Redesigning Our Future

Ready, Set . . . Go By Kayla Blackburn On Thursday night, a series of Eco-Olympics events were held between randomly divided teams, allowing a respite from focus groups to create new friendships. Each self-named team had to compete in assorted events in both physical and mental fields, led by their skilled counselors. The games began with a competition that involved each team choosing a popular song and rewriting the lyrics (while also choreographing some awesome dance moves) in a way that dealt with the environment . . . with only 10 minutes to use! The teams then had to perform their songs in front of all the campers at the Summit. Some song examples were parodies of "Shake It Off" renamed "Save the Earth" and "Let It Go" as "Let It Grow." Not only did these presentations provide a great laugh, but they also ignited many ideas about conservation and recycling. The next events were the Sack Race, the Three-Legged Race, and the Whee...

By: Jumana Mograbi A stack of newspapers in hand and a couple of minutes on the clock, the campers creativity shone through during last nights Eco Olympics. The task assigned consisted off building a tower from the newspapers provided, the tower was judged based on creativity and height. The newspapers were folded, ripped into pieces and stacked on top of each other as the campers tried to keep the newspapers from falling apart. Communication skills and team work were shown as the campers worked together on building a tower, and as they tried to think of ideas that would help them win first place. After 10 minutes, time was called and the campers stopped working and stepped back from their creations. The focus groups towers were all different in shapes and heights and creativity. After observing all the towers the judges gave Invasive Species the award for tallest tower while Go Ahead Change Your Mind won most creative. The newspapers were then recycled and gathered up as th...

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

How Do You Build a Tower with Newspapers? That's a good question, and you can see how campers worked together to make towers "happen" at the Ecolympics at the Center for the Environment Summit, a program for high school students across the nation hosted in Salisbury, NC. OK. Let's Roll It Up Like This   . . . Hum. Now, How Do We Get Them Connected? Take Your Time Girls. We've Got This. Oh Yes! We Are So Rocking Our Newspaper Tower. The best part about our game is that we had old newspapers which meant no cost or trash afterwards, because the papers went right to recycling. 

By: Keela Sweeney The "Ecolympics"were a huge success for everyone! Students completed in activities ranging from newspaper towers to marshmallow tosses and even a counselor event!  Students building towers out of recycled newspaper Our winning tower! Congratulations everyone! These ladies are sporting newspaper headbands. Is this Vogue's next cover photo? I think yes! On your mark, get set, catch a marshmallow in your mouth! Christian and Robert showing some superior team spirit! Photos By: Jessica Everett & Keela Sweeney