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04/08/10 by Juanita Teschner

Q&A with Peter Forbes: 'Building Communities for a New Nation' Q&A with Peter Forbes: 'Building Communities for a New Nation'

Peter Forbes, executive director of the Center for Whole Communities in Vermont, will speak at the Center for the Environment facility on the Catawba College campus in Salisbury at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 22, followed by a reception. Juanita Teschner, director of communications at the Center, recently interviewed Forbes for this Q & A.

03/17/10 by Staff Writer

Author and Architect Sarah Susanka Advises: 'Be the Custodian of Your Own Life' Author and Architect Sarah Susanka Advises: 'Be the Custodian of Your Own Life'

Author and architect Sarah Susanka brought her “Not So Big” philosophy to Catawba College’s campus on March 16 and advised those members of her 11 a.m. audience to “be the custodian of your own life.”

03/14/10 by Salisbury Post

Verner: ' Not So Big' Style Could Make Huge Difference Verner: ' Not So Big' Style Could Make Huge Difference

For a radical, Sarah Susanka laughs a lot — and it's an easy, throaty laugh that fits perfectly with the persona of someone who wants us to find more inner peace and harmony, to live saner lives.

03/03/10 by Staff Writer

Q&A: Sarah Susanka on 'The Not So Big Life: Making Room for What Really Matters' Q&A: Sarah Susanka on 'The Not So Big Life: Making Room for What Really Matters'

Sarah Susanka, an architect and pioneer of the “Not So Big” philosophy, spoke recently with Juanita Teschner of the Center for the Environment at Catawba College. This is a compilation of an edited transcript of that conversation plus information from Susanka’s office.

02/15/10 by Staff Writer

Center for the Environment's First EnviroMingle© Draws Green-minded Crowd Center for the Environment's First EnviroMingle© Draws Green-minded Crowd

A total of 85 “green-minded” people gathered Feb. 11 at the Blue Vine in downtown Salisbury for the first EnviroMingle hosted by the Center for the Environment.

02/07/10 by Salisbury Post

Amory Lovins: A 'Pliers-in-Hand' Visionary Amory Lovins: A 'Pliers-in-Hand' Visionary

When it comes to implementing new energy technologies that are more efficient and sustainable than the conventional oil and coal, on which the United States and much of the global economy now rely, Amory Lovins doesn't think we need to reinvent the wheel. We just need to reinvent fire. Video now available.

02/01/10 by Staff Writer

Documentary about Food Industry at Center Draws 200 People Documentary about Food Industry at Center Draws 200 People

More than 200 people packed the house at the Center for the Environment facility on the Catawba College campus Jan. 28 for a screening of “Fresh: new thinking about what we’re eating.”

12/29/09 by Staff Writer

Government Funds Available for Green Building Technologies Government Funds Available for Green Building Technologies

The North Carolina Green Business Fund will distribute $8.3 million in stimulus money in 2010 to encourage the development and commercialization of promising renewable energy and green-building technologies...

11/05/09 by Staff Writer

Home Schoolers Build Bridges on Preserve Home Schoolers Build Bridges on Preserve

Nearly 20 home-schooled students in Rowan County recently completed the construction of a second bridge on the ecological preserve adjacent to the Center...

11/04/09 by Staff Writer

Thought Leader Sarah Susanka Will Speak in March 2010 Thought Leader Sarah Susanka Will Speak in March 2010

Bestselling author Sarah Susanka, called "an innovator in American culture" by U.S. News & World Report, will speak on the Catawba College campus March 16, 2010.

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