If you’re traveling for the holidays, try setting back your home thermostat to save money and energy this year. Each year since 2008, Facilities & Campus Services has set back building temperatures to save energy during winter break when campus activities are limited and most […]
The effects of burning fossil fuels and emitting heat-trapping greenhouse gasses are vast and worsening across all regions of the United States. With the global average surface temperature already hovering around 1.2 degrees celsius (2.2 degrees F) above pre-industrial levels, some of the effects […]
Perspectives on Sustainability, Quarterly Newsletter As we publish, world leaders and climate reporters are gathered in Dubai for the 28th United Nations Climate Conference, COP28. On the docket this year is the call for member countries to triple renewable energy capacity and double energy […]
February 13, 2024 In an increasingly complex and interconnected world, how do the relationships between humans, non-human animals, and landscapes influence public health? Join Wake Forest’s Office of Sustainability and co-sponsoring departments on Tuesday, February 13th at 5:30pm in Brendle Recital Hall for Tracing Threads from Art […]
Are you coming back to Wake Forest for Homecoming next weekend? In support of the campus-wide events happening this year, we will be hosting an environment and sustainability table at Festival on the Quad in lieu of a separate event this year. Please join […]
Update: This position has been filled. Thank you to all students who expressed interest and applied. Spring 2024 intern opportunities will be released mid-November. Apply Today to be a Campus Garden Intern The Office of Sustainability is currently hiring for a Campus Garden Intern. This […]
Building Leadership for Sustainability Are you a first-year student interested in sustainability? Join SLG, the Sustainability Leadership Group exclusively for first-year students. This group is designed for new Deacs who want to develop the skills and experience needed to address some of the most pressing issues facing […]
By Sophia Masciarelli (’22), Content Development Assistant In 2015, the Paris Agreement was adopted and signed by 195 nations around the world as part of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. It signaled a landmark of a new global commitment aimed at limiting […]
By Lauren Berryman (’21), Content Development Assistant A staggering one in seven North Carolinians faces hunger, according to Feeding America. If you zoom in closer, you’ll find that 49.7% of Black residents in Winston-Salem have low or no access to healthy food. Not only that […]
By Lucas Johnston (’98), Director of the Wake Forest Undergraduate Environmental Program I teach courses on religions and environmental issues, with values and ethics always at the forefront of our conversations. We are a meaning-making species, or so we are told. We find faces […]
By Sophia Masciarelli, Content Development Assistant When the novel coronavirus hit the United States in early 2020, it upended every aspect of American life as we knew it. The presence of the virus also uncovered countless threads of inequity that run just below the surface, […]
Finding Peace in Nature During a PandemicBy Lauren Berryman (’21) Explore the full photo essay, “Hidden Gems of the Great Outdoors” here. “When the future is full of uncertainty and dread, where can you find peace and comfort except in the present moment?” – […]
Not only does the undergraduate Environmental (ENV) Program have two new majors in environment and sustainability available to students starting this fall — it now has a place to call to call home. For 25 years, the program has existed in various spaces around […]
Pedestrians will soon have a safe path to cross Reynolda Road near the entrances to Reynolda House Museum of American Art and Graylyn Estate. Construction on the Reynolda Road Crosswalk began the last week of July with completed improvements to sidewalks along the side of […]
Wake Forest Director of Athletics John Currie is one of four collegiate Athletic Directors from Power Five conferences that will showcase their school’s climate action, health and wellness and equity/inclusion practices during an upcoming webinar on August 3, 2020, at 1 p.m. […]
