Redesigning Our Future

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.

by Emily Pieper Focusing on the Big Picture By Emily Pieper T oday bright and early at 7:30 a.m., this was the lively scene at breakfast of our third day here at Redesigning 2012 . When I was capturing this, I actually was only testing out how well my phone's panoramic mode would work when everyone was moving around. When I uploaded it to my computer after, I experienced one of those enlightening light bulb moments when everything collides in your mind and suddenly becomes crystal clear. W hat I realized was that, in a way, this simple photo represented the underlying theme of the summit: Whole Systems Thinking. Basically what I think this phrase means is that to solve problems you have to step back and look at the whole picture. Sometimes we can get so focused on one aspect of an issue that we miss other parts. Everyone has done this at least once in their life, and I realized that I certainly have when I talked to Doc Hendley after his inspiring presentation...