Wake Forest University’s Center for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability is launching a new logo. The organization, now in its second year, works to promote critical thinking and effective action in sustainability research, policy and practices. The organization is an interdisciplinary group with […]
Christine Todd Whitman spoke to a packed auditorium at the Porter B. Byrum Welcome Center on September 19th. She stressed civic engagement as a key component to moving meaningful policy forward. CEES sponsored the event along with the School of Law and the […]
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 […]
Lyons Gray served as Chief Financial Officer of the Environmental Protection Agency, under President George W. Bush, where he managed a budget in excess of $7 billion from 2005-2009. Gray is a Winston-Salem businessman who spent more than a decade working for the […]
If you didn’t get a chance to join CEES for our webinar with Lyons Gray, you can watch it online here. The webinar starts at 8:06 in the clip. The event was held as a preview to Former EPA Administrator […]
Whitman is the President of The Whitman Strategy Group (WSG), a consulting firm that specializes in energy and environmental issues. WSG offers a comprehensive set of solutions to problems facing businesses, organizations, and governments; they have been at the forefront of helping leading […]
Acre+Care is a revolutionary system that uses direct investment to protect the Amazon Rain Forest through e-commerce. Think Google Earth meets Kiva. Through Acre+Care, donors can help protect an acre of concession land in Peru. It was developed at Wake Forest in collaboration with […]
A project supervised by CEES Board Member Dr. Abdou Lachgar just won a $145,665 grant from the Biofuels Center of North Carolina. The grant will help Wake’s Terrafinity project develop a method that facilitates the conversion of waste into biodiesel fuel. This project and the […]
By Office of Communications and External Relations A new polymer-based solar-thermal device is the first to generate power from both heat and visible sunlight – an advance that could shave the cost of heating a home by as much as 40 percent. Geothermal add-ons for […]
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