Sustainable Development

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Appalachian State University presents "Troubled Water: Voices from Bath" on April 19
Apr 19, 2017

"Troubled Water: Voices from Bath" is a multi-media presentation on the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP). The event uses exquisite photography, ...

Juan Diego Aguilar

International senior reflects on time at Appalachian
Mar 27, 2017

By Madalene SmithSustainable development major Juan Diego Aguilar is a Colombian immigrant, a scholarship recipient and now fast approaching the end o...

Lee Ball and Jeff Biggers

Find Your SustainAbility with Lee Ball and Jeff Biggers
Mar 14, 2017

Listen in as noted author Jeff Biggers speaks with Appalachian's Director of Sustainability Lee Ball about regenerative cities and sustainability in A...

Appalachian hosts Food for Thought: A Sustainable, Community Series on Food beginning March 7
Mar 3, 2017

Assistant Professor of Sustainable Development Jacqui Ignatova is co-leading the first roundtable on food sovereignty on March 7. Read more >>...

Jeff Biggers

Appalachian’s Sustainable Development Department to host author Jeff Biggers Feb. 17
Feb 9, 2017

The Goodnight Family Department of Sustainable Development at Appalachian State University welcomes noted author, performer and educator Jeff Biggers ...

Appalachian students and Todd residents collaborate on community development initiative
Jan 4, 2017

By Madalene SmithThe small community of Todd, nestled in the western North Carolina mountains, was once a bustling rural town much larger than neighbo...

Dinesh Paudel

Dispatch From Nepal: The Disaster Didn't End When the Earth Stopped Shaking [truth-out.org]
Nov 30, 2016

Assistant Professor of Sustainable Development Dinesh Paudel and Gregory Reck, professor of anthropology, explore Nepal's recovery after the 2015 eart...

Laura England

Sustainable Development lecturer leads creek clean up, partners with artists for unique exhibition
Nov 22, 2016

Laura England, lecturer in Appalachian State University’s Goodnight Family Department of Sustainable Development, is a self-professed “creek-geekâ...

Fresh flowers

Campus farmers' market encourages community relations
Nov 15, 2016

By Madalene SmithAppalachian State University’s Goodnight Family Department of Sustainable Development successfully held a campus farmers' market on...

Student and faculty member work on the farm

Sustainable Development professor wins local Farm-City Banquet award
Nov 11, 2016

Dr. Christof den Biggelaar, associate professor in the Goodnight Family Department of Sustainable Development, was awarded the Charles Church food and...