Redesigning Our Future

Members of the Sacred Spaces: Global Heritage and Conservation group spent some time in the campus preserve gathering items to create their own mini sacred spaces after learning about special sacred areas across the globe. Here are their creations. As you can see, each camper had a different vision of tranquility.            

Dr. Charlie McAllister took campers all over the globe in his intriguing section on Sacred Spaces. Sacred Spaces group gathers for the final camp festival where each group put together a presentation highlighting the week at the summit.  Students shared some of the sacred places they learned about during the week . Members of this interesting group included: Rosalie Alff (Jefferson) Rebecca Bailey (Burlington) Eric Datta (Chapel Hill) Nataliyah Gray (Burlington) Justice Pennywell (Shelby) Isabel Pernia (Charlotte) Andrew Whang (Chapel Hill) The group was ably assisted by veteran counselor Kerstin Brown. The seven students began by collectively drawing a world map of sacred spaces, which began our conversation about this term. Then, in five sessions, they selected and profiled twenty-one case studies in three global regions from Beyond Belief: Linking Faiths and Protected Areas to Support Biodiversity Conservation (2005). Some of the countries: Columbi...