CAP Week in Review – February 24, 25, and 27, 2004

This week we continued to hammer away on our Community Action Project. On Tuesday, we came up with the following statements that helped us define the problem that we want to address:

1. People are buying globally while thinking locally instead of buying locally and thinking globally.
2. Corporate monopolies in the agriculture industry focus solely on the bottom line and sacrifice human rights and the environment at all costs.
3. People are uneducated about the benefits of buying local and organic.
4. People don’t know that industrially produced foods are bad for you.

On Wednesday, we had another heated Snow Sense quiz competition for the get out of journal free cards. Two teams came down to a sudden death tie and both answered the tiebreaker question correctly. Because we were out of time, both teams were awarded the coveted get out of journal free cards. We then discussed winter survival techniques by breaking up into teams and participating in a winter survival scenario. After lunch we met at Bear Creek Park to discuss how each team would handle the scenario and learned about winter survival priorities and techniques. Later that afternoon, Alex Hearn from Rocky Mountain Rescue joined our class to discuss rescue scenarios. Students participated in a cool teambuilding activity called Lava where the group stood in a circle protected from the lava and each student had to retrieve a ring outside of the circle without touching the lava. In an awesome display of creativity, teamwork, and strategy, the group retrieved all of the rings.

After completing the teambuilding exercise, we walked up into Boulder Mountain Park and Alex presented a rescue scenario for the group to tackle. We pretended that we were 5 miles in the backcountry at approximately 2pm in the afternoon and Rithy (aka T. Money) broke his tibia and fibula. The group had approximately 20 minutes to choose 10 gear items to use during the rescue, come up with an action plan, and initiate that plan in order to rescue T. I was very proud of the teamwork and creativity that everyone displayed. They splinted T.’s leg with a Crazy Creek chair and duct tape and carried him back to the trailhead. Way to go guys!

On Friday, we finally came to a consensus regarding the specific Community Action Project we would address as a class. We decided to create an information packet to educate the public about the positive benefits of buying local and organic and decided to hand out information and talk to people on the streets of Boulder – grassroots style! With only a few weeks remaining in this quarter, we have a lot of work ahead of us. However, our class is full of ambitions and passionate students and I am confident that we can keep our commitment to help make a positive impact in the community.

PS: If you want more information about The Bottle Belt that Alex and Ford were carrying on Wednesday, check out their website!

CAP Week in Review

This week we continued to hammer away on our Community Action Project. On Tuesday, we came up with the following statements that helped us define the problem that we want to address:

1. People are buying globally while thinking locally instead of buying locally and thinking globally.
2. Corporate monopolies in the agriculture industry focus solely on the bottom line and sacrifice human rights and the environment at all costs.
3. People are uneducated about the benefits of buying local and organic.
4. People don

Quote for February 27, 2004

“This stillness, solitude, wildness of nature is a kind of thoroughtwort or boneset, to my intellect. This is what I go out to seek. It is as if I always met in those places some grand, serene, immortal, infinitely encouraging through invisible, companion, and walked with him.”

The Boulder Co-op Market Rocks!

I mentioned in the last CAP Week in Review that our class had the distinct honor and pleasure of having Cornelius and Blair from the Boulder Co-op Market talk to us about the environmental benefits of buying local and organic food. I wanted to take the time to acknowledge and thank them once again for all of the support and information they provided us as we continue to define our Community Action Project. I also wanted to mention that Cornelius is the best juicer in Boulder and I was blown away by his intensity and passion for practicing his craft. So get down to the Boulder Co-op and sample their juice bar, scrumptious organic produce, and local goods!

Quote for February 25, 2004

“When the slab cut loose, my mind calculated trajectories, analyzed terrain, and fed me its conclusions

Quote for February 24, 2004

“Technique and ability alone do not get you to the top

Weekly Outdoor Clinic Calendar – February 23 – 29, 2004

CAP students are expected to broaden their outdoor knowledge and skill base by tapping into the rich educational resources in their community. In order to accomplish this goal, students will take advantage of the free outdoor skills clinics, workshops, and slide shows offered by outdoor retail stores in the Colorado Front Range. Below are some of the hot events going in the community this week:

Monday, February 23, 2004 – Banff Mountain Film Festival. Mountains inspire stories of courage and passion. The Banff Mountain Film Festival delivers those stories in ways that will amaze, inspire, and move you. Boulder Theater, Boulder, 7:30pm, $13.00 at Mountain Sports or $16.00 at the Boulder Theater.

