We are very grateful to our friends at Confluence Denver for posting this great article: Cottonwood Institute Celebrates Environmental Education in Denver with Base Camp Bash. Check it out and share the link to your network to help spread the good word about Cottonwood Institute!
As the bright sun rose last Friday, March 20, 2015, four vans of excited and passionate Johnson & Wales University (JWU) students headed over to the Alliance Center to spend their day diving into the many layers of sustainability as they embarked on the 5th Annual Sustainability Summit hosted by Cottonwood Institute. When students arrived,… Read more »
Cottonwood Institute (CI) headed to the mountains to explore with an enthusiastic, down-to-earth, bunch of new and well-versed instructors! Our annual instructor training was held at Calwood Education Center outside of Jamestown, CO and was full of laughs, learning, sharing, and friendships in the making. “The CI instructor training was a wonderful reminder of why… Read more »
Spring is in the air and the 10th Annual Base Camp Bash to benefit Cottonwood Institute is rapidly approaching on Saturday, April 11th, 2015 from 7-10pm at RedLine in Denver, CO. Who’s excited? We are excited! In case you are not feeling our excitement just yet, here are 5 reasons to help get you there:… Read more »
We are thrilled to have Taryn Longberry join the Cottonwood Institute team and we are moving forward full steam ahead! In addition to taking over the Program Coordinator position, she is gearing up for teaching her first quarter as Community Adventure Program Coordinator (CAP) at New Vista High School in Boulder, CO. We are proud… Read more »
Welcome to Cottonwood Institute’s new website! We love the new look and feel and how it clearly articulates who we are and what we do. The Home Page in particular is very easy to navigate, featuring drop-down menus and clickable photo links to our most popular pages. We are excited about the newly improved About Us page, which… Read more »
What were our students up to this year with Cottonwood Institute? Check out our Top 10 Inspiring Stories from 2014! We are wrapping up another awesome year here at Cottonwood Institute. As we reflect on 2014, we’re awed at the incredible adventures, growth, and action projects our students have accomplished. None of this would have been possible… Read more »
UPDATE: Online registration is now closed, but we are still taking walk up registrations at the door tonight. Come join us! The leaves are falling and the snow is coming, which means it is time for Cottonwood Institute’s annual Beer Release Party Wednesday, November 12th, 2014 from 5:30pm – 7:00pm at Wynkoop Brewing Company. RSVP… Read more »
In fall of 2014, Community Adventure Program (CAP) students at New Vista High School in Boulder, Colorado, chose to study the controversial topic of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). After watching documentaries, visiting Alfalfa’s Market, and conducting extensive research, they invited speakers from both sides of the issue to their class. Speakers from Right to Know… Read more »
In late October, students from STRIVE Preparatory Schools’ Excel campus went backpacking as part of their Community Adventure Program (CAP) class with Cottonwood Institute. CAP at STRIVE is a semester-long class, which meets two days each week for 15 weeks. The first few weeks of class in August and September focused on teambuilding, nature awareness,… Read more »
