“From waffle gardens to terraces, Indigenous groups revive farming heritage in America’s deserts” As part of November’s Native American Heritage Month, Board Member Justin Catanoso, reporting for Mongabay, explored traditional farming techniques that are seeing a resurgence in the American Southwest. Native American farmers have […]
Faculty Affiliate John Knox, Henry C. Lauerman Professor of International Law at Wake Forest University’s School of Law, and his colleague Dr. David R. Boyd, Associate Professor of Law, Policy and Sustainability, at the University of British Columbia, were honored last week for their work […]
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New York City’s Climate Week held disappointments on the subject of emissions pledges, but some positive news emerged. As reported by Board Member Justin Catanoso, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced that his country will invest the first $1 billion in the Tropical […]
Join us for these essential conversations We’re excited to share that our fall conference, “Sustainable, Just, and Abundantly Wild: Effective Action at Every Scale,” will be held here on campus Thursday, November 13. In addition to a keynote from National Geographic Society CEO Jill Tiefenthaler, we’ll have […]
New research led by Sabin Center scholars reveals that tree communities across the Amazon and Andes are not adapting quickly enough to climate change. Lead Author William Farfan-Rios, a Sabin Center Fellow, underscores the study’s implications: “The result is a growing climatic debt that threatens […]
Interim Executive Director Scott Schang weighed in on North Carolina’s Senate Race through an environmental lens with the Winston Salem Journal this week. The article, US Senate candidates Cooper vs. Whatley: How do they stack up on environmental issues?, written by Chaewon Chung, was published by the WSJ on August […]
Incident Underscores Links Between Mercury Pollution, Illegal Gold Mining & Organized Crime Last month, Sabin Center Senior Fellow Luis Fernandez assisted Peruvian customs officials authorities in the seizure of a record-breaking 4-ton shipment of illegal mercury on its way to Peru. Hidden in bags of […]
Schang Steps in as Meiburg Retires The Sabin Center welcomes Board Member Scott Schang as Interim Executive Director. Schang, a Professor of Practice and Director of the Environmental Law and Policy Clinic at Wake’s School of Law, brings decades of nonprofit, corporate, and academic experience, including leadership roles […]
Testing reveals chronic mercury exposure across Peru’s Loreto region Climbing gold prices may mean climbing mercury poisoning rates for the people living in the Peruvian Amazon. According to a June report from our colleagues at CINCIA, widespread mercury exposure has been identified in several […]