Sustainability

Energy Summit 2017

Appalachian Energy Summit "Perspectives: Policy and Practice"
Jun 21, 2017

The 2017 Appalachian Energy Summit is the sixth-annual meeting of some of the world's most brilliant minds in energy policies and practices.

University News, Events, Sustainability
Wilkes with his beekeeping suit on, shows the club where the queen of the hive is.

ASU Beekeepers Unveil First On-Campus Hive
May 2, 2017

On April 21 a small crowd gathered at the LLC Gardens to celebrate the opening of the first on-campus beehive. The event was created and sponsored by the beekeeping club at Appalachian State University.

College News, Sustainability, Faculty & Staff

Racing the Sun with the Solar Vehicle Team
Aug 22, 2016

What do you get when you take a dozen Appalachian State University students, three passionate faculty, and an institutional commitment to sustainability?

College News, Students, Sustainability

Appalachian vehicle finishes in sixth place in American Solar Challenge
Aug 8, 2016

HOT SPRINGS, S.D.—Twelve students who departed the campus of Appalachian State University on July 21 completed a 17-day journey in Hot Springs, South Dakota, on Aug.

College News, Sustainability, Students

Appalachian’s solar vehicle team places third in the Formula Sun Grand Prix
Jul 29, 2016

WAMPUM, Pa.—Appalachian State University's solar vehicle team, Team Sunergy, has taken third place in the Formula Sun Grand Prix at the Pittsburgh International Race Complex in Wampum, Pennsylvania.

College News, Students, Sustainability

Team Sunergy talks racing, sustainable energy and academia
Jul 18, 2016

BOONE - Team Sunergy, Appalachian State University's solar car team, will be traveling to Pittsburgh, PA next week to compete for the first time in the Formula Sun Grand Prix...

College News, Students, Sustainability

Solar Vehicle Team preps for summer competition, displays car at local events
Jul 4, 2016

BOONE—Appalachian State University's Solar Vehicle Team (SVT) will be competing in the Formula Sun Grand Prix (FSGP) July 22-28 at the Pittsburgh International Race Complex in Wampum, Penn.

College News, Students, Sustainability

Appalachian State University to host 100th anniversary celebration of the National Park Service
Jun 20, 2016

BOONE - Appalachian State University's Office of the National Park Service Liaison is planning an event to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the US National Park Service Organic Act of 1916, the act which founded the National Park Service (NPS).

College News, Sustainability, Events

Author of “The Vegan Studies Project” to speak April 21 at Appalachian
Mar 24, 2016

Laura Wright, author of “The Vegan Studies Project: Food, Animals, and Gender in the Age of Terror” will speak April 21 at 5:30 p.m. in room 114 Belk Library and Information Commons at Appalachian State University.

College News, Events, Sustainability

NSF grant supports new approach to teaching botany
Feb 7, 2016

BOONE—A National Science Foundation grant awarded to two faculty members at Appalachian State University will support their work to develop engaging botany laboratory experiences for undergraduate students and, at the same time, build a database related to ecological changes occurring in t

College News, Sustainability, Grants & Research