Gardening can often be hot and tiring work. The students in the 3rd and 4th quarter Community Adventure Program class at PS1 Charter School in Denver didn’t think about this when they decided to to address urban gardening and local food production for their Action Project this spring. But what they found is that gardening… Read more »
Posts By: Ford Church
Sunrise Century Volunteer Opportunity – Proceeds Benefit Cottonwood Institute!
Sunrise Century, July 25, 2009 – Shooting to become the “Bolder Boulder” of cycling, this amazing ride needs our volunteer support to make it a successful event. Best of all, your volunteer efforts will generate a donation to help support the Cottonwood Institute and our educational programs. Volunteers will be working as Team Cottonwood Institute… Read more »
Bees, Building, and Bites
What’s the buzz? The 4th quarter Community Adventure Program (CAP) students at New Vista High School completed their amazing Action Project: a brand new bee garden, soon to be chock-full of sustainable food! The class was at a crossroads, wishing they could work on three different themes: green building, disappearing bees, and local gardens. Together,… Read more »
A Brilliant Year of CAP
When I started teaching at New Vista High School in the fall of 2008 I didn’t know what to expect. I was excited about the idea of working with high school students, and nervous about teaching again since I’d taken almost a two year break. In my wildest dreams I couldn’t have anticipated what a… Read more »
Colorado Academy Endangered Wolves And Animal Tracking
Ten lucky Colorado Academy students got to go where the wild things are, by spending their May Interim with the Cottonwood Institute during our Endangered Wolves and Animal Tracking Course! Students spent the week at Mission:Wolf, a wolf sanctuary in Colorado’s Wet Mountain Valley, for a week of wolves and tracking. Led by instructors Brittany… Read more »
Do Something Different This Summer!
Sitting on the couch and playing video games or watching re-runs of survival shows like Survivorman and Man Vs. Wild is no way to spend the summer. Do something different this summer! 2009 SUMMER COURSES FOR TEENAGERS Our unique courses range from the Stone Age Survival Project to the Endangered Wolves and Animal Tracking Project…. Read more »
CAP Post Course Survey, 4th Quarter 2009
As the quarter comes to a close, I wanted to get some open and honest feedback from this class about how to improve the CAP for future students. This information will not affect your grade, but please take it seriously. It will be reviewed by your school, the Cottonwood Institute, and this information will help… Read more »
CAP Post Course Survey, 4th Quarter 2009
As the quarter comes to a close, I wanted to get some open and honest feedback from this class about how to improve the CAP for future students. This information will not affect your grade, but please take it seriously. It will be reviewed by the school, the Cottonwood Institute, and this information will help… Read more »
Community Adventure Program, Spring 2009
This quarter the girls in the Community Adventure Program class are working at Atlantis Community Incorporated. Atlantis serves, and advocates for, people with disabilities in Denver and nationwide. In front of the organization’s headquarters in the Baker District is a community garden. The garden, which is part of the Denver Urban Gardens network, provides food… Read more »
And the Environmental Stewardship Award Goes to…
So many amazing Action Projects were completed by Community Adventure Program students in 2008 and it seems like an impossible task to choose which one was the best. Despite the challenge, the Cottonwood Institute assembled an outstanding panel of local judges to set out to do just that. The panel included: Michael Barney: Community Outreach… Read more »
