Students around campus are changing the way they think about hydration by choosing to fill up their reusable water bottles at refilling stations around campus. Little do they know, they have former sustainability intern Frannie Speer to thank for these. When Frannie joined the […]
Professor of biology Miles Silman and undergraduate student Max Messinger are producing an unmanned submarine, also known as an ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle), for use in the study of aquatic ecology and oceanography. The ROV is a small, low-cost, and easy to operate tool […]
Obscenely early on Sunday morning I joined eleven sleepy Deacons in a van headed to the Forward on Climate rally in Washington, DC. Five and a half hours later we arrived at a DC Metro station and boarded a train bound for the National […]
With the launch of the Choose to Reuse campaign in 2011, the original station was christened outside the Office of Sustainability in Reynolda Hall. The fleet of stations has now grown to nine. The growth of this student-initiated project reflects a desire to […]
Throughout the planning and construction of Farrell Hall, the two new north campus residence halls, and the new dining facility the architects have kept an eye on the incorporation of principles of sustainable design. In an interview with Paul Borick, a senior project manager with […]
Campus sustainability efforts often begin with Environmental Health and Safety enforcement. Without first addressing the environmental and safety regulations that protect our resources and our overall health and safety, we would not be able to create sustainability goals and programs that take us beyond […]
Wake Forest Hillel, the Office of Sustainability, and Landscaping Services partnered for a celebration of Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish New Year for trees, on Friday, February 1st. Students and staff braced against the cold on the Benson Circle to plant a new willow oak […]
Q. I heard that the Environmental Program is making modifications to its minor curriculum. What are these changes and which students will it affect? A. Following a vote in November 2012, the environmental faculty voted to revise curriculum for the Interdisciplinary Minor in Environmental Studies to provide […]
Peer education, long a well-loved tool in the field of public health, has inspired curiosity from sustainability advocates in recent years. As research in psychology and marketing continues to affirm that environmental awareness alone does not result in environmentally preferable behavior changes, those seeking […]
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 […]
The following internships are available for Spring 2013. In order to apply, please fill out this form. Applications are due by Friday the 25th at 5pm . Office of Energy Management- Energy Intern The intern will assist the campus Energy Manager with communications, energy […]
This month Wake Forest competed with Notre Dame in Energy Bowl 2012 – Lights Off, Lights Out, an energy-reduction competition between the residence halls at the two universities. The competition ran November 1st to 14th —the two weeks leading up to the […]
During her time at Wake Forest, Katherine Sinacore (’11) worked in the Office of Sustainability as one of two Green Team program development interns. Katherine helped lay the groundwork for and pilot the program, which has now blossomed into a campus-wide initiative. […]
Earlier this month, nearly sixty people turned out for the WFU Campus / Community Bike Ride. The event was designed to increase bicycle awareness on and off-campus, and to draw attention to the need for improved bicycle and pedestrian corridors between WFU […]
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 […]
