Auburn University Academic Sustainability Program

12/04/2025

Congrats to Olivia Struble, one of our sustainability essay award winners! Read her essay here:

By Olivia Struble* I sink into the soft dirt beneath me. While my eyes are closed, I can still feel the relentless rays of the sun on the lids of my eyes. Around me I can feel blades of grass digging into my skin. I take a deep breath and...

11/05/2025

https://wire.auburn.edu/content/ocm/2025/10/20250951-americas-amazon-wetland-lab-gulf-coast.php?pos=aux

Nicknamed 'America’s Amazon,' the Mobile-Tensaw River Delta is one of the most biodiverse regions in the nation and an important field site for the Wetland and Riparian Ecology Lab in the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Environment.

01/31/2025

01/31/2025

This looks like a great opportunity!

01/26/2025

Join us this Thursday!!

11/15/2023

Attention Undergraduate Students: We have a new opportunity to earn a Minor in Sustainability Studies and other minors on campus, scholarship funding, and a national prestigious certificate at the same time. See http://aub.ie/gsp

08/09/2022

https://sustain.auburn.edu/auburns-leadership-in-sustainability-in-academics-evidence-from-the-stars-rating-system/

By Becki Retzlaff. Many students choose to study at Auburn because it is a big school that can provide many different opportunities for a wide variety of interests. As the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System (STARS) attests, one of those opportunities for students is to learn abou...

04/25/2022

On Earth Day 2022, Auburn University is celebrating the achievement of receiving a STARS Silver Rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, or AASHE.

04/19/2022

Please stop by the Earth Day Extravaganza on the campus green this Friday from 11-2! ASP will be there!

04/16/2022

https://ocm.auburn.edu/newsroom/campus_notices/2022/04/140827-sustainability-studies.php

Students in the sustainability studies minor capstone course worked on several campus improvement projects this semester. Working with community partners, students had the opportunity to employ a range of real-life sustainability solutions, such as improving the sustainability of campus research lab...

04/15/2022

Read this month's Sustainability Auburn Alumni Affiliate feature by Alicia Valenti! In her blog post, Harper discusses how she became interested in sustainability in Auburn and the importance of sustainable transit options in cities and communities. Read this post and more at aub.ie/sustainblogs!