Each Spring, the Office of Sustainability facilitates Wake Forest’s annual Earth Month celebration. During this annual program, campus partners celebrate Earth Day and highlight Wake Forest’s sustainability strides through engaging events, experiences, and community programs. In that spirit, we want to take this opportunity to highlight some useful and relevant environmental resources from ZSR Library’s collection and beyond.

Browsing & Audiobooks

We have many fiction and nonfiction titles in our Browsing collection that center around environmental themes (located in the Atrium on the main floor). You can also access a curated list of environmentally themed audiobooks from our new digital audiobook collection.

Documentary Films

Access environmental and nature-inspired documentary films through the library’s collection of DVDs and our streaming video platforms:

ZSR Research Guides & Databases

Looking for scholarship and research around environment and sustainability issues? Check out our online research guides and suggested databases for relevant resources:

Community Resources

  • NC Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox: For all gardeners, aspiring horticulturalists, & plant lovers, the Plant Toolbox from NC Extension contains detailed descriptions and photographs of 4,659 plants that grow in and around North Carolina. Additionally, the Forsyth County Cooperative Extension Office hosts educational programs, meetings and workshops, and field days relevant to local environmental concerns.
  • Forsyth Audubon: Information on local birding opportunities, instruction for how to identify species of birds, and opportunities to assist with various conservation and environmental protection efforts.
  • Swim Guide: Delivers free real-time water quality information for beaches, lakes, rivers, and swimming holes in NC and beyond! Dedicated Riverkeeper volunteers (like Yadkin River Keeper) continuously sample environmental water sources all summer and report which areas are safe for water recreation and which are unsafe due to E. coli bacteria levels.
  • CitizenScience.gov: An official government website designed to accelerate the use of crowdsourcing and citizen science across the country. This site facilitates participation in a wide variety of citizen science projects, from remote data analysis to in-person data collection. Volunteers can browse and search for projects that align with their interests and abilities.
  • Piedmont Environmental Alliance: A 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to engaging the Piedmont Triad community for a more just, resilient, and environmentally sustainable future. Since PEA’s founding in 2006, the Piedmont Earth Day Fair has grown to the largest Earth Day celebration in NC.