Gold and mineral mining in and near rivers across the tropics is degrading waterways in 49 countries, according to a new study by a team of researchers including Wake Forest University biologists and computer scientists in its Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability (CEES). Published […]
At 6:30 pm on November 1st, 2022 at the Wake Washington Center in Washington, DC, there will be a screening of Wake Forest filmmaker Brandon Gaesser’s (MFA ‘21) award-winning film about regenerative agriculture, titled Chicken Soup for the Soil. The event is co-sponsored by the […]
Wake Forest and CEES-affiliated biologists Miles Silman and Luis Fernandez were recently featured on NBC Nightly News and NBC’s Today Show to highlight work by the Center for Amazonian Scientific Innovation (CINCIA) addressing the environmental issues around gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon. The coverage, […]
Indigenous peoples globally are disproportionately impacted by environmental pollution. The Matsigenka people of the Peruvian Amazon are one such Indigenous group. Fewer than 1000 Matsigenka are spread across four villages in the Manu River Basin of Manu National Park southeastern Peru, with an uncertain […]
Wake Forest’s Bachelor of Science in Engineering program is unique among its peers, as the only such program in an undergraduate-only department with a curriculum grounded in the liberal arts tradition at a research university. The majority of its faculty are women, students in […]
For over a decade, CEES-affiliated researchers have had a strong presence in Peru’s Madre de Dios region, an extremely biodiverse tropical forest landscape in the southeast region of the country. Madre de Dios is home to the Centro de Innovación Científica Amazónica (CINCIA), known in […]
This month the Wake Forest undergraduate Environment and Sustainability Studies Program reached an important milestone in welcoming new Program Director Dr. Julie Velásquez Runk. She comes to Wake Forest from the University of Georgia, where she was an Associate Professor of Anthropology. Velásquez Runk takes […]
Last week, U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Shumer (D-NY) and Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) announced an agreement on the Inflation Reduction Act. Despite its unassuming title, the bill includes substantial and much-needed action to address climate change. In fact, according to the Democratic Party’s
In a landmark 161-0 vote on July 28, 2022, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly recognized the human right to a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment. The United States voted in favor of the resolution; eight countries abstained from the vote. “This is a […]
You might not think of libraries as bastions of sustainability. But Wake Forest’s beloved Z. Smith Reynolds library is a unique, constantly evolving entity, and this quality extends to its sustainable practices. From providing information literacy courses for undergraduates, to hosting low-waste events, to refurbishing […]