Sustainable Development

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-geek...

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...

Dr. Gary Paul Nabhan

Sustainable Food Week kicks off with National Food Day October 24
Oct 14, 2016

Appalachian State University, in partnership with Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture, will present Sustainable Food Week Oct. 24-29. The campus community...

Todd Rudicill

Todd Rudicill hired as resident assistant manager at Blackburn-Vannoy Farm
Jun 8, 2016

The Goodnight Family Department of Sustainable Development in the College of Fine and Applied Arts has named Todd Rudicill as resident assistant farm ...

Dr. Richard Rheingans

Dr. Richard D. Rheingans named chair of Sustainable Development at Appalachian State
May 19, 2016

Dr. Richard D. Rheingans will chair the Appalachian State University Goodnight Family Department of Sustainable Development beginning July 2016. Rhein...

Debate team pair wins at nationals [The Appalachian]
Apr 11, 2016

Kyle Scruggs, a senior communications studies major and Hannah Fry, a senior sustainable development major, won first place in the novice division at ...

Erin Meezan

Goodnight Family Department of Sustainable Development to co-host 2016 Global Opportunities Conference
Apr 7, 2016

Appalachian State University’s 2016 Global Opportunities Conference, Problems to Possibilities, will be held on Friday, April 8, beginning at 9 a.m....

Jacqui Ignatova at the Food Summit

Successful Food Summit held by Goodnight Family Department of Sustainable Development [The Appalachian]
Apr 5, 2016

The 2016 Food Summit, Seeding Community Resilience, was held on April 2 with the goal of inspiring people to learn and take action in the local f...

Image of Walking on Earth: Class and Environmental Justice

New book by Dr. Jennifer Westerman explores environmental justice issues
Mar 23, 2016

Dr. Jennifer Westerman has published “Working on Earth: Class and Environmental Justice” with Dr. Christina Roberts of the University of Nevada-Re...