“The sustainability challenge of our times calls for a new generation of effective, informed leaders. We prepare our students for careers that are both personally fulfilling and significant for their communities and the world."
WFU Sustainability students work in a project partnership with the CZMAI of Belize advocating for national coastal conservation.
To the WFU Sustainability Graduate Program's Class of 2017
Use your education in sustainability to craft possibilities and to create and maintain connections to address important issues in our world.
Design Thinking and Sustainability
Design Thinking creates innovations employing design sensibilities and methods to match technology, feasibility, and viability to solve human needs.
Alumna Spotlight: Zero Waste Initiatives at Hanesbrands
Masters in Sustainability alumna blends both her career interests and passions as the Zero-waste Sustainability Analyst for Hanesbrands, Inc.
The Air You Breathe: San Antonio's Air Quality
The City of San Antonio works to make citizens healthier through asthma education and meeting EPA ground ozone attainment standards by 2020.
Solving Wicked Problems
The need for reorienting our business strategies and supply chains for building long-term sustainable solutions requires new ways of thinking.
Combating Climate Change and Health Risks Through Carbon Fees
A revenue-neutral carbon fee is one strategy to drive change in the private market and to mitigate the detrimental effects of climate change.
Winston On The Weekends - Episode 3: Brewery Tour
Join Winston On The Weekends on a brewery tour to check out all the great beers Winston-Salem, NC has to offer!
The Most Valuable Outcome of Human Centered Design is the Mindset
Human-Centered Design transforms the creativity generated from curious minds into innovative ideas to solve complicated problems and transform the world.
Winston On The Weekends - Episode 4: Food Trucks!
Take a stroll with Winston On The Weekends through some of the best food options Winston-Salem, NC has to offer!
Winston On The Weekends - Episode 6: Reynolda House Museum of American Art
Stroll the beautiful gardens and take in the amazing art collection at the Reynolda House Museum of American Art with Winston On The Weekends.
Strategic Sustainability
A book about how organizations can implement environmental sustainability science, theories, and ways of thinking to become more competitive.
Waste Streams to Consumer Goods
Repreve is a yarn made from recycled plastic bottles, turning an environmentally harmful waste stream into a new consumer product.
People of all Faiths Face Climate Change with Hope, Action, Urgency
One of the primary responsibilities of human beings to is ensure the maintenance of that universal harmony and balance that is creation.
How is North Carolina Delisting Waters that Violate EPA Copper Levels?
The state proposed reclassifying Yadkin Pee Dee River Basin avoiding corrective action required by State & Federal law to reduce copper concentrations.
Will New Federal Coal Ash Rules Impact NC?
Dr. Stan Meiburg, former Acting Deputy Administrator for the EPA, breaks down the new rules and what impact, if any, they will have on North Carolina.
Sustainability Professor Receives NSF CAREER AWARD for Fuel Cell Research
Dr Michael Gross seeks to create and preserve nanomaterials at incredibly high temperatures for more efficient, high-powered fuel cell technologies.
Deer Park Chemical Fire Brings Attention to Persistent Issues
Activists want more oversight of chemical facilities in Texas after a massive chemical fire in Deer Park, Texas.
Sustainability Students Compete in Nespresso Challenge
WFU MAS students strategize environmentally-friendly initiatives for Nespresso to highlight and incorporate into their key marketing strategy.
Hanesbrands Gains Sustainability Insight Partnering with WFU
Students gain firsthand knowledge and experience with applied sustainability through WFU Sustainability Graduate Program corporate partnerships.
Trump Failure to Lead on Climate Doesn’t Faze UN Policymakers in Bonn
The rest of the world will advance combating climate change by embracing alternative energy solutions that bring jobs & prosperity to their countries.
Healthier. Cleaner. More Efficient.
Home builders are realizing that sustainability practices are good business. They can build communities with a sustainability lens.
How Healthy is High Rock Lake?
High Rock Lake is in desperate need of a strategy to correct an impairment from elevated levels of chlorophyll-a since the 1970s.
Kathmandu Valley’s Ancient Stone Spouts
Stone spouts provide water stability and represent a fundamental element of Kathmandu Valley’s intangible and tangible cultural heritage.
The Rise of Eco-Athleisure
Consumers have the power to demand pragmatic innovation and change our purchasing behavior to support a more sustainable business model.
The Frontline of Climate Change
The Outer Banks is at the frontline of climate change. Subsidence and escalating sea level rise make this shoreline one of the most threatened in the US.
Three-Minute Thesis: People's Choice Award Winner Norm Fraley
SUS 703 Natural Sciences for Sustainability course organizer, Norm Fraley, wins the People’s Choice Award for the Three-Minute Thesis Competition.
A Student Reflection on Human Centered Design
The human centered design process is a proven method to guide people towards a life well lived with harmony and balance.
Restoring the Connection Between Health and the Environment
Safe drinking water isn’t just about better treatment technologies and distribution systems. It starts with clean source water.
Racing Into the New Year
Take a ride with the Wake Forest University Sustainability Graduate Programs as they settle the great electric car debate!
40 Degrees of Psychological Safety
Foster a generative, respectful, and psychologically safe place to explore and create - ideas flow and the innovation is real.
Former Administrators Discuss the Future of the EPA
Seven former EPA Administrators call on Congress to affirm EPA’s bipartisan mission for scientific solutions to substantive health & environmental risks.
Nexus and Sustainability
To achieve lasting social and economic development around the world, the sustainable use of all resources is crucial.
Why Sustainability is Important in Environmental Education
We depend on the services our environment provides for us. The irony is that we think of these services as free, when in fact they are beyond price.
Conservation in the Outer Banks
Locals with deep roots in the Outer Banks face challenges of over-development and continual threats of ocean-front flooding and hurricane damage.
Sustainability Graduate Students Celebrated at Student Showcase
Applying Human Centered Design to client sustainability projects provides creative, bright ideas for each organization to take back and implement.
