Reynolda Gardens Meadow Project Launches This Spring
In partnership with CEES and a host of other university affiliates, the Reynolda Gardens Meadow project launched this spring with a grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The idea for the project came out of a joint workshop … Continue reading
What Do We Owe the Future: Good for me, good for us?
In March, CEES welcomed a host of panelist to discuss the intersection of economic interests, the environment, and the future of human community. The panel included Larry Rasmussen, Professor of Social Ethics Emeriti (Union Theological Seminary), Julia Agyeman, Professor of … Continue reading
CEES Grant Funding Opportunity
Funding Opportunities, Spring 2013 The Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability (CEES) announces funding opportunities for research, scholarship, and working groups related to energy, environment and sustainability as broadly defined. The grants seek to provide new opportunities for research and … Continue reading
Fred Bahnson Gives TEDx Talk in Manhattan
Fred Bahnson, Director of the WFU School of Divinity Food, Faith, and Religious Leadership Initiative, gave a TEDx Talk in Manhattan in February which reflects on his forthcoming book, Soil and Sacrament. In the talk, Bahnson shared his journeys from the … Continue reading
Think Outside the Sink: Learning sound management of the water supply
On Friday, March 22, Wake Forest University’s Center for Energy, Environment and Sustainability and the Yadkin Riverkeeper co-hosted a discussion on the wise use, sound management, and protection of the drinking water supply in the Yadkin watershed. The event coincided … Continue reading
Dr. Sarah Mason Featured on Faces of Sustainability
Dr. Sarah Mason, mathematics professor and CEES faculty, was featured in the Office of Sustainability’s Faces of Sustainability last week for her emphasis on sustainability and resource efficiency in the classroom. Her personal passion for sustainability fused with her expertise in math, … Continue reading
Water Quality Event this Friday
Think Outside the Sink: Threats & Strategies for the Yadkin River Celebrate World Water Day!!! Learn about issues facing the Yadkin River! When: Friday, March 22, 2013, 7:00 – 8:30 pm Where: Kulynych Auditorium, Byrum Welcome Center, Wake Forest University … Continue reading
Paul Bogard Featured on NPR
Dr. Paul Bogard, English Professor and CEES Fellow, was featured on NPR’s All Things Considered last week to comment on the effect of light pollution around the world. Bogard has written extensively on the negative impacts of the increasingly bright lights on … Continue reading
Wake Forest Law Professor John Knox Urges U.N. to Consider Connection of Environment to Human Rights
Wake Forest Law Professor John Knox, the United Nations Independent Expert on human rights and the environment, addressed a gathering of environmental ministers and high level officials in Nairobi and urged them to consider the connections between environmental harm and … Continue reading
Wake Forest Students Attend “Forward on Climate Rally” in Washington D.C.
A group of Wake Forest students, including graduate students in the School of Divinity and undergraduates from the Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC), joined 40,000 others at the National Mall in Washington D.C. for a rally intending to move President … Continue reading
