Redesigning Our Future

By Boothe Pfaff and Aydan Smith: During lunch, on Thursday, some campers answered questions about their favorite parts of the Stanback Reserve and the summit so far.   A:Stanback Reserve    B:The Summit Holly Kuhn - Backbone for Conservation A. "My favorite part was going on the trails and looking at all the wildlife there." B. "Going to our focus groups and studying everything that we have our interests in." Becan Hennighan - Backbone for Conservation A. "The variety of plants and animals that live there and the sheer beauty of the preserve itself." B. "Going out into the preserve and learning about the various animals that live in it." Amanda Williamson - Backbone for conservation A. "When we get to actually see and hold the birds as well as walk through the mud to set up turtle traps." "Its just so beautiful and you just feel one with nature." B. "Meeting new & interesting people and going throug...

By Alia Dahlan Effective Communication and Collaboration Using clips from television shows, volunteers from the Rocky Mountain Institute taught us about how communication can be used to solve complex "wicked" problems. We learned a few communication terms: Downloading- not listening to others Debating- arguing one side with a strong view Dialoging- having a bias, but listening to the other side of the argument for new information Presencing- having no personal bias and focusing on the problem Grant Funding Activity We decided where to allocate $100k worth of grants at Catawba College . Dragon Fly Lake   We used a role-playing game to decide how to utilize a fictional lake and the area around it.