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Wake Forest’s Office of Sustainability was established in 2009. For over 15 years, we have worked in collaboration with partners across campus to develop a vision and campus wide goals that integrate sustainable principles, policies, and practices into all levels of operations and culture at Wake Forest.

Our Vision

To transform our campus into an institutional model of place-based sustainability with vitality, resilience, and adaptation at our core.

Our Mission

Empowering faculty, staff, and students to lead the sustainability transformation on campus and in the world.

We do this by:

1. Facilitating stakeholder engagement in strategic planning, the cross-functional implementation of campus sustainability goals, and the assessment of outcomes through relevant frameworks.

2. Supporting faculty of all ranks and from all disciplines in the integration of disciplinary-focused sustainability content into teaching and learning.

3. Elevating campus discourse, learning, and action by focusing efforts on the areas of highest impact according to scientific expertise.

4. Empowering critical thinking, curiosity, compassion, and courage to address complex global challenges.

5. Uplifting and celebrating the efforts of faculty, staff, students, and alumni who lead the sustainability transformation on campus and in the world.


How did we get here?