Wake Forest University Associate Professor of Economics Frederick Chen recently published an article titled, “Fake It ‘Til the Rhinos Make It?” on The Huffington Post. The piece discusses the development of synthetic rhino horns and their potential effects on […]
By: Dan Fogel, Sustainability Graduate Programs Director The Graduate Sustainability Programs at Wake Forest University allow students to gain firsthand knowledge and experience through a diverse set of world-class projects. Business partners also gain valuable insight into their operations by participating in student-led, client-based […]
Wake Forest University Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (CEES) board member, Dr. Michelle Klosterman, and CEES Fellow, Sarah DuPont, joined students at Wiley Magnet Middle School on Friday, February 26 for a screening of the film River of Gold. This award-winning documentary film […]
“If you elect people who don’t believe in government […] and the system fails – it’s the classic self-fulfilling prophecy.” Dr. Naomi Oreskes, Professor of the History of Science and Affiliated Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University, was among three experts who […]
Earlier this week the Supreme Court voted 5-4 to stay enforcement of the EPA’s Clean Power Plan, granting a request by two dozen states and various industry groups to delay all of the rule’s deadlines while litigation proceeds. The decision comes after states including West […]
Top Vatican official: climate change action is a “moral imperative.” Justin Catanoso, director of journalism at Wake Forest University, led an exclusive Mongabay interview with Cardinal Peter Turkson. For 18 months, Turkson led the drafting of Pope Francis’s climate change encyclical, a document said to have helped […]
MA in Sustainability graduate student, Nicole Schiro, shares her experiences from the 2015 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo held in Washington, D.C. As a lifetime learner, I’m always listening. As a future sustainability practitioner, I tend to absorb and gather lenses […]
CEES Faculty, Justin Catanoso, reports on Paris and Climate Change with Fox 8‘s Neill McNeill. Watch the video here.
“As we all prepare for the holidays and special time spent with family and friends, we reflect on some of the many things for which we are thankful. For starters, we are thankful that nature does not discriminate or judge any of us. Whether we […]
Khiry Sutton’s (MA Sustainability ‘15) internship work on energy saving behaviors was published in a journal by the International Facility Management Association, FMJ. As a sustainability research consultant for Carolinas HealthCare System, Khiry Sutton studied the success of a behavior-based energy-efficiency (BBEE) […]