The 1999-2000 school year has been a successful one for the Sustainability Task Force at
Appalachian State University, and for the students, staff, and faculty associated with it. Building upon the campus-wide sustainability assessment report completed by Billy Schumann, the Task Force was able to address specific needs identified by the report.

One major role of the Task Force this year included representing Appalachian State at several state-wide and regional environmental conferences this school year. At a meeting of North Carolina's 16 Campus Sustainability Task Forces, we had an opportunity to outline our new composting program as well as our "Green" building interests. Jim Rice and Logan Brown represented Appalachian State in Atlanta at a Second Nature's Southeast Regional environmental conference. We were invited to be among the schools that presented their sustainable campus practices.

In addition to Chapel Hill and N.C. State's representation of their respective campuses, Appalachian State's environmental sustainability officer Jeff Boyer has been asked to speak on behalf of Appalachian and all other state campuses at Governor Hunt's second annual Clean & Green 2000 Event in Raleigh this April 28. This honors Appalachian State's efforts and reinforces our feeling that our campus is becoming a leader in working to implement environmental sustainability measures as well as teaching it and researching it.

This report summarizes the projects and efforts that the sustainability task has focused upon in the past year including:

• Recycling
• Composting
• “Green-building” Pilot Project
• Sustainable Purchasing Initiative
• Community Outreach Program