Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 73.10
Liaison Jim Dees
Submission Date May 21, 2012
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STARS v1.2

Appalachian State University
ER-T2-6: Sustainability Events

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Crystal Simmons
Outreach and public relations
Office of Sustainability
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

Does the institution hold major events related to sustainability, such as conferences, speaker series, or symposia, that have students as the intended audience?:
Yes

A brief description of the event(s):

*Every spring semester there is a Sustainability Film Series, one per month the entire semester, with a panel discussion afterward.
*Every year we hold a big campus/town Earth day/week/month celebration.
*There is an energy reduction challenge pitting dorms at ASU against dorms at Western Carolina University.
*Recycle at the Rock is a student led initiative through Appalachian's Office of Waste Reduction and Recycling leading the charge of recycling at home football games. Recycle at the Rock targets students as volunteers.


The website URL where information about the event(s) are available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

Appalachian State University has major events related to sustainability. Usually, however, they are not coordinated through the sustainability office. Having said that, the sponsoring department[s] usually creates the web links to host the events. The sustainability website advertises the events on their website.


Appalachian State University has major events related to sustainability. Usually, however, they are not coordinated through the sustainability office. Having said that, the sponsoring department[s] usually creates the web links to host the events. The sustainability website advertises the events on their website.

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