We decided that for our Action Project, we would create a Greenhouse and Composting System for New Vista High School. We thought this would be a good thing to do because, after we are all gone from NVHS, future students would have a CE or Workshop that focused on the concepts of composting and growing… Read more »
We decided that for our 4 Days in May project, and our action project, we would create a Greenhouse and Composting System for NVHS. We thought this would be a good thing to do because, after we are all gone from NVHS, future students would have a CE or Workshop that focused on the concepts… Read more »
This quarter, CAP chose to work with local businesses in order to help them become more sustainable. However, in order for us to offer anyone advice on sustainability, we thought it’d be a good idea to figure out exactly what a sustainable business is! Sustainable Business Over the course of two weeks of research, we… Read more »
This quarter, CAP chose to work with local businesses in order to help them become more sustainable. However, in order for us to offer anyone advice on sustainability, we thought it’d be a good idea to figure out exactly what a sustainable business is! Sustainable Business Over the course of two weeks of research, we… Read more »
The good feeling you get when you donate to your favorite charity could be your brain patting you on the back. A team of psychologists and economists from the University of Oregon has found that donating to charity activates a part of the brain associated with pleasure. The study, published in the journal Science, represents… Read more »
The Issue The New Zealand Mud Snail is an invasive species that has been spreading through Western United States rivers and lakes for over a decade now. Recently, this species has been detected in a section of Boulder Creek and one other river in Colorado. Because this species is so resilient both in and out… Read more »
This quarter’s CAP class’ action project focused on educating people about the practice of being “carbon neutral” and supporting renewable energy sources. In order to do this we studied conventional energy sources, alternatives to these, and what it means to be carbon neutral. In order to fully understand carbon neutrality you have to know how the… Read more »
If every U.S. household replaced one roll of regular paper towels with 100 percent recycled ones, we’d save 544,000 trees. Source: Green Life – http://sierraclub.typepad.com/greenlife
As the quarter comes to a close, I want to get some open and honest feedback from the 4th Quarter 2007 CAP class 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… Read more »
The Issue The New Zealand Mud Snail is an invasive species that has been spreading through Western United States rivers and lakes for over a decade now. Recently, this species has been detected in a section of Boulder Creek and one other river in Colorado. Because this species is so resilient both in and out… Read more »
