Recent Posts
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Speaker Spotlight: Jay Lanier, Interface
Interface has proven that even the most unlikely of businesses can not only pursue and promote sustainability but also become one of the most renowned, influential leaders in its field for doing…
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Dr. Stan Meiburg Joins the Wake Forest Sustainability Graduate Program
Wake Forest University welcomes Dr. Stan Meiburg (’75) as Director of the Graduate Department of Sustainability. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT SUSTAINABILITY, you’re basically asking a question about the future of the planet. For somebody…
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Tree Species Struggle to Adapt to Climate Change
A Woods Hole Research Center study of 40 tree species finds balsam fir, quaking aspen, black cherry, yellow birch, red maple, sugar maple, and red spruce among the most vulnerable species…
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A Look Back
by the Director of Graduate Programsin Sustainability, Daniel Fogel I am very proud of what my colleagues have accomplished over the last few years in establishing the Graduate Programs in Sustainability at Wake Forest…
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WFU Names Former EPA Official to Lead Graduate Programs in Sustainability
Meiburg served as Acting Deputy Administrator for the EPA from 2014 to 2017, capping a 39-year career with the agency. Wake Forest University has appointed alumnus and former Environmental Protection Agency…
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Wildlife Corridors: A Hopeful Antidote to Mass Extinction
GIANT SLOTHS. WOOLLY MAMMOTHS. DINOSAURS. History is punctuated by mass extinctions. People may not appreciate we are in the midst of a mass extinction as we speak. Unlike past extinction events,…
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Stop ‘Yelping’ So Restaurants Can Stop Wasting
HINK ABOUT THE LAST TIME YOU WENT OUT TO EAT. Did you choose the restaurant based on your cravings, or based on how sustainable the place claimed to be? While we…
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Healthier. Cleaner. More Efficient.
Greenworks members and guests recently visitedMeritage Homes in South Carolina. WE HAD 30 PEOPLE ATTEND from various organizations such as universities, NGOs, for-profit businesses and even from our partners at USGBC, Sustain Charlotte and Keep Mecklenburg Beautiful. […]
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Alumna Spotlight: Zero Waste Initiatives at Hanesbrands
2016 MASTERS IN SUSTAINABILITY ALUMNA KELSEY GAUDE has found a career that blends both her interests and passions serving as the zero-waste sustainability analyst for Hanesbrands, Inc. “Hanesbrands is a Fortune 500 company that has…
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MAS Students Awarded for Academic Achievement
Every spring, the Masters of Sustainability Program acknowledges the academic accomplishments of two students who have achieved the highest cumulative grade point average. The awardees from the 2016 cohort are Lauren Newton and Laura LoSciuto. “I…