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Topic: Sustainability

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  • App State biology interns spend summer in Wilson Creek’s ‘natural playground’
    App State biology interns spend summer in Wilson Creek’s ‘natural playground’

    Cleanup, conservation and outreach for a National Wild and Scenic River

    June 29, 2022

    App State biology majors Nick Campany and Carson Scott serve as interns for ACleanWilsonCreek.org, a conservation effort encompassing research, education and hands-on cleanup.

  • Find Your Sustain Ability: Dr. Jamie Parson
    Find Your Sustain Ability: Dr. Jamie Parson
    June 23, 2022

    Jamie Parson, App State's newly appointed chief diversity officer and an associate professor in the Walker College of Business, has been active in working to support diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) on college campuses. On this Find Your Sustain Ability, Parson relates her journey to this position, as well as her goals and foreseen challenges in DEI work.

  • A return to Everest: App State’s Dr. Baker Perry leads climate science expedition to the world’s highest mountain
    A return to Everest: App State’s Dr. Baker Perry leads climate science expedition to the world’s highest mountain
    June 7, 2022

    Dr. Baker Perry, National Geographic Explorer and professor in App State’s Department of Geography and Planning, led a successful return expedition to Mount Everest, coordinating the maintenance of weather stations at the top of the world.

  • Next-gen weather station installed near Everest’s summit
    Next-gen weather station installed near Everest’s summit
    National Geographic
    May 25, 2022

    National Geographic chronicles a return expedition to Mount Everest co-led by Dr. Baker Perry, National Geographic Explorer and professor in App State’s Department of Geography and Planning, to coordinate the maintenance of weather stations at the top of the world.

  • App State students choose a ‘wild’ experience for spring break
    App State students choose a ‘wild’ experience for spring break

    University's Alternative Service Experiences provide community impact, education

    May 5, 2022

    From serving at an elephant sanctuary to building boardwalks at a wildlife refuge, Mountaineer students, staff and faculty serve the local, regional and global community through Alternative Service Experiences during university breaks.

  • App State shares latest advancements toward climate neutrality
    App State shares latest advancements toward climate neutrality

    A year after the adoption of App State’s latest climate action plan, AppCap 1.0, multiple carbon mitigation strategies are underway

    May 5, 2022

    A year after releasing its latest climate action plan, App State is continuing to make progress toward its climate neutrality goals. Among the most notable achievements — a 16 percentage point increase in the university’s renewable energy purchases.

  • Dave by the Bell: Student Sustainability
    Dave by the Bell: Student Sustainability
    April 28, 2022

    Discover App State students' favorite ways to practice sustainability.

  • Food physicist offers Earth Day cooking tips [faculty featured]
    Food physicist offers Earth Day cooking tips [faculty featured]
    Yale Climate Connections
    April 21, 2022

    Yale Climate Connections highlights Carla Ramsdell, pre-engineering advisor and practitioner in residence in App State's Department of Physics and Astronomy, and her seven-part Sustainable Food Cooking Challenge video series.

  • App State breaks ground on Innovation District project — ‘the potential is limitless’
    App State breaks ground on Innovation District project — ‘the potential is limitless’

    Phase 1 development includes the Conservatory for Biodiversity Education and Research, as well as faculty/staff housing.

    March 25, 2022

    On March 25, App State ceremoniously broke ground on a long-held goal and a valuable piece of its future — the Innovation District project. Phase one of development includes the Conservatory for Biodiversity Education and Research, as well as housing for App State faculty and staff.

  • Skip the Bag — take a wooden nickel and shop sustainably at App State
    Skip the Bag — take a wooden nickel and shop sustainably at App State
    Feb. 4, 2022

    App State’s Skip the Bag program supports sustainable shopping by providing Mountaineers with wooden nickels as an incentive to forgo single-use plastic bags for their purchases. The wooden tokens are converted to monetary contributions made to campus organizations.

  • Mt. Everest’s Highest Glacier Feels the Impacts of Human-Induced Climate Change
    Mt. Everest’s Highest Glacier Feels the Impacts of Human-Induced Climate Change
    National Geographic
    Feb. 3, 2022

    National Geographic highlights findings from a paper for which App State geography and planning professor Dr. Baker Perry served as a co-author. The paper, published in the Nature Portfolio Journal Climate and Atmospheric Science, identifies that Mount Everest’s highest glacier is now losing several decades of ice accumulation annually, which is attributed to the earth's warmer climate.

  • Renewables to make up 18% of App State’s purchased electricity in 2022
    Renewables to make up 18% of App State’s purchased electricity in 2022
    Jan. 14, 2022

    Under a new power provider, App State’s percentage of electricity supplied from renewables will increase from 2% to 18% in early 2022 due to purchases of hydroelectric and solar power.

  • App State’s Carbon Neutral Commuter program: Driving to reduce global warming
    App State’s Carbon Neutral Commuter program: Driving to reduce global warming

    Q&A with Jim Dees

    Jan. 13, 2022

    Participating in the Carbon Neutral Commuter (CNC) program — administered by App State’s Office of Sustainability — is a step Mountaineers can take to reduce global warming and make a positive difference in climate change.

  • App State research team examines ancient evidence in mass extinctions
    App State research team examines ancient evidence in mass extinctions
    Jan. 7, 2022

    Dr. Sarah Carmichael describes her job as similar to that of a crime scene investigator — and the evidence she examines is more than 350 million years old. Through her research, Carmichael and her team seek insight on the causes and outcomes of mass extinctions during the Devonian period.

  • Find Your Sustain Ability: Nicole Hagerman Miller
    Find Your Sustain Ability: Nicole Hagerman Miller
    Dec. 21, 2021

    Nicole Hagerman Miller is the Managing Director at Biomimicry 3.8, a Missoula, Montana based company that draws it's design inspiration and functional instruction from nature and natural systems and tailors those ancient and refined principals to modern day businesses and organizations the world over.

  • SoundAffect: Baker Perry and Panuru Sherpa on installing the highest weather station in the world
    SoundAffect: Baker Perry and Panuru Sherpa on installing the highest weather station in the world
    Dec. 15, 2021

    Host Megan Hayes welcomes Dr. Baker Perry, a high altitude climber and higher education professional who along with a team sponsored by Rolex and National Geographic installed the world's highest weather station on top of Mount Everest. On this SoundAffect he is joined my Panuru Sherpa who helped lead the team.

  • App State leads climate research at the top of the world
    App State leads climate research at the top of the world
    Dec. 15, 2021

    App State has stepped onto the world stage as the lead institution to operate and maintain weather stations at the highest elevation on the planet — Mount Everest. Funded by the National Geographic Society, the project is creating new opportunities on campus and impacting climate research worldwide.

  • Student ambassadors: The ‘face of sustainability’ on App State’s campus
    Student ambassadors: The ‘face of sustainability’ on App State’s campus
    Dec. 10, 2021

    Student Sustainability Ambassadors serve as peer educators in App State’s Office of Sustainability, planning and operating outreach events, zero waste initiatives and educational programs.

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