Three students in the university's Spanish language department are hard at work planting Semillas Sostenibles (sustainable seeds) into the hearts and minds of bilingual 4th and 5th graders at El Buen Pastor, a local organization dedicated to helping Latin American families adjust to life in Winston-Salem. Their four-week course teaches the children the basics about the [...]
Mismatched recycling bins from across campus found new homes just in time for the holidays. The displaced bins -- a result of the transition to a new recycling bin standard on campus -- were donated to schools across the county, as well as to local churches and homeless shelters. After a successful pilot program [...]
Matthew Imboden, Assistant Director of Residence Education, describes the motivation behind and success of the first ever Rake Forest event which took place on October 5, 2010: As a way to connect students, the Wake Forest value of service, and the residential neighborhoods surrounding campus, Residence Life & Housing launched the first annual “Rake [...]
The Office of Sustainability participated in the first-ever GOExpo on September 25, 2010 at the Benton Convention Center in downtown Winston-Salem. Representatives from industry, education and community advocacy, from around the Piedmont, joined together to share resources and promote community education for sustainability. The event was coordinated by the City of Winston-Salem’s sustainability committee, with the [...]
Twenty-six high school students learned about sustainability through the lens of food and water systems this summer during the inaugural LENS (Learn. Experience. Navigate. Solve.) Program. Postdoctoral Fellow in Religion and the Environmental Program, Lucas Johnston and English professor Anne Boyle teamed up to lead the program, which was designed to provide high school [...]
Campus Kitchen has long been known for efforts in food justice on campuses across America. The university’s branch expanded these efforts in February through a unique partnership with high-end artisanal grocery store, The Fresh Market. Through Campus Kitchen, between 400 to 650 pounds of food each week are saved from the Winston-Salem Fresh Market dumpsters and [...]
In honor of good weather, the start of spring, and Wake Up to Food Week, Campus-Raised Organic Produce (CROP) hosted their spring kick-off event last Friday, March 19th. With over forty students in attendance, this planting party was a huge success. While last year CROP was in charge of only a few rows, their section of [...]
“Wake Up to Food Week,” March 15th-19th, was sponsored by Campus Kitchen to promote local and sustainable eating. The capstone events for the week were the viewing of the film FRESH, Robert Egger’s talk on “The Business of Healthy Food for All,” as well as the launch of the new season of planting in the Campus [...]
