Wake Forest Sustainability 101
Nearly everything we do impacts our environment in some way. Wake Forest encourages residents to thoughtfully manage, preserve, and enhance the natural environment. After all, our high-quality environment supports our high quality of life!
A healthy environment fosters livable spaces, provides clean and cool air, increases property values, decreases energy costs, reduces flooding, combats climate change, builds resiliency, and creates connections between citizens and the outdoor world.
What is Sustainability?
Sustainable practices support ecological, human, and economic health and vitality.
Sustainability presumes that resources are finite, and should be used conservatively and wisely with a view to long-term priorities and consequences of the ways in which resources are used. In simplest terms, sustainability is about our children and our grandchildren, and the world we will leave them.
Wake Forest Sustainability 101
Join us for our Wake Forest Sustainability 101 education series to learn more about ways you can benefit yourself, your family and your community.
From September 27, 2023, through July 24, 2024, Wake Forest will host six one-hour classes designed to help you reduce your environmental footprint.
Free and open to the public, each class is scheduled from 6:30-7:30 p.m. and limited to the first 20 people to register.
Please note: Registrants may enroll in one or more classes and are not required to sign up for the entire series.
2023-24 Course Schedule
Composting 101 - Wednesday, Sept. 27
Public Works Operations Center, 234 Friendship Chapel Road
Composting helps combat food waste and helps to benefit our soil. If you're a fan of gardening and being green, then this course is for you!
Learn the basics of composting from a Wake County Master Gardner.
Learn how to easily and properly compost in your own backyard.
Put your name in the drawing at the event for the chance to win a compost bin to take home!
Wake Forest Town Hall, Ground Floor Meeting Room, 301 S. Brooks St. 
Wake Forest Town Hall, Ground Floor Meeting Room, 301 S. Brooks St. 
Public Works Operations Center, 234 Friendship Chapel Road
Wake Forest Town Hall, Ground Floor Meeting Room, 301 S. Brooks St. 
Public Works Operations Center, 234 Friendship Chapel Road