The issue of climate change has hit center stage in some recent opinion pieces. Here’s a link to two of the stories that sparked our interest: New York Review of Books: Why the Global Warming Skeptics are Wrong – William D. […]
Dr. Stuart Hart believes that now is the time to capitalize on sustainability. “I think people increasingly feel in their gut that something fundamental is going on and we’re in the midst of one of those periods of time when everything changes,” said Dr. Hart […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
CEES Board Member Emily Wakild publishes a new book this fall that takes a closer look at the creation of Mexico’s national park system. The system’s history provides a unique opportunity to study how government and social forces can contribute to the idea of modern-day […]
The CENTER FOR ENERGY, ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY (CEES) at Wake Forest is generating new teams of researchers and new ways of thinking to addressing some of society’s greatest problems, and are engaging the broader community on issues of energy, environment, and sustainability.
