Appalachian State University
PAE-20: Inter-Campus Collaboration on Sustainability

Appalachian State University is hosting a UNC System-wide conference with Rocky Mountain Institute to begin conversations around transforming how the UNC System creates and uses energy. Conference July 2012. Appalachian State University Sustainability Report published Jan 2011 AASHE 2010 Conference paper - Tales from Year One: Launching a Sustainability Office in Lean Times AppState Collaborative Biodiesel Project is an EPA P3 award winner and its associated web site hosts the written grant and research associated with this ongoing study of biodiesel research. - http://www.biodiesel.appstate.edu/links.php ASU is part of a Google Site called Southeast Sustainability Network consisting of 20 higher education sustainability directors and/or sustainability staff. Conference calls occur once per month.

Appalachian State University is a member of the Carolina Recycling Association. This is an organization whose overall goal is "to promote waste reduction and source separation and recycling of marketable/recyclable materials in the solid waste stream." - http://nc.myecoville.com/cra/about-cra/mission-goals-core-values ASU is a member of the Coordinated Recycling Committee. This is a joint effort consisting of representatives from the Town of Boone, Watauga County, and ASU. The committee's mission statement is: "To coordinate recycling opportunities and educational outreach among the Town of Boone, Watauga County, and Appalachian State University.” - http://offcampus.appstate.edu/pagesmith/66 ASU is represented on the town of Boone's Sustainable Development Task Force. This group was formally formed on January 19, 2010. The director of the ASU Office of Sustainability, Mr. Ged Moody, currently fills the ASU faculty/staff seat on this task force. - http://www.townofboone.net/departments/admin/meet/archives/2010/MINUTES/20100119.pdf In 1997, ASU formalized its commitment to sustainability by signing the Talloires Declaration, created in 1990.The commitment is a ten-point action plan to assist colleges and universities with incorporating sustainability and environmental literacy into education and research, teaching, outreach, and operations. - http://sustain.appstate.edu/commitments Appalachian is committed to the AASHE STARS program as a means to assess our level of sustainability and foster valuable relationships across our university community. Appalachian signed on as a member of the ACUPCC (American College and Universities Presidents' Climate Committment) on Earth Day, April 22nd, 2008. - http://sustain.appstate.edu/about/guiding-commitments/climate-commitment

Southeast Sustainability Network (Google group that meets monthly on a conference call ~roughly 20 sustainability Directors) Appalachian is working on a project in conjunction with the NC Solar Center at North Carolina State University, as well as two private partners, to produce around 2600 homes with improved efficiency standards. American and Recovery Reinvestment Act grant funding ~ $2.55million. Currently, two professors in Appalachian State University's Technology department are working with faculty at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNCC)to analyze the impacts on indoor living conditions by the installation of energy conservation measures and if the conditions are found to be negative, what solutions could be applied. Appalachian State University has received a $250,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s U.S.-Brazil Higher Education Consortia Program to implement a four-year U.S.-Brazil Sustainability and Sustainable Development Education Initiative. Appalachian will implement the program in collaboration with Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University and Federal Rural University of Pernambuco, University of Fortaleza, and State University of Amazonas in Brazil. "Appalachian State University has received a three-year, $300,000 grant to enhance the capacity of a Mexican partner institution, Fundación Universidad de Las Américas Puebla (FUDLAP), with its renewable energy and energy efficiency educational programs and activities." "The project is funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development/Mexico through Higher Education for Development under the Training, Internships, Exchanges and Scholarships (TIES) Program."