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Earth Day and the Overview Effect

“When we look down at the Earth from space we see this amazing, indescribably beautiful planet. It looks like a living, breathing organism. But it also at the same time looks extremely fragile.” Space Shuttle and International Space Station astronaut Ron Garan, Jr. Photo Credit: NASA Perspective. Our…

Mike KenslerApril 18, 2022

Citizen Science: Ordinary People Changing the Face of Scientific Discovery

ContributorApril 23, 2021

Earth Day Awareness

Come enjoy the beauty of the spring blooms while also learning about various conservation topics. This family friendly event will allow guests to explore the Arboretum and enjoy hands on activities about endangered and invasive species, water pollution and recycling.

ContributorApril 19, 2021

Drive Electric Alabama

Drive Electric Earth Day is a national campaign to share information about electric vehicles during April, which was postponed due to severe weather. In addition to being better for the environment, electric vehicles are more fun to drive, more convenient to fuel, and less expensive to operate than gasoline vehicles.…

ContributorApril 14, 2021

Earth Day Extravaganza

Auburn students will be celebrating our planet and promoting sustainable living at the Earth Day Extravaganza. UPC, the Department of Geosciences, the Waste Reduction and Recycling Department, and the Office of Sustainability are providing students with a day of education, fun, and food. Features include activities like planting succulents, puzzles,…

sustainabilityOctober 7, 2020

Director's Corner Updates

At the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day It’s Lessons Have Yet to be Learned.

“We invade tropical forests and other wild landscapes, which harbor so many species of animals and plants—and within those creatures, so many unknown viruses. We cut the trees; we kill the animals or cage them and send them to markets. We disrupt ecosystems, and we shake viruses loose from their…

Mike KenslerMarch 31, 2020

Director's Corner Updates

Director’s Corner: Education and Action: In, About, and FOR Sustainability

In graduate school at the School of Natural Resources and Environment (now the School for Environment and Sustainability) at the University of Michigan, I had the privilege of learning environmental education concepts from one of the truly great environmental educators, Dr. Bill Stapp. One of our class exercises was to…

Mike KenslerApril 4, 2018

Director's Corner Updates

Director’s Corner: Earth Day and the Power of Citizens to Create Change

A rally in Philadelphia during the first Earth Day celebration. Photo Credit: AP "Never in my long lifetime have I ever seen such an aroused populace at the grassroots level. This oil pollution has done something I have never seen before in Santa Barbara – it has united citizens of…

Mike KenslerApril 3, 2015

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Sustainability Coalition Hosts Sustainability Week 2015

In celebration of the 45-anniversary of Earth Day, the Sustainability Coalition will be hosting Sustainability Week from April 15 through April 22. During the course of the week, students, faculty, and staff are invited to join in a variety of activities designed to increase awareness, build community, and provide the…

adminApril 1, 2015

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Director’s Corner: Nature and the Environmental Movement: Human Values in Action

“A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.” ~Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac “The components of the natural world are myriad but they constitute a single living system. There is no escape…

Mike KenslerApril 20, 2014

Earth Day and the Overview Effect

Citizen Science: Ordinary People Changing the Face of Scientific Discovery

Earth Day Awareness

Drive Electric Alabama

Earth Day Extravaganza

At the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day It’s Lessons Have Yet to be Learned.

Director’s Corner: Education and Action: In, About, and FOR Sustainability

Director’s Corner: Earth Day and the Power of Citizens to Create Change

Sustainability Coalition Hosts Sustainability Week 2015

Director’s Corner: Nature and the Environmental Movement: Human Values in Action

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