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Green Fact: June 19, 2007
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
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CAP-14 Post-Test Survey, 4th Quarter 2007
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 »
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New Zealand Mud Snail Action Project, 2nd Quarter 2006
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 »
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Quote for Tuesday, May 29, 2007
"Do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am– a reluctant enthusiast…a part time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While it is still… Read more »
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Quote for Tuesday, May 22, 2007
"Act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world." Immanuel Kant
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Quote for Monday, May 21, 2007
"We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it – and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove-lid. She will never sit down on a hot-stove lid again, and that is well; but also she will never sit down… Read more »
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Who Killed the Electric Car?
The Cottonwood Institute recently showed Who Killed the Electric Car? at our Change the World Movie Night at the Fluid Coffee Bar in Denver. I really enjoyed how this film presented and analyzed the various suspects that contributed to the life and death of GM’s Electric Vehicles (EV). Suspects included the California Air Resources Board,… Read more »
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Quote for Thursday, May 17, 2007
"There are risks and costs to a program of action. But they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction." -John F. Kennedy
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Quote for Tuesday, May 15, 2007
"Don’t walk in front of me; I may not follow. Don’t walk behind me; I may not lead. Just walk beside me and be my friend." -Albert Camus
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Survival Priorities: Shelter is Key!
When you head to the hills for a weekend backpacking excursion, you are not typically thinking about what you would do if you were in the middle of nowhere and your pack accidentally sailed off a cliff. This happened to one poor student that took a survival course with an organization I used to work… Read more »
