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09/18/09 by Staff Writer
A veteran fund raiser has joined the staff at the Center for the Environment at Catawba College.
Jay Laurens, former executive director of the non-profit multi-agency Ada Jenkins Center in Davidson, has accepted the position of assistant director for development at the Center. He has had 18 years of non-profit management experience.
Read more … Veteran Fund Raiser Joins Center for Environment Staff
09/18/09 by Staff Writer
The Center for the Environment has lent its support to nearby Hood Theological Seminary as the school moves to include environmental studies in its curriculum.
Dr. Samuel Dansokho, associate professor of religion, society and culture at Hood, invited Center Director John Wear to teach classes during the pilot phase of his newly adopted course, Globalization and the Environment. In fact, nearly half the classes were held at the Center. He also encouraged his students to attend the Center’s Faith, Spirituality & Environmental Stewardship Conference in May.
Read more … Center Plays a Role in New Environmental Course at Hood Seminary
09/18/09 by Staff Writer
The conference on “Faith, Spirituality & Environmental Stewardship” may have ended May 31, but the spirit of the forum lives on in many of the churches that were represented at the event. In fact, the conference spawned a host of environmental programs and practices.
The Rev. Kristen Freeman of Mount Pisgah United Methodist Church in Greensboro is working with the Rev. Jan Brittain of Christ United Methodist Church to organize a task force on environmental stewardship in their district. At Mount Pisgah, congregants are examining ways they can be better stewards, focusing particularly on recycling.
Read more … The Conference Lives on in Area Churches
09/18/09 by Staff Writer
Kathy Chaffin knew the minute she looked at the program on faith and the environment and at Matthew Sleeth’s book that the conference at the Center for the Environment would be a pivotal experience.
The forum last May on “Faith, Spirituality & Environmental Stewardship” and Sleeth’s book Serve God, Save the Planet propelled Chaffin headlong down a path where reverence for the land and the responsible use of creation are imperatives. Chaffin, a reporter at the Salisbury Post, grew up on afarm in Davie County. At one time in her life, she wrote children’s stories about the environment.
Read more … Something awakened in me at this conference
09/18/09 by Staff Writer
Marilyn Shuping could only attend one day of the conference on faith and the environment. But what a difference that day made.
“I could have sat there and listened for days,” Shuping says. “And I bought Matthew Sleeth’s book and read it immediately.”
She has always been what she calls “a green person.” She was president of the Audubon Society in Winston-Salem so she clearly understood the value of preserving habitat for birds and other animals. “But it was a whole new world for me to hear the faith community taking up the cause,” she says. “It was like it had been in front of my face all these years, and I never quite realized it.”
Read more … What a difference a day makes
09/18/09 by Staff Writer
You don’t have to sacrifice to live green, says Robyn Griggs Lawrence, editor of “Natural Home & Garden” magazine. In fact, you don’t have to give up anything.
“When we started the magazine almost 10 years ago, there was a misconception among a lot of people that in order to live green you had to go live in a yurt in the woods or build a straw-bale home – that it was for hippies really,” Lawrence says.
Not so.
“You don’t have to give up anything to live green,” she says. “In fact, you’re going to live better. We started the magazine to show that living green is a beautiful and healthier and better way to live. There’s no sacrifice involved. In fact, there’s a ton of benefits.”
Read more … Creating a Green, Healthy Home: Shelter for Mind, Body & Soul
09/18/09 by Staff Writer
Catawba College senior Rachel Roberts is going to be up to her ears in construction waste this semester.
Through her internship, she will document the recycling and reuse of materials as Piedmont Players renovates a downtown Salisbury building and constructs a 250-seat theater. She landed the internship with the help of John Wear, director of the Center for the Environment.
Read more … Catawba Senior’s Internship to Contribute
