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		<title>Appalachian’s College of Education building receives LEED® Silver certification</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2013/05/15/rcoe-leed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 19:51:19 +0000</pubDate>
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BOONE—The building that houses Appalachian State University’s Reich College of Education has received LEED® Silver certification established by the U.S. Green Building Council and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI). LEED is the nation’s preeminent program for the design, construction and operation of high performance green buildings.

The certification means the building’s design, construction [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Students focus on sustainability during Homegrown Film Festival</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2013/05/08/homegrown-film-festival-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 20:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
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BOONE—Mini-documentaries that were highlighted during Homegrown Film Festival: A Celebration of Sustainability in the High Country are now available online. Topics included sustainable agriculture, beer making and more.

The films can be viewed at http://sd.appstate.edu/events/homegrown-film-festival-celebration-sustainability-high-country.
The festival, held May 1 on campus, drew more than 300 students, faculty, staff and community members. They viewed a series of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appalachian named one of Princeton Review’s 322 Green Colleges</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2013/04/25/green-colleges/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
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BOONE—Appalachian State University is one of 322 colleges and universities across the nation included in “The Princeton Review’s Guide to 322 Green Colleges” for 2013. The guide was created in collaboration with the Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) (http://www.usgbc.org).

This is the fourth year the guidebook has been released, saluting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Student poster abstracts sought for 2013 Appalachian Energy Summit</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2013/04/25/student-poster-abstracts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Students at Appalachian State University are invited to submit poster abstracts for possible inclusion in the 2013 Appalachian Energy Summit.
Up to four students from each of the 17 University of North Carolina campuses will be selected to present their posters on energy-related research or applied projects and participate in the summit.
Housing and meals will be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Student film festival spotlights community sustainability efforts</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2013/04/22/homegrown-film-festival/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:47:04 +0000</pubDate>
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BOONE—Students at Appalachian State University will host “Homegrown Film Festival: A Celebration of Sustainability in the High Country” on Wednesday, May 1, at 7 p.m. in Parkway Ballroom of the university’s Plemmons Student Union. This event is free and open to the public.
Image credit: Justin Young
Sustainable development majors will present a series of mini-documentary films [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take the Graduation Pledge for social and environmental responsibility</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2013/04/19/graduation-pledge-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 14:33:45 +0000</pubDate>
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BOONE—Students are encouraged to take the Appalachian State University Graduation Pledge to commit to social and environmental responsibility in any future job or career. Since 2010, approximately 363 Appalachian students have taken the pledge.

The pledge states: “I pledge to explore and take into account the social and environmental consequences, and the civic and community responsibilities, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Earth Week at Appalachian begins April 20</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2013/04/09/earth-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
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“Put Your Green Foot Forward”
BOONE—Appalachian State University celebrates Earth Day in a week-long, series of events centered on the theme “Put Your Green Foot Forward.”
Earth Week will include activities each day between Saturday, April 20, and Friday, April 26, with a different challenge for each day. Visit http://sustain.appstate.edu/earth-week-2013 for a full listing of events.
Activities and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NEW LOCATION: Global Opportunities Conference held April 12 at Appalachian</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2013/03/27/global-opportunities-conference-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 20:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
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BOONE—William Kamkwamba, co-author of the New York Times bestseller “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope,” will be the keynote speaker at the 5th Annual Global Opportunities Conference to be held Friday, April 12.
William Kamkwamba, co-author of the New York Times bestseller “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Residence hall students “pull the plug” to reduce energy use</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2013/03/22/battle-of-the-plug/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2013 16:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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BOONE—Students living on campus at Appalachian State University reduced their energy consumption 3.1 percent or the equivalent of 26,421 kilowatt hours of electricity during the annual Battle of the Plug.

The informal cooperative event between Appalachian and Western Carolina University encourages students to reduce energy use by using day lighting instead of  incandescent or fluorescent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ramsdell named American Council on Education Fellow</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2013/03/20/jeff-ramsdell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:14:56 +0000</pubDate>
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BOONE—Dr. Jeff Ramsdell, director of the Appalachian Energy Center and a professor in the Department of Technology and Environmental Design at Appalachian State University, is one of 50 individuals to receive an American Council on Education Fellowship for the 2013-14 academic year.

