Student team places second in national Race to Zero Competition
May 5, 2017
Team Appalachian [In]sight, a group of seven graduate and undergraduate students representing Appalachian State University’s Department of Sustainab...
Fine and Applied Arts faculty awarded Innovation Scholars funding
Apr 20, 2017
Three of the five collaborative projects funded by the Chancellor's first Innovation Scholars program are led by Fine and Applied Arts faculty. Read m...
UNC GA grant supports Appalachian, New River Light and Power and energy research across UNC system
Mar 30, 2017
Over the past decade, Appalachian State University has amassed one of the largest and the most diverse portfolio of renewable energy facilities in the...
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 ...
Ball named director of sustainability at Appalachian
Dec 12, 2016
Following a national search, Dr. Lee F. Ball Jr. has been named director of sustainability at Appalachian State University. Ball has held the position...
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...
Appalachian State University leads wind energy push in North Carolina
Nov 29, 2016
By Madalene SmithBrent Summerville, practitioner-in-residence in the Department of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment, has recently secu...
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...
UNC System awards grants for multi-campus research project
Nov 17, 2016
Jeff Ramsdell, professor of sustainable technology and the built environment and director of the Appalachian Energy Center, will lead a $48,307 p...
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...