Two App State Team Sunergy members join Chief Sustainability Officer Lee Ball in the podcast studio to share their experiences with solar vehicle racing. Zach Howard and Logan Richardson explain how they got involved with the team, as well as

018: Get to Know Team Sunergy Pt.01

Jul 10th, 2023 11m 59s

Two App State Team Sunergy members join Chief Sustainability Officer Lee Ball in the podcast studio to share their experiences with solar vehicle racing. Nicole Sommerdorf and Patrick Laney explain how they got involved with the team, as well a

017: National Geographic CEO Dr. Jill Tiefenthaler

Jul 7th, 2023 22m 53s

Dr. Jill Tiefenthaler, the first female CEO of the National Geographic Society, joins App State Chief Sustainability Officer Lee Ball in the podcast studio to discuss the journey that led her to her current position. She shares her thoughts on

016: App State at The United Nations Climate Change Conference

Apr 28th, 2023 16m 44s

Lee welcomes Dr. Dave McEvoy, Professor and Chair of the Department of Economics in the Walker College of Business along with Grace Waugh, a senior sustainable technology major and Matthew Mair, a senior economics and political science major.

015 Brian Crutchfield on sustainability since the 1970s

Mar 28th, 2023 37m 39s

Brian Crutchfield joins Lee in studio for a discussion ranging from tobacco farming to photovoltaics and the Tennessee Valley Authority. A North Carolina native and Virginia Tech graduate, Crutchfield has seen his share of changes in the field

014 Jamie Parson on the goals and challenges of in the work of diversity, equity and inclusion

Jun 23rd, 2022 17m 37s

Host Dr. Lee F. Ball visits with App State Chief Diversity Officer Jamie Parson. The two discuss her experiences in the world of insurance and academia. Parson shares goals for her position as chief diversity officer and defines some of the gre

013 Nicole Hagerman Miller on the journey not just the destination

Dec 21st, 2021 37m 9s

Nicole Hagerman Miller is the Managing Director at Biomimicry 3.8, a Missoula, Montana based company that draws it's design inspiration and functional instruction from nature and natural systems and tailors those ancient and refined principals

012 Dr. Rajat Panwar on deforestation, corporate social responsibility and global value chains

Feb 15th, 2021 39m 34s

Join App State Chief Sustainability Officer Lee Ball and guest Dr. Rajat Panwar, associate professor in App State's Walker College of Business, as they discuss deforestation, corporate social responsibility and global value chains, as well as P

011 U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich on the climate crisis and repairs and upgrades of national parks

Dec 23rd, 2020 46m 37s

Lee Ball: Welcome to the podcast Find Your Sustain Ability, where we discuss active solutions to some of the world's toughest problems related to climate change, social justice and sustainability. My name is Lee Ball, and I am your host. On th

010 David Karlsgodt discusses sustainability on college campuses

Sep 30th, 2020 44m 39s

Appalachian's Chief Sustainability Officer Dr. Lee Ball is joined by David Karlsgodt, Brailsford and Dunlavey’s director of management advisory services and host of the Campus Energy and Sustainability Podcast. Topics covered include the future

009 Baker Perry on installing the world’s highest weather station

Jan 27th, 2020 39m 19s

Host Dr. Lee F. Ball visits with climate scientist and Appalachian geography and planning professor Dr. Baker Perry. Perry shares details about his recent trip to Mount Everest to install the world's highest weather station, the applications o

008 Amory Lovins explains how “off-the-shelf technologies” and integrated design can achieve energy and cost efficiency

Nov 27th, 2019 23m 26s

On this Find Your Sustain Ability, Appalachian's chief sustainability officer, Dr. Lee F. Ball, welcomes who he calls “one of the country’s foremost leaders in renewable energy and energy efficiency” — Amory Lovins. Lovins is chairman emeritus

007 Dr. David Orr on sustainability education and politics and his earliest memories of the natural environment

Oct 9th, 2019 29m 3s

Before most people even knew what the S-word was all about, David Orr was pioneering the field of sustainability education. His groundbreaking work in the '90s led to the construction of one of the greenest buildings in North America. On this p

006 Kailash Satyarthi — fighting child labor from Delhi sweatshops to U.S. tobacco fields

Jul 8th, 2019 31m 26s

Host Dr. Lee F. Ball, Appalachian's chief sustainability officer, interviews Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi. Satyarthi has spent 40 years freeing 80,000 children from slavery. Listen to his journey and his advice to App State students on the

005 Adam Hege on Social Justice and Food Insecurity in rural Appalachia

Jan 12th, 2018 22m 46s

Appalachian's Director of Sustainability, Dr. Lee Ball sits down with Assistant Professor of Public Health, Adam Hege to discuss his journey from studying exercise science to addressing issues like food insecurity, social determinants of health

004 Majora Carter ”The Prophet of Local”

Jul 26th, 2017 19m 35s

Whether she's turning a landfill into an award-winning 3 million-dollar park, or transforming a neglected streetscape into a picturesque, Parisian-cafe inspired greenspace, Majora Carter's vision and drive for sustainable, local living is poten

003 Former Head of EPA Gina McCarthy

Jul 21st, 2017 28m 59s

Gina McCarthy discusses what it was like to be in charge of 15,000 people at the EPA and shares why she remains hopeful about our nation and our world.TranscriptLee Ball: Well, thanks so much for being with me here today with Gina McCarth

002 Jeff Biggers on Regenerative Cities and Sustainability in Appalachia

Mar 8th, 2017 33m 30s

A history of sustainability in Appalachia and life after coal.Appalachian’s director of sustainability, Dr. Lee Ball, welcomes celebrated author, journalist, historian and playwright Jeff Biggers to the studio for a discussion of the history

001 What does Social Justice have to do with Sustainability?

Nov 20th, 2015 33m 37s

Are sustainability and social justice answers to the same question?Without social justice and equity, can Appalachian State University, and the world, be sustainable? Hear what Bindu Kolli Jayne, chief diversity officer and associate vice ch

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