Sustainable Triangle Field Site 2025: Opportunities to Enhance Connectivity of the Green Network in Chapel Hill and Carrboro
Hannah Weas is a rising senior at UNC-Chapel Hill from Asheville, N.C. She is majoring in Environmental Studies with minors in GIS and Geological Sciences. During the 2025 spring semester Hannah participated in the Institute for the Environment’s semester-long Sustainable … Read more
Powering Progress: How SolarEquity is Lighting the Way Forward
By Macy Floyd Macy is a junior at UNC-Chapel Hill from Faison, NC. She is majoring in Global Studies and Political Science with a minor in Spanish for the Professions. Expanding Access to Clean Energy At the University of North … Read more
Focusing on Sustainability at UNC: A Transformative Internship
By Grant Alexander Grant Alexander is a senior honors student and Pogue Scholar at UNC Chapel Hill majoring in International Politics and Social Movements in Latin America and Africa in the Global Department who plans to pursue a Masters Degree … Read more
UNC Sustainability Social: Back and Bigger and Better Than Ever
Langley Smith is a Program Specialist with Sustainable Carolina. Prior to joining the Sustainable Carolina team, Langley served as a sustainability ambassador for the Sustainability Division of the University of Georgia Housing Department. While campus was slowly awakening on an … Read more
Sustainable Triangle Field Site 2024: Investigating the Urban Heat Island Effect at UNC-Chapel Hill
Krystal Lacayo is a graduating senior (Fall 2024) at UNC Chapel Hill majoring in Environmental Studies on the Sustainability Track with a minor in Urban Studies and Planning. By Krystal Lacayo The Field Site The Sustainable Triangle Field Site is … Read more
Welcome to the Club: Introducing UNC’s Newest Urban Planning Organization
By Anthony Buckley Anthony Buckley is a junior at UNC-Chapel Hill majoring in Environmental Science on the Quantitative Energy Systems track. He is also a UNC Cleantech Summit intern, member of the Carolina Sustainability Council, vice-president of BuildUP, and a … Read more
Green in Kenan Brings Sustainability to the Stadium
By Abigail Brewer Abigail Brewer is a communications and engagement specialist for Sustainable Carolina, within the UNC Institute for the Environment. Abigail is a double Tar Heel. In 2014, she received a B.A. in biology and journalism. She went on … Read more
Experiential Learning and the Pavel Molchanov Scholars Program
By Anna Coley Anna Coley is a senior at UNC-Chapel Hill majoring in Environmental Sciences. This past summer, Anna interned with the North Carolina Sustainable Energy Association as part of the Institute for the Environment’s Pavel Molchanov Scholars Program. What … Read more
Exploring Sustainability and Renewable Energy Across Europe
By Ashley Titus Ashley Titus is currently a junior at UNC-Chapel Hill majoring in Environmental Science and Neuroscience. She participated in a six-week UNC Honors Burch Research Seminar to Germany, the Netherlands, and the UK. The focus of the seminar … Read more
Greening the Hill and Making Friends Along the Way
By Sarah Dean Sarah Ellen Dean is a rising junior at UNC- Chapel Hill and an Environmental Studies and Studio Art student. She spent the 2023 spring semester at the Institute for the Environment’s Sustainable Triangle Field Site, located in … Read more

