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3 Reasons Why Forest Carbon Offsets Donât Always Work
The success of a forest carbon offset project ultimately relies on its ability to conserve forests â a difficult task in today’s world.![Sonja Salmon (left) and Siyan Wang (right) stand in the lab with lab coats and protective glasses. Salmon holds fabric samples and Wang holds two bottles of solution with some fabric fragments visible.](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/img0356.jpg)
NC State Textile Waste Research Paves Way for Greener Textile Future
Ph.D. student Siyan Wangâs breakthrough research on cotton fiber fragments earned a prestigious spot on the front cover of Cellulose journal. See how her research is changing the game for textile recycling.![](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/business-sustainability-certificate-graphic.jpg)
NC State Launches Innovative Business Sustainability Certificate
The online, flexible certificate program will bring together students with a passion for social and environmental issues and train them to become tomorrowâs sustainability leaders.Â![Forest fire. Credit: Egor Vikhrev on Unsplash](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/egor-vikhrev-e6jqigzgoy-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg)
Climate Change May Make Wildfires Larger, More Common in Southern Appalachian Region
Extreme and frequent droughts will mean more forest burned by wildfire in the southern Appalachians.![](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/nca5-artsimona-clausnitzer-1.jpeg)
Southeast National Climate Assessment Key Messages Webinar Series
Authors of the southeast chapter of the National Climate Assessment are presenting several webinars on the chapter key messages.![Carmen Cruz](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/carmen-cruz.jpeg)
Changing the World One Community at a Time
Carmen YulĂn Cruz, former mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, will speak at North Carolina State University on Jan. 18 for the 2024 Eloise S. Cofer Family Living Lecture Series, exploring how local actions lead to global impacts.![](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/img2348-scaled-e1693000192940.jpg)
2023 Southeast CASC Retrospective
As we start off the new year, let’s take a look back at some of the many Southeast CASC successes and events of 2023. In 2023 we…. Welcomed a New…![Harald Ade, Goodnight Innovation Distinguished Professor in the Department of Physics, helps to coordinate the efforts of researchers in the Carbon Electronics cluster.](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/adeharald-14184-1500x844-1.jpg)
Carbon Electronics Cluster Co-directors Named to Highly Cited Researchers List
Harald Ade, Goodnight Innovation Distinguished Professor of Physics, and Aram Amassian, University Faculty Scholar and professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, have been named to an annual list of the worldâs most highly cited researchers.![Winter scene on Main Campus with snow on trees and ground but cleared brick path](https://sustainability.ncsu.edu/multisite/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/winter-360x216.jpg)