Post contributed by Kenzley Defler, Office of Sustainability Intern A little more than a year ago, a student group focused on organic gardening at Auburn was nonexistent. However, now the established Organic Garden Club meets regularly at the Community Garden to prepare, plant, grow, and harvest a variety of crops.…
adminAugust 8, 2017
Post contributed by Dr. Nanette Chadwick, Director of Academic Sustainability Programs A wide variety of courses are being offered this summer and fall semesters on sustainability topics on campus. They cover issues ranging from water and food, to energy production and materials consumption, ethics and culture. As you prepare to…
adminMarch 31, 2017
Our 2016-17 interns pause for a brief photo while exploring Baltimore at the 2016 AASHE conference. The Auburn University Office of Sustainability is offering unpaid student internship opportunities for the 2017-18 school year beginning with the Fall semester in August. Students interested in or passionate about sustainability, who want to…
adminFebruary 28, 2017
Post contributed by Laura Young, Undergraduate Student, College of Human Sciences, Interior Design and USGBC Chapter President Laura works to incorporate sustainability into her coursework in Interior Design. I have been hearing the word “sustainability” since my first day of class at Auburn. As an interior design student, the term…
adminFebruary 27, 2017
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…
adminJanuary 23, 2017