This week we chose an environmental issue affecting our community for our action project: Grocery bag waste/pollution. This is a fairly specific project, that we will continue to research in the next two weeks. Your homework this weekend is to learn as much about paper and plastic pollution as possible. After completing yout research, please… Read more »
The last two weeks have been the first two weeks of our class with CAP. Mainly, we have been focusing on getting to know each other. We played a few name games, interviewed and introduced each other. We also met the founder of the CAP and went on a nature walk down the Cherry Creek… Read more »
“No problem is insurmountable. With a little courage, teamwork and determination a person can overcome anything.” – Unknown
After completing your second week of CAP you have had many opportunities to explore environmental issues surrounding our community. I would like you to discuss two or three issues that you are most passionate about, and how the issues could be addressed in our class through an action project. Remember that our class may choose… Read more »
“It’s not the critic who counts. Not the man who points out where the strong man stumbled or where the doer of great deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena. Whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood. Who strives valiantly, who… Read more »
“The conservationist’s most important task, if we are to save the earth, is to educate.” – Peter Scott
“This is the true joy in life, the being used up for a purpose recognized by yourself as a mighty one; The being a force of nature instead of a feverish, selfish little clod of ailments and grievances, complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy. I am of the opinion… Read more »
On Tuesday, August 21, we went for a walk along Cherry Creek Path in Denver. Ford Church joined us and pointed out some plants and animal tracks. Here, we took a moment to record our observations by the creek.
This week we focused on introducing environmental issues in our community and how they relate to the idea of sustainability. I would like you to first comment on what the term "sustainable" means to you and ways that it impacts your daily life. Once you feel that you have created your own definition for sustainable,… Read more »
“Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
