Topic: Sustainability

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More than $1 billion in NC energy costs avoided, Appalachian Energy Summit reports
Jan. 8, 2021
The Appalachian Energy Summit reports, from 2002–03 to 2018–19, the UNC System, together with industry partners, has saved North Carolina more than $1 billion in avoided energy costs — including water use reductions. App State has realized more than $30.3 million in avoided energy and water costs over the same time period.
Find Your Sustain Ability: U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich
Dec. 23, 2020
Join App State Chief Sustainability Officer Lee Ball and guest U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, of New Mexico, as they discuss issues around the climate crisis — what Heinrich calls "the challenge of our time" — on this new episode of Find Your Sustain Ability. Topics range from the new generation of environmentalists and the parallels between COVID-19 and climate, to the landmark passage of the Great American Outdoors Act, which will permanently fund infrastructure and facilities repairs and upgrades on national parks and other federal lands.
Climate change and the rise of CO2: App State scientists contribute to 2020 Global Carbon Budget
Dec. 22, 2020
Drs. Dennis Gilfillan ’08 and Gregg Marland are among 86 scientists worldwide who contributed their expertise to the Global Carbon Project’s 2020 Global Carbon Budget — an annual, in-depth report on the amount of CO2 produced by the world’s nations and how much enters the ocean, is taken up by growing plants or accumulates in the atmosphere.
One for the history books: Top App State moments of 2020
Dec. 21, 2020
Revisit key moments, from a landmark fall enrollment of more than 20,000 students to a public health campaign to help slow the spread of COVID-19, that show App State resilience during a year of historic challenges.
Tracing the Moisture That Nourishes the World’s Highest Glacier [faculty featured]
EOS
Dec. 14, 2020
App State’s Dr. Baker Perry discusses the 2019 National Geographic expedition to Mount Everest and the data that are coming from the weather stations he and his team installed there. Among them, the Khumbu Glacier receives most of its moisture from the Bay of Bengal. Perry teaches in the Department of Geography and Planning.
App State funded to study rare bats along Blue Ridge Parkway area, investigate disease
Dec. 4, 2020
Dr. Mark Spond, App State’s liaison to the National Park Service (NPS), was awarded NPS funding to conduct studies of bats along North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Parkway — data from which will help expand NPS knowledge of the area’s rare bat species and those affected by white-nose syndrome (WNS), a fatal fungal disease.
App State professors explore an environmental perspective on the Civil War
Dec. 2, 2020
App State professors Dr. Judkin Browning and Dr. Timothy Silver have co-authored a book that reevaluates the Civil War from a perspective focused on the environment. “An Environmental History of the Civil War” was published by the University of North Carolina Press in February.
WinterFest provides connection, engagement for App State students in the midst of pandemic
Nov. 25, 2020
Wearing face coverings and safely distanced during WinterFest, students gathered on App State’s Sanford Mall to snack on free food, sip hot cocoa and participate in a variety of games, as well as karaoke and a scavenger hunt.
Cooking Evangelist Carla Ramsdell: Taking Back the Kitchen One Meal at a Time [faculty featured]
All About Women
Nov. 25, 2020
An environmentalist, food physicist and cooking evangelist, Carla Ramsdell shares her passion and offers tips for learning how to cook with health and energy efficiency in mind. She teaches in App State’s Department of Physics and Astronomy.
A second local family will benefit from App Builds a Home collaboration
Nov. 24, 2020
The foundation and fundraising are underway for the second App Builds a Home (ABAH) project, built in partnership with Watauga County Habitat for Humanity. To date, almost $17,000 has been raised toward the total ABAH goal of $40,000 for the project.
Science from the top of the world [faculty quoted]
COSMOS
Nov. 21, 2020
Research findings from National Geographic’s 2019 expedition on Mount Everest, in which App State’s Dr. Baker Perry had a leadership role, are now being published. Perry’s team installed a network of weather stations to monitor the region. Their first paper discusses the importance of precipitation to the ecosystem.
Free meals for App State faculty, students and staff in need over extended winter break
Nov. 20, 2020
A longer-than-usual winter break during the pandemic and an outpouring of support from the university and community have spurred Campus Dining to offer free, chef-inspired meals to the Appalachian Community from Dec. 11–Jan. 14, 2021.
Rising above adversity: A Mountaineer’s road to success
Nov. 11, 2020
Mentors have helped App State student Zoe Huffines overcome personal challenges and tragedy to succeed as a Mountaineer.
Gauging the lead threat in NC waters and aquatic life [faculty quoted]
Carolina Public Press
Nov. 10, 2020
App State’s Dr. Shea Tuberty is quoted about lead found in water supplies and aquatic life, and the lead-testing research he and his students conduct on the French Broad River. Tuberty teaches in the Department of Biology.
Climate change ‘threat multiplier’ means extra risk of heat illness in rural NC [faculty quoted]
The News & Observer
Oct. 20, 2020
The research of Dr. Maggie Sugg and Dr. Jen Runkle that connects occurrences of heat illness, which is increasing in rural areas, and climate change is included in this news story. The researchers say that the changing climate amplifies existing vulnerabilities, such as poorly insulated housing, limited resources to afford air conditioning and little or no tree canopy. They both teach in App State’s Department of Geography and Planning.
Human-driven climate change is changing the colors of fall foliage, scientists say [faculty quoted]
The Washington Post
Oct. 17, 2020
App State biology professor Dr. Howard Neufeld discusses how foreign pests and pathogens, arriving unnoticed in imported goods, can alter landscapes in a short time. Today’s multicolored forests are under threat as a result, he says.
Expert: Beware Of Simple Solutions - Tree Planting Won’t Solve Climate Change [faculty featured]
Forbes
Oct. 16, 2020
This story features the expertise of Walker College of Business associate professor Rajat Panwar on climate change and why just planting trees is not enough to curb it. Panwar teaches in the Department of Management.
Fall leaves may be more vibrantly colored than usual this year [faculty featured]
WWAY-TV
Oct. 9, 2020
“Fall Color Guy” Dr. Howard Neufeld, a biology professor at App State, is interviewed atop Rough Ridge about peak fall leaf color in the High Country and how to safely visit the area during the coronavirus pandemic.