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Paved Paradise

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By Serena Musselwhite When I went to interview the focus group They Paved Paradise and Put Up a Parking Lot, Dr. Fish was discussing the score for their song. Dr. Fish's focus group intended to add elements of Mei Lander's ukulele (seen in picture with ukulele).

Focus Groups

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By: Julia Vaughan, Delaney O'Connor   Go Ahead: Change Your Mind, Dr. Holtzman Learning techniques and skills from the professor. (Katie Allen, Jennifer Elizalde Martinez, Misa Harashima,  Katie Knotek, Cinthia, Moncada Soto, Autmn Ulrich) Using physical objects to teach and learn. (Katie Allen, Jennifer Elizalde Martinez, Misa Harashima, Katie Knotek, Cinthia, Moncada Soto, Autmn Ulrich) Water Wars?, Dr. Feeney Campers being taught about wars against water.  (James Dunbar, Jennifer Horsburg, Devin Kehoe, Cameron Marsh.) Taking in notes and information. (James Dunbar, Jennifer Horsburg, Devin Kehoe, Cameron Marsh.) A Backbone for Conservation, Dr. Poston Learning and discussing the different turtle types. (Robby Cogburn, Evan Dorsi, Sincere Hargrove, Shauna Hendrie, Patrick Lowder, Lexie Burns) Dr Posten notching a turtle to keep track of it. Green Reporting, Mrs.Wittum Students are updating and working on t

Heather White Speaks to High School Students at Environmental Summit

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By: Emilee Rae Hibshman Heather White is a leader in sustainability and an expert on environmental policy. Heather's first lecture was called "Communication 101", which taught about nonverbal and verbal communication, as well as how to present your content. Heather White guides the students in an activity about communication. Heather showed the students tricks that she learned from a TED talk about "power posing." The idea of power posing is to pick a pose that makes you feel confident or powerful, then stand in it for two minutes in private before an interview. She also showed the students how to sit properly for both an interview and a TV appearance! Another speech that Heather gave was titled "Mentors: How to Find Them, How to be One, and How to Listen to your Inner Voice." She gave three main points to both find a mentor, and be one. The first step was "Make your own mentors." Heather advised the students to introduce themsel

Writing and Performing Music: Paved Paradise

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Makayla Utt, Danbury, NC By Serena Musselwhite This small National Environmental Summit focus group, "They Paved Paradise and Put Up a Parking Lot," is setting out to make a big impact. Dr. David Fish, the Associate Professor of Music of Catawba College, is leading his group to help them create an environmental song to "Spread a message with music," said Mei. We asked if the group would all say any one thing about their work or the song. Makayla said, "Our message is about hunger for change," and Edgar said, "This song is a metaphor." I'm sure when they present their final product to the rest of the National Environmental Summit, it will be a memorable hit.

How Energy Is Used, Energy Consumption Trends, and How Catawba and RMI Are Helping

By Serena Musselwhite The amount of energy, the amount and type of each energy, and what the energies are used  for vary widely worldwide (Smith, p.180). For example, even though highly industrialized countries use most of the world's energy while less industrialized countries use much less, countries with the same level of development vary in the amount of energy they use and how they use those energies. There are three types of energy use, residential and commercial, industrial, and transportation energy use. Industrialized nations use the three energies fairly equally while less developed nations focus more on residential energy. Developing nations use much of their energy to develop their industrial base. Energy consumption and industrialization are strongly interrelated (Smith, p.180). According to Enger Smith, "From a historical point of view, it is possible to plot changes in energy consumption. Economics, politics, public attitudes, and many other factors

Summer Environmental Activities

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By: Delaney O'Connor Campers enjoy geocaching at the Stanback Ecological Preserve. Students got to kayak after completing all of the geocaching stations.  Julia Vaughan and Makayla Utt present their group's ideas for a more efficient dryer. In her off time, camper, Lexie Burns enjoys giant sized Jenga. Camper, Robby Cogburn, pulls a cage out of the water hoping to find turtles for focus group, A Backbone for Conservation. Dr. Poston explains to the campers how to determine whether the turtle is male or female. (Campers: Shauna Hendrie, Patrick Lowder, Evan Dorsi, and Dr. Poston) Focus Group, A Backbone for Conservation, caught turtles to examine. 

Camp Activities - Learning at the National Environmental Summit

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By: Julia Vaughan Learning how to tell the difference between types of turtles, as well as male and female turtle differences. Notching the turtle to track it. Robby Cogburn holding a turtle that was caught by A Backbone for Conservation. The beautiful Stanback nature preserve. Beautiful pond in the preserve. Campers enjoyed geocaching in the Stanback Ecological Preserve   Station three in geocaching: Acid filled barked can be used for headaches and injuries. Julia and Makayla reinventing the washing machine. Courtney Fairbrother sharing about a whole system. Ninja! being played by: Mei Lander, Evan Dorsi, Lexie Burns, and  Payden Mitchell. Sincere and Carolyn explain their new inventions on the washing machine. James Dunbar and Evan Dorsi explaining their solution to dirty clothes. Rocky Mountain Institute sharing their projects which address national and international environmental issues.

Abstract Thinking Within the Environment

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By: Aaliyah Everything in the environment is connected, both the animals and the habitats. In the human species, eyes are near the top of the body yet most eye colors can be found on the ground (i.e. green, brown, blue); this creates an environmental juxtaposition. This camp offers an open setting which helps the process of critical and abstract thinking.