Topic: Sustainability

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Appalachian Energy Summit midyear event brings diverse perspectives
Feb. 23, 2018
During the 2018 Appalachian Energy Summit midyear meeting held in Winston-Salem this month, diverse perspectives and ideas were shared on best practices in support of a clean energy economy.
Black Mountain College Semester — exemplifying the value of a liberal arts education
Q&A with Dr. Neva Specht, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences
Feb. 22, 2018
Dr. Neva Specht, dean of Appalachian’s College of Arts and Sciences, addresses the value of a liberal arts education and how Black Mountain College Semester exemplifies this worth to society.
Appalachian’s IDEXlab develops master plan for city parks in Elizabethton, Tennessee
Feb. 20, 2018
Faculty and students of Appalachian’s IDEXlab were awarded funding from the city of Elizabethton, Tennessee, to develop a conceptual master plan proposal and a feasibility study for two of the city’s parks.
NSF grant supports indexing programming project at Appalachian
Feb. 16, 2018
Appalachian professor Patricia Johann in the university’s computer science department has received funding from the National Science Foundation for her project exploring new foundations in indexed programming.
Sustainable Development and Food Services foster farm-to-table initiative on campus
Feb. 16, 2018
Appalachian’s Goodnight Family Department of Sustainable Development and the university’s Food Services partner to provide food from the department’s Teaching and Research Farm to campus dining halls and markets.
ERG supports Appalachian Energy Center’s research of landfill biogas projects
Feb. 12, 2018
The Eastern Research Group has awarded funding to the Appalachian Energy Center at Appalachian to conduct research of worldwide community-based landfill gas projects that benefit communities near landfills.
Black Mountain College Semester 2018 at Appalachian — February events
Sustaining culture of place
Feb. 6, 2018
Black Mountain College Semester 2018 at Appalachian explores sustaining culture of place through various events offered on the university’s campus and at the Blowing Rock Art & History Museum.
Study, connect and recharge at Appalachian’s new solar-powered picnic tables
Feb. 5, 2018
Need to recharge? Phones, laptops and other electronics can be charged at the state-of-the-art, solar-powered picnic tables installed on the first-floor patio of Appalachian’s Peacock Hall.
Breece Robertson ’00, the ‘GIS whiz’ at The Trust for Public Land
Feb. 2, 2018
The Trust for Public Land is working to ensure every American can access a park. Breece Robertson ’00 uses her master’s in geography from Appalachian to help realize that vision.
N.C.’s Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services funds NEXUS project
Feb. 1, 2018
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services funds Appalachian’s NEXUS research project that demonstrates the production of synthetic natural gas from bioenergy crops.
UNC Asheville grant supports research of native wildflower species
Feb. 1, 2018
Faculty in Appalachian’s Department of Biology have been awarded funding from UNC Asheville to research species boundaries between wildflowers Liatris helleri and L. turgida, both native to North Carolina.
HALL a/e/c/ PA funds insulation research at Appalachian
Feb. 1, 2018
Design and consulting firm HALL a/e/c PA funds thermal testing of Rockwool Cavity insulation by Appalachian’s Energy Center and Department of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment.
The powers of sun and soul
Appalachian alumnus’ solar project benefits regional homeless shelter
Jan. 29, 2018
With degrees in music, psychology and appropriate technology, Zach Sprau ’11 ’17 serves marginalized people around the world through solar energy projects.
The Clabough Foundation awards grant for OFFSET Workshop
Jan. 29, 2018
Appalachian's Research Institute for Environment, Energy, and Economics (RIEEE) will use funding from The Clabough Foundation to organize an educational carbon offset workshop for forest landowners in the High Country.
$5,000 ORAU grant supports continued research
Jan. 29, 2018
Research project “Information and Communications Technology (ICT) for Sustainable Development: Interventions with Native American-Owned Small Businesses” is funded by $5,000 Oak Ridge Associated Universities grant.
Team Sunergy leads in the race to carbon neutrality
Jan. 26, 2018
Team Sunergy, Appalachian State University’s lauded solar vehicle team, is offsetting its carbon footprint thanks to a donation of 58 metric tons of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions by Sterling Planet, a sustainable energy solutions provider, and General Motors.
Q&A with Dana Powell, Author of ‘Landscapes of Power’
Duke University Press
Jan. 22, 2018
Duke University Press spoke with Dana Powell, an assistant professor of anthropology at Appalachian State University, about her new book Landscapes of Power: Politics of Energy in the Navajo Nation. Powell examines the rise and fall of the controversial Desert Rock Power Plant initiative in New Mexico, tracing the political conflicts surrounding native sovereignty and energy development on Navajo (Diné) Nation land and emphasizing the potential of Navajo resistance to articulate a vision of autonomy in the face of colonial conditions.
Find Your Sustain Ability: Adam Hege on Social Justice and Food Insecurity in rural Appalachia
Jan. 19, 2018
Appalachian's Director of Sustainability, Dr. Lee Ball sits down with Assistant Professor of Public Health, Adam Hege to discuss his journey from studying exercise science to addressing issues like poverty and food security.