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To provide education and outreach centered on prevalent environmental challenges and to foster community-oriented sustainable solutions that can serve as a model for programs throughout the country.

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by John Wear

Shifting from the Single to the Triple Bottom Line Shifting from the Single to the Triple Bottom Line

Day after day, night after night, the massive oil spill in the Gulf dominates headlines. We learn about the impact it is having on wildlife, on the shoreline, on the fishing industry. We look for ways to stop it as we would a bleeding wound, but in truth stopping the bleeding is only treating the symptoms. We need to do more: We need to treat the cause.

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Center Receives Grant from Robertson Family Foundation Center Receives Grant from Robertson Family Foundation

The Blanche and Julian Robertson Family Foundation recently presented the Center for the Environment at Catawba College a grant of $50,000 to support the National Youth Environmental Summit, scheduled for July 2011 on the Catawba campus.