“There is this growing wariness about international trade,” Author Pietra Rivoli explained to an assembled group Thursday at the Kulynych Auditorium. Rivoli sees the current Occupy protests as an expression of this wariness, which can be traced back to the anti-globalization protests that started […]
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 […]
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 […]
Wake Forest University’s Director of Sustainability, Dedee DeLongpré Johnston, and former intern Tracey Watson (’10) are featured in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution. The article profiles Watson’s sustainability job with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Watson credits her internship with Wake’s Office of Sustainability […]
Even with a struggling economy, high unemployment and thousands protesting American greed, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. is optimistic. “I’m very optimistic that we have good choices,” he said to the crowd at Wait Chapel at Wake Forest University Thursday night. Kennedy cheered […]
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.visited Wake Forest School of Law Friday morning. Following his speech at Wait Chapel Thursday, Kennedy urged law students to consider working to promote environmental activism. Kennedy himself graduated from the University of Virginia Law School. He also earned […]
Kennedy stressed energy independence and good economic policy during his speech Thursday at Wait Chapel. His voice is an important one when it comes to moving environmental issues forward in this country. Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (CEES) Executive Director Miles Silman talks […]
The Winston-Salem Journal interviewed Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. prior to his speech tonight at Wake Forest University. Read the profile here. Kennedy speaks tonight at 7 p.m. at Wait Chapel. The event is free and open to the public. For more information on the […]
Dennis Lemly believes in the power of information, even if at times, he wished it was a little more powerful. “They may choose to use it. They may choose not to use it. I don’t want any decision to be made without that information on […]
Inventors Digest just named Michael Crouse (BS ’10 MS ’12) one of the “Nation’s Top New Inventors”. Crouse developed the CEES website and is a frequent resource for the CEES communication team. Crouse also created the Acre+Care website which launched this […]