A member of the faculty since 2003, Ramsdell was nominated for the fellowship by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Authors to speak during New Economy Summit held April 4-7</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2013/03/19/authors-to-speak-during-new-economy-summit-held-april-4-7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:49:36 +0000</pubDate>
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BOONE—A New Economy Summit will be held at Appalachian State University April 4-7 to explore local efforts and initiatives being made to transition the High Country to a just and sustainable economy.

The public is invited to attend all events, which feature addresses by political economist Gar Alperovitz, author of “What Then Must We Do? Straight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Workshop series on renewable energy, building efficiency begins in April at Appalachian</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2013/03/19/workshop-series-renewable-energy-building-efficiency/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Mar 2013 20:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—A series of workshops focusing on renewable energy, building efficiency, energy savings, green home certifications and the state energy code will begin in April at Appalachian State University.
The series is offered by the Appalachian Energy Center.  Some of the workshops have full scholarships available for qualified individuals through the High Country Workforce Development Board [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Environmentalist talks about eco-feminism and climate change March 27</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2013/03/12/chris-cuomo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:21:04 +0000</pubDate>
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BOONE—Environmental activist and philosopher Dr. Chris J. Cuomo will speak Wednesday, March 27, at Appalachian State University. Her lecture is part of the university’s inaugural Global Women’s Series, which is a collaboration among the women’s studies and global studies programs, the Office of International Education and Development and Belk Library and Information Commons.
Cuomo’s talk, “Eco-Feminism [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appalachian begins “zero waste” commitment</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2013/03/01/zero-waste/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 21:16:44 +0000</pubDate>
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BOONE—A “zero waste” commitment has begun at Appalachian State University with the goal of diverting 90 percent of all waste from landfill disposal by 2022.
The university currently diverts 40 percent of its waste annually from a landfill by recycling, reducing and composting.

“Colleges and universities have adopted goals of 90 percent diversion when speaking of zero [...]]]></description>
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		<title>N.C. State scientist to discuss climate change Feb. 21</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2013/02/15/climate-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Award-winning N.C. State University scientist Dr. Robert Bruck will discuss “Climate Change – the Critical Thinking Factor” Thursday, Feb. 21, from 4-5 p.m. in Grandfather Mountain Ballroom of Plemmons Student Union. The public is invited.
In his free seminar, Bruck will address what is known and not known in the climate change debate and the role [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creative recycling saves campus nearly $45,000</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2013/02/14/creative-recycling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
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BOONE—There are many ways to recycle and reuse items, and employees of Appalachian State University’s Landscape Services and Motor Pool just might be the masters.
Creative recycling is illustrated in these photos showing Appalachian State University Landscape Services employees preparing a more than two decade&#8217;s old Japanese maple for its new location near The Schaefer Center [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global Women’s Series begins March 5</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2013/02/13/global-womens-series/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 19:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
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BOONE—The inaugural Global Women’s Series focusing on women and the environment begins March 5 at Appalachian State University.
“Arise,” a film about women inspiring community building, will be shown March 20 as part of the Global Women’s Series and the Sustainability Film Series at Appalachian State University.
The series is designed to address contemporary global issues affecting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainability Film Series begins Jan. 29</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2013/01/23/sustainability-film-series-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 19:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
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BOONE—The fourth annual Sustainability Film Series opens Jan. 29 with films focusing on issues related to alternative energy, community building and fracking.  The feature-length films will be shown in Greer Auditorium each month during spring semester. All films begin at 7 p.m. and are free and open to the public.

Each film will be followed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Students initiate new grant program for renewable energy research</title>
		<link>http://www.news.appstate.edu/2013/01/02/renewable-energy-research/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2013 21:34:42 +0000</pubDate>
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BOONE—Students at Appalachian State University believe so strongly in reducing their environmental impact while on campus that they charge themselves a fee to support renewable energy projects. Now, they have begun using some of that revenue to support faculty research related to renewable energy.
Solar thermal water heating systems atop campus buildings are among alternative energy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RTF bus tour visits Appalachian</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BOONE—Representatives from Research Triangle Foundation (RTF) visited Appalachian State University Thursday as part of the Pathways to Opportunity bus tour, which includes stops in more than 20 N.C. cities or towns. The foundation manages Research Triangle Park (RTP).
RTF president and CEO Bob Geolas said a new master plan for Research Triangle Park includes reconnecting with [...]]]></description>
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