Sustainable Business

6 areas hiring managers will consider for sustainability jobs

6 areas hiring managers will consider for sustainability jobs
Feb 22, 2016

[Greenbiz] — From recruiters to academics to consultants to businesses, the message is clear: Sustainability is growing, it’s professionalizi...

Next South Conference and Career Fair

Next South Conference and Career Fair
Feb 10, 2016

Generation Green and the Georgia Conservancy present Next South, the largest conference in the Southeast dedicated to inspiring and empowering fu...

Sustainable Business Spotlight: Vixster's Zak Ammar

Sustainable Business Spotlight: Vixster
Feb 9, 2016

As founder and CEO of Vixster, Zak Ammar is working to provide an on-demand and subscription trash + recycling service. In addition to aspiring t...

Call For Applicants: the B Impact Fellowship

Call For Applicants: the B Impact Fellowship
Feb 8, 2016

[B Impact Fellows] Following its inaugural launch year in partnership with the Best for NYC campaign, B Lab is launching the second iteration of their...

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Sustainability Outreach Grants
Feb 4, 2016

The Outreach and Engagement Subcommittee of Appalachian’s Sustainability Council is pleased to announce a new grants program to provide funding...

Vice President of Sustainability for Interface, Erin Meezan to speak at 2016 Global Opportunities Conference
Jan 27, 2016

Business has positively transformed the human experience over the centuries in ways that are difficult to fathom. Unfortunately, much of the benefit c...

Bailey Winecoff Appalachian State University

Sustainable Business student to present during National Conference on Undergraduate Research
Jan 26, 2016

Appalachian State University senior Bailey Winecoff has received a nod of approval from the 30th annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research&...

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Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment Summer Study Abroad
Jan 20, 2016

The Department of Sustainable Technology and the Built Environment will offer four study abroad trips during summer 2016.  Studeng groups will tr...

Jan 15 sustainable business meeting to feature Jen Maxwell
Jan 14, 2016

Walker College Sustainable Business Director Jim Westerman announced that the January 15 Sustainable Business Spring Meeting will feature&nb...

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Business faculty continue work on AppLab, a problem-based learning model to solve real-world issues
Jan 5, 2016

Faculty members at Appalachian State University are continuing efforts in 2016 on AppLab, a problem-based learning model focused on solving real-world...