As a chemistry major with an environmental studies minor, I enjoy the chances I get to take classes that depart from the sciences. I have developed a great fondness for a course I am currently taking – Religion and Ecology, with Dr. Lucas Johnston. It […]
“When you die, God will not ask you how old the earth is. He will ask you ‘what did you do with what I gave you?’” In celebration of World Food Day, the WFU Divinity School’s Food, Faith, and Religious Leadership Initiative and the […]
WFU was the host site for the Piedmont Triad Green Roof & Wall Market Development Symposium in mid-September. The conference, which was organized by Green Roofs for Healthy Cities in partnership with the Center for Energy, Environment & Sustainability (CEES), brought experts from around the state […]
Rolling into the second year of the Triad Interuniversity Planning Project (TIPP) Grant, the project also entered phase two: collect sunlight in a more cost effective way, capture leftover waste heat, and convert the heat into usable energy. The Solar Consortium, a group […]
On March 6th, assistant professor of mathematics, Dr. Rob Erhardt, addressed a full room of eager listeners on the topic of global climate disruption. His talk, sponsored by the Math Club and titled Measuring Climate Change, drew a crowd from across campus, including Dr. Erhardt’s […]
Thanks to a matching grant from the Provost’s Fund for Academic Excellence, twelve faculty members from across the university came together last May for a sustainability-across-the-curriculum workshop. The aim of the workshop was to build a trans-disciplinary community of scholars committed to addressing […]
Affiliates of the Wake Forest Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability (CEES) gathered on the afternoon of November 8th to meet and talk about their work in sustainability. The mission of the center, which was launched in 2010, is to “support the […]
How many stars can you see when you look into the night sky? This was just one of the questions posed by the film A City Dark, shown in the Kulynych Auditorium on March 27. The film explored the […]
Pietra Rivoli, a Georgetown business professor, economist and author of “The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy,” discussed American perceptions of global trade at an hour-long talk on February 2. Rivoli spent five years tracing the path of a simple […]
“Capitalism with a Conscience” – Walter Robb, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director, Whole Foods Market, Inc. Tuesday January 31, 2012, 4:00-5:15 p.m. Worrell 1312 Join us for this presentation along with a panel discussion on “What is the Social Responsibility of Business?”John Allison, Distinguished […]
September 19, 2011 at 7 p.m. in the Kulynych Auditorium in the Byrum Welcome and Admissions Center The lecture, titled “Bi-Partisan Leadership in Today’s Environment: Substance or Sound Bite,” will be presented by Christine Todd Whitman, former administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency […]
As a conservation biologist researching biodiversity in the Amazon Rain Forest, Professor of Biology, Miles Silman, has been a de facto part of the sustainability movement since beginning work on his doctorate nearly two decades ago. Yet he admits that he “just didn’t get […]
Tiffany White has returned to the university 14 years after graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Art History to serve as the Program Assistant for the Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (CEES) and the Office of Sustainability. White took up […]
Celebrate the culmination of the 13 Days of Celebrating the Earth by attending the keynote lecture by Bill McKibben. Bill McKibben – 350: The Most Important Number in the World When: 6:30pm-8:00pm Where: Wait Chapel Bill McKibben is one of America’s best known […]
Students, faculty and community members packed Pugh Auditorium for Dr. Carl Safina’s February 23 lecture on the state of the world’s oceans. Safina is a leader in science and policy regarding oceans and was a central voice in the BP oil spill in the […]
