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Green Fire and Land Ethic

A standing-room-only crowd packed DeTamble Auditorium on March 20 to view the documentary film Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for our Time, about the life and legacy of conservationist Aldo Leopold.  Curt Meine, Leopold’s biographer, was on site […]


Communication and Commitment: Sustaining Barrier Island Ecosystems

  Effective communication may be the key to improving the health of the coastal barrier islands, one of the most treasured ecosystems in the world. “Getting this kind of information to the public is difficult,” said Biology Babcock Professor and CEES Associate Director […]


CEES Funding Opportunities: Deadline April 13th

CEES announces funding opportunities for research, scholarship, and working groups related to energy, environment and sustainability as broadly defined.  The grants seek to provide new opportunities for research and scholarly activities at Wake Forest. Though the center has formed with core groups in Renewable Energy […]


CEES Resources: Ted Talks, Climate Change

The climate change debate has hit center stage with some recent opinion pieces in both the New York Review of Books and the Wall Street Journal.  In this recent Ted Talks feature,  James Hansen, a Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University, […]


Tracking Energy Use: New Technology at Wake

  Wake Forest University just adopted a new “building dashboard” that allows anyone on campus to track and monitor energy use. With the technology, anyone can look at a building’s energy consumption by monitoring its electricity, water, heating, and cooling systems. It is […]


The Time is Now: Author Stresses Sustainable Enterprise

Dr. Stuart Hart believes that now is the time to capitalize on sustainability. “I think people increasingly feel in their gut that something fundamental is going on and we’re in the midst of one of those periods of time when everything changes,” said Dr. Hart […]


Core Values Drive Business at Whole Foods

  In business, core values are at the heart of sustainability.  For Walter Robb, the Co-Chief Executive Officer of Whole Foods, those values are what drive every decision he makes. “There’s no reason a business can’t strive for the highest good in […]


CEES Profile: Professor Alan Palmiter

  One of the strengths of the Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability is the way it combines several academic disciplines into one goal — promoting critical thinking and effective action around the sustainability movement. Professor of Law Alan Palmiter brings a unique […]


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