Earth Month ended with our 2023 UNC Sustainability Awards, a wonderful celebration of North Carolina businesses, alumni and students who all work to take initiative through innovative products or practices that have a positive impact for people and the planet
Bennett Wetch, UNC-CH Class of 2007, consistently mentors our students, visits our classes, speaks with faculty and helps ACES maximize our impact. Bennett exemplifies an intense dedication to his alma mater and positive sustainability impact.
Green Heffa Farms is a Certified B-Corporation and is minority woman-owned. They are the only B-Corp farm that has a Black woman as CEO. The plants they grow, the teas and steams they make promote and strongly tie with African and African-American cultures. The owner, Cee, organizes the W.A.S.H. conference (We Are Still Here). The conference aims to connect Black and Indigenous farmers with one another.
Earth Month ended with our 2023 UNC Sustainability Awards, a wonderful celebration of North Carolina businesses, alumni and students who all work to take initiative through innovative products or practices that have a positive impact for people and the planet.
ACES’ Sustainability Fellow and PhD Student Angie Fairchild won the 2022 Business for a Better World Dissertation Proposal Competition and presented her research during the Business for a Better World Research Symposium on September 23.
