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Environmental Leadership Center
Warren Wilson College
Campus Box 6323
P.O. Box 9000
Asheville, NC 28815-9000

828.771.3006

Please refer comments or questions about this website to Phillip Ray Gibson @ pgibson@warren-wilson.edu.

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Recordings by the Environmental Leadership Center

Following is a video containing voices of the ELC - what do others say about the ELC? This video is a little over six minutes and may take a moment to load. Hear from WWC students Sadie Adams, Leslie Selgestad, Annie Hasz, and Heather Aziz. Also in the video are Mike Horak of the Nature Conservancy and Roger Clapp of the Sylva, NC based Watershed Association of the Tuckaseegee River.

Environmental Leadership Center 10th Anniversary

Click here for Ray Anderson's presentation - it is approximately one hour and 30 minutes long

Below is a video clip containing a montage from the 10th Anniversary Celebration of the Environmental Leadership Center of which 400 people attended. Following are photos and interviews of carpet and tile manufacturer Ray Anderson of Interface Inc. Mr. Anderson is the founder and chairman of Interface Inc. and is internationally known for his work in sustainability. Following is an interview of Mike Plemmons who serves as the Executive Director of the Council of Independent Business Owners located in Asheville, NC. The interviews were taken on November 10, 2006.

Heartstone Recordings 2006

Warren Wilson College Orchestra - Opening of the 2006 Heartstone Evening Event

Warren Wilson College Orchestra - wade in the water

Warren Wilson College Chorale - bring me little water Sylvie

Warren Wilson College Chorale - river was dry

Warren Wilson College President Dr. Sandy Pfeiffer - remarks at the Environmental Leadership Center luncheon, October 16, 2006

Fiddle solo - by Matthew Turino at the Heartstone evening celebration

Janisse Ray - remarks at the Environmental Leadership Center's Council of Advisor's luncheon on October 16, 2006.

Janisse Ray - reading of her contribution (her first poem) to Heartstone

Julia Kernitz - student observations of her four years at Warren Wilson College and the role of the Environmental Leadership Center in her college career

Sadie Adams - student of Warren Wilson College sharing her experiences with the Environmental Leadership Center

Dr. John Casey - remarks by Warren Wilson College Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College

Ann Turkle - Chair of the Warren Wilson College undergraduate creative writing program - reading at the Heartstone evening celebration

John Lane - reading by author at the Heartstone evening celebration

Gary Lilley - faculty of Warren Wilson College - reading by author at the Heartstone evening celebration

Catherine Reid - author reading at the Heartstone evening celebration

Sebastian Matthews - reading by author - joined by the Warren Wilson College Chorale at the Heartstone evening celebration

Thomas Rain Crowe - reading by the author at the Heartstone evening celebration

Thomas Rain Crowe - performing with flute at the Heartstone evening celebration

MariJo Moore - author reading at the Heartstone evening celebration

Warren Wilson College Chorale - come now and gather at the green

Recordings found on this page were recorded and edited by Phillip Gibson of the Environmental Leadership Center of Warren Wilson College. No reproduction or use of these recordings are permitted without written consent.