By Richard Schneider, Hope on Earth: A Conversation, by Paul Ehrlich & Michael Charles Tobias, University of Chicago Press, 2014 Eavesdropping has a long and distinguished (or sordid) history not only in social life but in books, plays, and movies, too. Sometimes eavesdropping can […]
CEES faculty members Miles Silman and Abdou Lachgar, and CEES fellow and MA in Sustainability graduate student Andrew Wilcox and are on a mission to change tropical agriculture in the Amazon. By creating biochar, a type of fertilizer and soil conditioner made from charred agricultural […]
By Katie Lotterhos, Assistant Professor of Biology Since the Industrial Revolution, gigatons of carbon dioxide have been released into the atmosphere, which has resulted in the well-known greenhouse effect and long-term increases in global temperature. A lesser-known effect of climate change is ocean acidification. […]
By Susan E. Fahrbach, Chair, Department of Biology The focus of the Bee Research Laboratory in the Department of Biology at Wake Forest University might surprise you. Our laboratory does not study pollination biology or the economic impact of honey bees on crop production. […]
By Lisa Blee, Assistant Professor of History In the spring of 2012 I had the opportunity to participate in the inaugural Magnolias Curriculum Project. The readings and discussions in the workshop quickly revealed the big questions of sustainability: How does personal behavior and choice […]
CEES launched a new website this summer. It isn’t just simple and clean design with an intuitive user interface. It conveys our thought leadership, and represents our synergistic, multidisciplinary efforts. It provides those interested with a clearer sense of what we do. When you […]
The Masters in Sustainability program is pleased to welcome Jon Clift as the new Associate Director of Outreach. Jon graduated from Duke University with a Masters of Environmental Management from the Nicholas School of the Environment and has a background in design, marketing, and […]
Is the modern corporation sustainable? WFU Law professor and CEES advisory board member, Alan Palmiter, investigates such questions in a course he has taught for the past two years in Bergamo, Italy. The course grew out of a symposium sponsored by CEES and the […]
Our tropical coastlines and coral reefs are up against extreme challenges. Land conversion, oil and gas exploration, housing, overfishing, even tourist accommodation, are presenting dramatic change for the South Pacific and Caribbean Sea. Fortunately for corals, sponges, fish, and even humans, Dr. Les Kaufman […]
Eleven faculty members from across the disciplinary spectrum came together on May 13-14, 2014 for the 3rd annual Magnolias Curriculum Project. This year’s workshop was co-facilitated by communications professor Ron Von Burg, an alumnus of last year’s cohort, and Dedee DeLongpré Johnston, the university’s […]
