Sustainability Spotlight

500 for the 50th Goods Drive
Oct 2, 2018

In honor of their 50th anniversaries, the College of Arts and Sciences, College of Fine and Applied Arts and Reich College of Educ...

Girl holding a chicken

Students in Appalachian’s Honors College spend a ‘Day at the Farm’
Sep 27, 2018

When choosing Appalachian State University, students new to the university’s Honors College likely didn’t imagine that, before classes b...

Farm panorama

Sustainable Development Teaching and Research Farm Open House
Sep 20, 2018

Open House  | Sept. 22, 11 a.m.- 3 p.m.You’re invited! Come out to Appalachian's Teaching and Research Farm at the Blackburn Vannoy Propery for...

Dr. Jeremy Ferrell in Peru

Collaborative study abroad trip focuses on studying and mitigating climate change in Peru
Sep 5, 2018

In June 2018, 14 Appalachian State University students packed their bags and boarded a plane to Peru to spend almost three weeks studying and implemen...

Team Sunergy celebrates their second place win.

Appalachian’s Team Sunergy ties for second place in 2018 American Solar Challenge
Jul 24, 2018

Appalachian State University’s solar vehicle team has secured a second-place tie in the 2018 American Solar Challenge (ASC), an international solar ...

Furniture design students

From the tree to the public
Jul 11, 2018

Sustainably harvested lumber. The Japanese philosophy of Ma. Video documentaries. The WantedDesign showcase in New York City. All converged in an inte...

Cameron and Rachael Van Dyke

The Future People: Creating Public Imagination [The Delaware Contemporary]
Jun 26, 2018

Methods for transportation have played a part in the human experience for centuries, from horse and buggy, to cars, to airplanes, to the future of end...

The mobiLANDING

Appalachian students build research structure at Beech Mountain
Jun 5, 2018

Students enrolled in the Integrative Design Experience Laboratory (IDEXlab) at Appalachian State University have completed the mobiLANDING, a sheltere...

John Lalevee

Furniture design student puts knowledge to practice with Appalachian’s Solar Vehicle Team
May 23, 2018

During the 2017–18 year, industrial design student John Lalevee had the opportunity to fulfill a childhood dream by designing the body of Appalachia...

Aurora Figueroa-Benetti

Independent study with local farmer leads Appalachian student to cultivate a “new” fruit tree
May 10, 2018

Aurora Figueroa-Benetti’s passion for sustainable agriculture led her to Appalachian State University’s Goodnight Family Department of Sustainable...