Today’s society is dependent upon our access to affordable and abundant energy sources. Our current fossil fuel-based energy supply is not limitless, and we are increasingly in need of finding a way to harness and store energy from alternative fuel sources that is safe, […]
Energizing the Future: Technology, Policy and Entrepreneurship — February 10-11, 2010, on the Wake Forest Campus Energy is vital to our modern way of life, and sustainable energy solutions are essential for a secure future. With broad interest and expertise in the sciences, economics, law […]
Student demand, institutional commitment, and faculty interest are all inspiring the integration of sustainability themes into higher education curricula and research agendas. The complex and interdependent nature of solutions for a more sustainable future call for inter- and trans- disciplinary teaching and research. Institutional […]
“The world is ours to lose,” concluded Applied Anthropologist, Dr. Duncan Earle at his lecture titled “2012: What’s the Story?” on November 11. This was the second of two lectures Earle delivered at the university this on the 11th. His first lecture, “Micro-Financial Alternatives to Rain Forest Destruction in the Congo,” addressed the question of creating financially viable alternatives to environmentally destructive activities that lead to tropical forest loss including alternatives such as carbon-credit offsets and sustainable enterprises for local economies.
