Director's Corner SDG14

Spaceship Earth & the “Ultimate Life Support System”

“I am a passenger on the spaceship Earth.” ~ Buckminster Fuller Imagine yourself on the International Space Station (ISS). You’re up there captivated by views of our beautiful planet, doing experiments, completing assigned tasks, living, and floating weightless. Hurtling around the world at over 17,000 miles per hour, there is…

Mike KenslerOctober 4, 2021

Guest Posts SDG14 SDG17

You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat …

By Eve Brantley. Have you seen Jaws? I watched it as an 11-year-old, peeking through my fingers. The iconic line about needing a bigger boat describes the realization they are in a situation much bigger than originally anticipated. Each day we learn more about how our actions impact the world…

adminAugust 9, 2021

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Interactive Sustainability Map of Auburn University Created in Capstone Class

Each spring semester small groups of students in the SUST 5000: Senior Capstone in Sustainability apply the principles and concepts of sustainability to a project that addresses sustainability at Auburn. This year Courtney Eagle, Laine Harrington, Evanthi Hettiaratchi, Andrew Holley, & Matthew Manning developed a sustainability map of campus. The…

adminMay 5, 2021

Water Webinar

Join Auburn University Water Resources Center and Dr. Ming-Kou Lee for a Water Webinar. The Webinar is about the investigation in groundwater and cancer occurrence in Fruithurst, Alabama. The Webinar will be hosted via zoom. To register, visit: https://auburn.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAtduivpjosGNDBK6tQIBO77KOU8bfQgIkJ

ContributorOctober 8, 2020

Guest Posts Updates

Parkerson Mill Creek: An AU Treasure Worth Preserving

Post contributed by Tom McCauley, Manager, Risk Management and Safety As the warm weather considers giving way to Fall, as the trees begin to lose their leaves, as construction creates a new campus skyline and as students make their way down the Haley concourse, Parkerson Mill Creek which flows through…

adminOctober 3, 2017

Updates

The Chattahoochee: More Than Just a River

Post contributed by Crystal Boutwell, Office of Sustainability Intern In the southern Blue Ridge Mountains of eastern Georgia, we begin our 430-mile long journey down the Chattahoochee River. We’ll travel westward through Atlanta and then south to straddle the Alabama/Georgia border until eventually we meet up with the Flint river…

adminOctober 3, 2017

Director's Corner SDG6 Updates

Director’s Corner: Water: The Common Heritage of All Life on Earth

“Basically, each of us is a blob of water with enough macromolecular thickening to give us some stiffness and to keep us from dribbling away.” David Suzuki, geneticist and Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia Wow! I never thought of myself as ‘a blob of water with enough macromolecular…

Mike KenslerOctober 3, 2017

Sustainability in Action Updates

Sustainability In Action: Mona Dominguez

Post contributed by Ingrid Schnader, Office of Sustainability Intern When it comes to watershed issues, it can be difficult to get the surrounding community to care. Mona Dominguez takes a different approach with the Alabama Water Watch (AWW): this volunteer water-quality monitoring program gets people of all ages outside and…

adminOctober 3, 2017

Updates

What Can You Use Water For?

Post contributed by Matthew Preisser, Office of Sustainability Intern How would you describe the uses of water to someone? Your first thoughts might be of swimming to escape Alabama’s sweltering summer heat. Or perhaps having a water balloon fight as a child. Maybe it’s having a cool, refreshing drink after…

adminOctober 3, 2017

Guest Posts Updates

Alabama Water Resources Conference

Post contributed by Auburn University Water Resources Center Careers and research focused on water are vast. Whether you are interested in biology, engineering, or policy, there is a way to use your knowledge and skills to address water related issues. At Auburn University alone, there are nearly 20 different majors,…

adminSeptember 28, 2017

Spaceship Earth & the “Ultimate Life Support System”

You’re Gonna Need a Bigger Boat …

Interactive Sustainability Map of Auburn University Created in Capstone Class

Water Webinar

Parkerson Mill Creek: An AU Treasure Worth Preserving

The Chattahoochee: More Than Just a River

Director’s Corner: Water: The Common Heritage of All Life on Earth

Sustainability In Action: Mona Dominguez

What Can You Use Water For?

Alabama Water Resources Conference

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