Tuesday, February 24, 2004 – Banff Mountain Film Festival. Mountains inspire stories of courage and passion. The Banff Mountain Film Festival delivers those stories in ways that will amaze, inspire, and move you. Boulder Theater, Boulder, 7:30pm, $13.00 at Mountain Sports or $16.00 at the Boulder Theater.

Tuesday, February 24, 2004 – Avalanche Awareness, REI, Boulder, 7:00pm, Free.

Wednesday, February 25, 2004 – Introduction to Climbing, The Spot Bouldering Gym, Boulder, 7:00pm, $10.00.

Thursday, February 26, 2004 – Waxing Social, Mountain Sports, Boulder, 6pm, Free.

Thursday, February 26, 2004 – From the Tetons to Tibet with Stephen Koch. 15 years of pioneering snowboard descents, including 6 of the 7 summits. Neptune Mountaineering, Boulder, 8pm, $8.00 in advance or $10.00 at the door.

Weekly Outdoor Clinic Calendar

CAP students are expected to broaden their outdoor knowledge and skill base by tapping into the rich educational resources in their community. In order to accomplish this goal, students will take advantage of the free outdoor skills clinics, workshops, and slide shows offered by outdoor retail stores in the Colorado Front Range. Below are some of the hot events going in the community this week:

Monday, February 23, 2004 – Banff Mountain Film Festival. Mountains inspire stories of courage and passion. The Banff Mountain Film Festival delivers those stories in ways that will amaze, inspire, and move you. Boulder Theater, Boulder, 7:30pm, $13.00 at Mountain Sports or $16.00 at the Boulder Theater.

Tuesday, February 24, 2004 – Banff Mountain Film Festival. Mountains inspire stories of courage and passion. The Banff Mountain Film Festival delivers those stories in ways that will amaze, inspire, and move you. Boulder Theater, Boulder, 7:30pm, $13.00 at Mountain Sports or $16.00 at the Boulder Theater.

Tuesday, February 24, 2004 – Avalanche Awareness, REI, Boulder, 7:00pm, Free.

Wednesday, February 25, 2004 – Introduction to Climbing, The Spot Bouldering Gym, Boulder, 7:00pm, $10.00.

Thursday, February 26, 2004 – Waxing Social, Mountain Sports, Boulder, 6pm, Free.

Thursday, February 26, 2004 – From the Tetons to Tibet with Stephen Koch. 15 years of pioneering snowboard descents, including 6 of the 7 summits. Neptune Mountaineering, Boulder, 8pm, $8.00 in advance or $10.00 at the door.

CAP Week in Review – February 17, 18, and 20, 2004

We began the week by debriefing our first winter camping experience as a group. It turned out to be a very educational process as we made a list of all the positive expedition behavior/actions we observed and all of the negative expedition behavior/actions we observed last weekend. We learned that there are no mistakes in life, just learning opportunities, and man, did we learn a lot last weekend! We will review our list of positive and negative expedition behaviors before our next overnight so we can operate like a well-oiled machine for the next trip.

On Wednesday, we had the honor and pleasure of having two folks from the Boulder Co-op Market come talk to us about the positive environmental impacts of buying local and organic. We learned a great deal from Blair and Cornelius and want to thank them for donating their time and educating us about this incredibly complex issue. Wednesday afternoon, we met up with Naturalist, Lynne Sullivan, and Volunteer Naturalist, John Engel from the City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks to learn about winter ecology. We learned about the various hibernation, migration, and coping strategies that insects, mammals, and birds implement to survive the harsh winter environment in Colorado. It was fun to get outside and hike in the 70-degree weather! Wait a second, isn

Quote for February 20, 2004

“To live content with small means, to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion, to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not rich, to study hard, think quietly, talk gently, act frankly, to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart, to bear all cheerfully, do all bravely, await occasions, hurry never

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