The Sustainable Development Civic Garden Receives $5,000 Grant for 2025 from AgSouth’s Growing Our Communities Program
Jan 27, 2025
The Sustainable Development Civic Garden, located at the Living Learning Center, is a place where faculty, students, and community members work togeth...
Trailblazing Success: Anna Zanetti’s Journey from App State to The Nature Conservancy
Aug 13, 2024
In the realm of environmental conservation, there exists a luminary whose brilliance shines —Anna Zanetti, an Appalachian State University alumna wh...
Appalachian State University Supports Sustainable Agriculture Education & Hosts Carolina Meat Conference
Jul 24, 2024
July 30 - 31, 2024, Appalachian State University will host the Carolina Meat Conference (CMC) on its campus and surrounding local farms. Boone, NC is ...
Frontline to Farm Training Completes Another Successful Year
Jul 17, 2024
Appalachian State University's Frontline to Farm program has been serving Veterans since 2020. To date, 78 participants have completed its in-person t...
Faculty at App State and Ghanaian university explore sustainable solutions for rural communities
May 14, 2024
BOONE, N.C. — For several years, faculty at Appalachian State University and the University for Development Studies (UDS) in Tamale, Ghana, have col...
Ben Pluska named Rachel Carson Campus Fellow
Oct 16, 2023
Honors College senior and sustainable development major Ben Pluska has been selected as a 2023-24 Rachel Carson Campus (RCC) Fellow(link is exter...
App State grant writing class raises $35,000 for local nonprofits
Jul 13, 2023
Appalachian State University students enrolled in the Spring 2023 "Grants for Non-Profits" course applied their grant writing skills and raised a tota...
Matt Scott with Project Drawdown at Plemmons Student Union, April 4 at 5 pm
Mar 22, 2023
Speaker Matt Scott will share his inspiring work at Project Drawdown elevating and amplifying stories of diverse, everyday people who embody climate a...
The Department of Sustainable Development Donated 1200 Seed Packets to Local Seed Library
Feb 6, 2023
The Department of Sustainable Development Donated 1200 Seed Packets to Local Seed Library Each year Appstate's Department of Sustainable Developm...
University Departments Collaborate to Host Field Trip for Local Students
Nov 14, 2022
AEC, STBE, GES, and OOS Host Clean Energy Field Trip for Local StudentsCommunity outreach and education is critical to us in Sustainable Technology an...