“We need Joy as we need air. We need Love as we need water. We need each other as we need the earth we share.”
Maya Angelou
The mission of the Environment and Sustainability Studies (ENV) Program is to prepare students to create sustainable futures. By leveraging the experiential learning of liberal arts education and coupling it with our vibrant professional schools, we teach students how to think across disciplinary boundaries to address environmental challenges and to act within their communities. We ready students to be bold and ethical leaders who respond to environmental issues using socio-environmental synthesis for evidence-based, creative, and principled action.
Upcoming Events
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News
- ENV Program Co-Sponsors Author R.F. Kuang’s Visit to WFU
On Friday, April 11, 2025, Wake Forest University hosted acclaimed author R.F. Kuang for an evening of critical dialogue and reflection, co-sponsored by the Environment and Sustainability Program (ENV). In collaboration with Deacon Diverse Reads and other campus partners, the event brought together students, faculty, and staff for a student-led conversation exploring themes central to […] - Recent Publication Co-Authored by WFU Professors Kyana Young (Engineering) Crystal Dixon (ENV): Community Engagement with Engineering to Address the Environmental and Public Health Impacts of a Fertilizer Fire
We are excited to announce a recent publication co-authored by Professor Crystal Dixon from the Environment and Sustainability (ENV) program and Professor Kyana Young from the Department of Engineering at Wake Forest University. Their work, titled “Community Engagement with Engineering to Address the Environmental and Public Health Impacts of a Fertilizer Fire,” highlights the collaborative […] - Welcome Haylie Hodge!
The ENV Program is very happy to welcome Haylie Hodge as the new Academic Coordinator. Haylie has lived much of her life in Winston-Salem and holds two degrees in environmental studies. AC Jo Hamilton took early retirement and we look forward to learning about her new adventures. - Webinar on Trilingual Storybook
The authors and illustrators of the illustrated story book An Adventure of Wounaan Children and Many Birds hosted a trilingual webinar about the work on December 3. Authors Chenier Carpio Opua, Doris Cheucarama Membache, Dorindo Membora Peña, and Julie Velásquez Runk joined illustrator Frankie Grin to discuss the book, which was originally written in Wounaan meu and translated […] - Incoming ENV Professor Crystal Dixon co-authors article on Weaver Fertilizer Plant Fire
Prof. Crystal Dixon co-authored “Using the Environmental Health Disparities Framework to understand Black and Latino perspectives of a local fertilizer plant fire”. One of our ENV affiliated faculty, Prof. Rowie Kirby-Straker, was another co-author.