Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day

The City of Auburn is having a spring Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day to gives Auburn residents the opportunity to drop off hazardous materials that are illegal to dispose of during weekly garbage collection. Acceptable items include household chemicals, pesticides, paints, batteries, automobile fluids and more. Computers and electronics will…

ContributorMarch 17, 2025

AU Climate Symposium

AU Climate Symposium 2025: Creating a Healthier Environment for Everyone is the 4th annual AU Climate Symposium for faculty, graduate students and stakeholders doing climate related research. The goal of the event is to share and communicate climate research to promote future collaboration. The event begins with Research Lightning Talks…

ContributorMarch 17, 2025

Resina the Film

Join for a special screening of Renzo Carbonera's film Resina! Resina is a captivating movie about global warming and cultural changes; it takes place in Luserna, a small municipality located 25 kilometers from Trento where Cimbrian, an ancient Germanic language, is still spoken nowadays. It is a movie that encourages…

ContributorNovember 7, 2024

Minor in Tropical Conservation and Sustainable Development – Informational Presentation

Interested in learning more about the 7-week study abroad in Costa Rica? Then this meeting is for you! Join the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment, College of Agriculture, College of Science and Mathematics, and the University College Sustainability Studies in this meeting to learn how to earn a minor…

ContributorNovember 7, 2024

Weaver Lecture: Transformative Change and Global Sustainability

Join the Weaver Lecture and Seminar Committee and College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment for the Spring 2025 Weaver Lecture with Dr. Arun Agrawal as the speaker and distinguished guest at the with the lecture “Transformative Change and Global Sustainability”. Dr. Agrawal is Samuel Trask Dana Professor in the School…

ContributorNovember 7, 2024

Sustainability and Social Justice by Gary Machlis; Seminar Series

Join Auburn University's College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment for their 2024 Fall Seminar Series featuring Dr. Gary E. Machlis as he talks on sustainability and social justice. Key aspects from his new book Sustainability for the Forgotten will be covered followed by a book signing and meet & greet.…

ContributorNovember 4, 2024

Director's Corner SDG16 SDG8

Ecology + Democracy = Sustainability

“A healthy democracy is as dependent on public life as a healthy ecosystem is dependent on clean air and water: in the absence of an engaged public, democracy begins to die, and some form of oligarchy (government by the few) emerges to take its place.” ~ Parker Palmer, Healing the Heart…

Mike KenslerSeptember 24, 2024

Student Energy Summit

The primary focus of the Student Summit is student engagement, education, and awareness through two 90-minute sessions beginning at 11:00AM and 2:00PM. The first 90-minute session is part of the Appalachian Energy Summit and will include speakers focused on energy and climate action and is aimed to educate. The second…

ContributorJanuary 14, 2021

Jonathan Scott’s Power Trip

At Energy Alabama, they don't believe it's too much to ask to be able to choose how you power your home and your life. Jonathan Scott agrees. You know him and his brother Drew as the Property Brothers. They've built, bought, and sold homes across North America for over 20…

ContributorNovember 24, 2020

Tree Planting

AU Facilities Management Landscape Services is looking for 20 volunteers to help participate in a City/Extension partnered project to provide free native trees for property owners who remove invasive tree species. They have already removed over 100 exotic invasive trees on campus and need help to plant the new 100…

ContributorOctober 26, 2020