Redesigning Our Future

By: Cierra Hunter Here we are in the summer of 2014 and a group of around 50 students are attending an environmental summit at Catawba College, North Carolina. These students are able to learn and experience nature at its best, along with getting to know nine amazing counselors who have either graduated or are attending Catawba College. This year we are glad to say that three of these wonderful counselors are back in action! These counselors are Katie Barbee, Morgan King and Kerstin Brown. I asked each of these counselors four questions and had them answer back to me. Katie responded like this: What made you come back again this year? She said, "I thoroughly enjoyed my time working at the Summit last year after learning a lot more about the Environment, hearing some great speakers, and meeting a variety of talented, hardworking, and environmentally-conscious campers. The wide variety of activities, focus groups, and people make all the difference."  Katie B...

By: Raul Barreda and Morgan King Sarah Moore explains the different events of  Ecolympics before all the craziness got started.  The teams were divided up into their focus groups and competed against each other.  And the Events are.... Challenge #1-Enviromental Telephone  Challenge #2-Animal Noises Challege #3-Rock, Paper, Scissors... make sure you recycle the paper!  Challenge #4-Eco Dancing  Challege #5-Recycling Races And the Winners are.... 1st Place- Invasive Alien Plants and Animals 2nd Place- A Backbone for Conservation 3rd Place- Scared Places