On Earth Day, 2024, Wake Forest University and eight other colleges and universities in North Carolina and Pennsylvania announced their plan to bring a large-scale solar facility online in western Kentucky. By collaborating on this Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), the schools are able to access […]
The Wake forest Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability (CEES) is established during the 2010-11 academic year. This academic collaborative brings together faculty across all disciplines and supports them in their sustainability-focused research and scholarly activities. Explore CEES here.
Working with student leaders, Landscape Services Director, Jim Coffey, initiates a recycling collection program on campus. A number of milestones in developing and communicating a standard operating procedure for waste and recycling collection on campus follow in the years to come. Multiple upgrades lead to […]
Wake Forest launches an innovative and distinctive one-year sustainability Master’s program. In addition to the interdisciplinary Master of Arts in sustainability, two dual-degree options with the School of Divinity and School of Law are offered, as well as a graduate certificate in sustainability. Explore […]
On April 22, 1970, Wake Forest students, faculty, and staff join 20 million Americans in highlighting the inextricable links between environmental pollution and public health with a full day of teach-ins on campus. Part of that monumental day includes over 200 students gathering in Tribble […]
After a yearlong stakeholder engagement process, Wake Forest announces two new goals outlined in its second Sustainability Strategic Plan. The first is to develop a comprehensive action plan to achieve climate neutrality by 2040. The second is to create cross-curricular opportunities that introduce at least […]
Following the announcement of the two new degree tracks in Environment and Sustainability, the newly-retrofitted and renovated Palmer Hall becomes the central hub for undergraduate students and faculty in the ENV program. Over the year prior, the former residence hall was transformed into a LEED-Silver […]
Due to strong student and faculty demand, Wake Forest approves the addition of two new majors in Environment and Sustainability: a BA in Environment and Sustainability Studies and a BA in Environmental Science. The program prepares to celebrate its 25th anniversary later that year.
Faculty partners and key stakeholders gather in the Campus Garden to celebrate its 10th anniversary. In its 10 years, the Garden has become a regenerative agriculture demonstration space, research plot, location for engaged learning, and the site of many student events including the annual spring […]
Wake Forest earns its first STARS Gold rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE), having received three Silver ratings over the 10 years prior. Read the announcement here.
Wake Forest University receives nearly $10 million in support to establish the Centro de Innovación Científica Amazónica. The new center, established through the University’s Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability (CEES), aims to develop transformative solutions to promote sustainable use of tropical landscapes, combat […]
Office of Sustainability intern Alyshah Aziz launches the ReCycle Bike Share program. The program offers a limited number of bikes to be reserved for semester-long use at no cost to students, faculty, and staff.
Wake Forest is recognized as a sustainability leader in the Association for the Advancement of Higher Educations’s (AASHE) 2015 Sustainable Campus Index. The Index highlights top-performing colleges and universities in 17 areas, as measured by the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS).
The Office of Sustainability hosts Love the World You’re With, an Earth Day Fair celebrating the themes of care for self, care for community, and care for life on the planet. As part of the celebrations for Earth Day, the Office of Sustainability hosts the first-annual […]
Wake Forest, the Winston-Salem Department of Transportation (WSDOT), and the City-County Planning Board (CCPB) of Forsyth County and Winston-Salem complete a comprehensive Bicycle, Pedestrian & Transit Study for the Wake Forest University Area. Access the study here.
