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Climate Change: A Story of Opportunities and Possibilities to Reverse Global Warming, presented by Dr. Jonathan Foley

Langdon Hall

Please join us for our Spring 2024 Sustainability Speaker Series: - Climate Change: A Story of Opportunities and Possibilities to Reverse Global Warming with Dr. Jonathan Foley.  Jonathan Foley, Ph.D., Executive Director of Project Drawdown, is a world-renowned environmental scientist, sustainability expert, author, and public speaker. His work focuses on understanding...

Tree Giveaway

Langdon Hall

The Auburn Tree Commission is giving away Eastern Hophornbeam trees before, during, and after the Holiday Parade. Please remember to wear your face mask and maintain 6' of spacing when picking up your tree at the table near Langdon Hall. Everyone who takes a tree will be required to sign...

Trashed

Langdon Hall

<span style=\'font-weight: 400;\'>The Office of Sustainability\, Waste Reduction and Recycling\, and Tiger Dining will host a screening of “<a href=\'https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UM73CEvwMY\' target=\'_blank\' rel=\'noopener\'>Trashed</a>” followed by a panel discussion. This award-winning documentary brings to light the devastating global effects on humans and our environment from over-consumption. The film and panel will also...

Sustainability: A New American Grand Strategy

Langdon Hall

Join us as we host Colonel Mark \'Puck\' Mykleby\, USMC (Ret) for the inaugural Sustainability Speaker Series event. Mykleby will tell the story of a grand strategy\, born within the Pentagon\, to recapture America’s greatness at home and abroad by elevating sustainability as a strategic imperative. It aligns America’s enduring...

Challenges on the Way to Automated Driving

Langdon Hall

Several major automobile manufacturers and several non-automobile corporations (including Google and Uber) are developing self-driving vehicles.   They are convinced such vehicles are the wave of the future and that the technological difficulties in the way can be addressed successfully.  Several envisage vehicles without steering wheels or foot controls.  Mercedes-Benz is...

I Am Not Your Negro

Langdon Hall

Join the Higher Ground Society and Community and Civic Engagement as they\, in an effort to better understand each other and the world in which we cohabitate\, gather to screen and discuss the Academy Award-nominated documentary \'I Am Not Your Negro.\' This free event seeks to enlighten and empower the...

’13th’ Film Screening and Panel Discussion

Langdon Hall

The Auburn University Community and Civic Engagement Club and the nonprofit project Higher Ground Society are hosting a film screening and panel discussion. The featured film will be Academy Award-nominated documentary \'13th\'\, by \'Selma\' director Ava Duvernay. Released October 2016\, the film explores the intersection of race\, justice and mass...