University Sustainability

Defining Sustainability since 1899

Sustainability at App State is not a trend, it is a tradition

Mountaineer Food Hub & Free Store

Mountaineer Food Hub & Free Store

Appalachian State University’s Mountaineer Food Hub and Free Store is available to students, staff and faculty. The Food Hub serves as a means to address food insecurity and provides staple foods, fresh produce, bread, breakfast items and personal care products. Learn more

We are active stewards of our state’s interconnected financial, cultural and natural resources. Through engaged scholarship, we balance critical, creative and global thinking in a living laboratory, transforming theory into practice and fostering responsible citizenship.

By the Numbers

  • STARS Gold

    rating for sustainability performance

  • 3rd

    ranked in AASHE's 2022 Sustainable Campus Index for Masters Institutions Top Performers.

  • $1 billion

    in avoided utility costs (UNC System and industry partners)

  • More than

    $1 million

    in local food purchased (2019–20 by Campus Dining)

  • 2,576 courses

    incorporate sustainability (2019-20)

  • 29,720 lbs.

    of waste diverted from the landfill through recycling and composting in the 2023 stadium zero waste sorting efforts

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Find Your Sustain Ability

What does sustainability mean, anyway? Turns out, it means more than you might think.

Be Part of the Change

Innovative Academic Programs

Research opportunities — in the field and in the classroom — abound for undergraduate students at App State.