03/22/14 by Juanita Teschner Establishing a sustainable garden. Installing motion sensing light switches. Creating a gutter system on the campus greenhouse to collect rainwater for watering greenhouse plants. Composting the food waste from the dining hall. These projects, submitted by…
03/22/14 by Rebecca Rider The Center for the Environment at Catawba College hosted a viewing of the documentary “Cafeteria Man” March 18 followed by a panel discussion. The evening began with a sampling of local food provided by Bread Riot,…
03/09/14 by Juanita Teschner The Rider transit service in Concord and Kannapolis will have eight new diesel-electric hybrid buses in service by late April. The new buses will reduce emissions and save money on fuel and maintenance. Manufacturers indicate that…
03/01/14 by Rebecca Rider Photo by Katie Barbee Nearly 80 people came to the Center for the Environment building on the Catawba College campus February 25 to hear about reforestation efforts in Appalachia on sites of former surface mines.Dr. Patrick…