New Interns Storm the Cottonwood Institute

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Several new sets of helping-hands have joined the Cottonwood Institute as interns.  In the future, you will be seeing their work around this blog and beyond.  Our new Cottonwood Institute Blog interns, Cailin and Misra, will be contributing steady updates about Cottonwood Institute courses, news and other juicy bits. It is their hope to offer… Read more »

Eating Ecologically

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The Community Adventure Program (CAP) is a class offered at New Vista High School through the Cottonwood Institute that combines outdoor education with environmental stewardship. A large aspect of the class is spent creating a student-directed Action Project concerning a local environmental issue. The students must design a project that will educate people about the… Read more »

The Omnivore’s Dilemma

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What should we have for dinner? It may seem like an innocent question, but in today’s America, that single question can be answered in a multitude of ways. Should it be fast food? Organic? Local? Natural? If you have ever found yourself engaged in a personal battle about what and how to eat, I suggest… Read more »

On belay

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CAP class students spend Tuesday’s class time climbing at Thrillseeker’s climbing gym to celebrate the rapidly approaching end of the school year.  We found it a bit more difficult than it looks, but everyone was game to hit the wall, and had a lot of success pushing past some preconceived limits, and in some cases… Read more »

CAP Post Course Survey, 4th Quarter 2008

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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 »

CAP Post Course Survey, 4th Quarter 2008

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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 »