The WFU Campus/Community Bike Ride is intended to increase bicycle awareness on and off-campus, and to draw attention to the need for improved bicycle and pedestrian corridors between WFU and downtown Winston-Salem. Our trip is a 10-mile loop, beginning at the ZSR Library, with a […]
Twelve faculty members from across the university came together on May 14-15 for a sustainability-across-the-curriculum workshop. The workshop was aimed at building a trans-disciplinary community of scholars committed to addressing issues of sustainability in their courses. The workshop format borrowed from national […]
CEES Director Miles Silman was featured in WXII‘s piece on climate changes in South America. Reporter Cameron Kent’s story “The Lungs of the World” takes a closer look at the Andes Mountain region, cloud forests and the Amazon. Up to a third of the […]
Savanna ecosystems are defined as having discontinuous tree cover with an almost continuous grass layer. In Africa, these ecosystems cover 40% of the land surface (20% globally) and are home to the majority of the human population (approximately 20% of the global population). […]
Wake Forest Professor Dennis Lemly has been fighting against selenium pollution for years. CEES featured his work on our site last year. Now, the Environmental Protection Agency is considering possible changes to current selenium standards. Lemly was featured in a recent interview with Northwest […]
CEES Associate Director Dan Fogel was featured on WCNC, the NBC affiliate in Charlotte. His interview previewed the panel on the Apple Fuel Cell Project in Maiden, NC. The panel included representatives from the North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association. Watch the Interview […]
Sustainability can be effective when solid science meets thoughtful business strategy, That’s why the energy industry is keeping a close eye on the Apple Fuel Cell Project in North Carolina “As demand grows, why not push ourselves to as much as reasonably possible; supplement the […]
Students are driving an increased focus on sustainability at Wake Forest University’s Charlotte campus “It’s a hot topic so they want to know what is sustainability and what is this going to mean for me and my future in the workplace,” said Dan Fogel, Associate […]
Michelle Klosterman, CEES Board Member and Assistant Professor of Science Education, and her students have partnered with a rural school in Yadkin County, North Carolina to help bring more science into the classroom. Read more in this article featured on Wake Forest’s home page. […]
CEES sponsored a recent viewing of the film The City Dark and a panel discussion on how light pollution may affect the Wake Forest community. The film explores the effects of light pollution on people, places and animals highlighting interviews with experts from various disciplines. […]
