet.

• The Necessary & Inevitable Transportation Transformation
• C0-Creating a Sustainable Economy — Our Conference Takeaways
• Campus Changemaker: Mike Stover
• Faith, Climate, & Our Culture in the U. S.
• Tree Planting
• Books & Ball Caps
• Auburn Included in Princeton Review Guide to Green Colleges
• Auburn Earns Silver Bike Friendly Campus
• News & Events

OCTOBER 2019

We can’t buy our way to happiness — or a stable climate.

• Overconsumption, Climate Change, the Doughnut, & Wellbeing
• Purchasing for Your Health & Our Planet
• Meet Our Staff
• Considerations of Sustainability in Agriculture
• Spring Course Offerings
• Books & Ball Caps
• News & Events

SEPTEMBER 2019

You have options for what to do with your ‘waste’ & your choices directly impact climate change.

• Waste: An Idea Whose Time Has Gone
• Want to Help Improve Cycling on Campus?
• Green Game Needs Trash Talkers
• Reducing the Environmental Footprint of Laboratory Operations
• Recycling: It’s a Team Effort
• Protecting the Quarterback & Our Earth
• Books & Ball Caps
• News & Events

AUGUST 2019

Trees improve our quality of life & provide opportunities for climate action.

• Trees, Forests, & Reversing Global Warming
• Peers Network Ambassador Applications
• Sustainability Picnic
• Insta Inspirations: Donald E. Davis Arboretum
• The Beauty & Value of Trees
• Need Help with Your Forestry, Wildlife, or Other Natural Resource-Related Questions
• Books & Ball Caps
• News & Events