The Community Adventure Program has changed my life. Not only has it awakened in me a passion I never knew existed; it has increased my awareness about environmental issues in my community and shown me that I can make a difference. After taking the CAP class for the first time I realized that I loved… Read more »
For this journal entry I’d like you to think about the things Bill Hayes discussed with us. Please spend a couple of paragraphs talking about what was most interesting to you and why. Also, I’d like you to consider our action project and its importance in our community. What are we achieving by our collaboration… Read more »
"The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between the way nature works and the way man thinks." -Gregory Bateson
"Do not try to satisfy your vanity by teaching a great many things. Awaken people’s curiosity. It is enough to open minds; do not overload them. Put there just a spark. If there is some good inflammable stuff, it will catch fire." -Anatole France
The fellas working hard on their snow trench and the ladies building a shelter that kept them warm in -9 degree weather; It’s just another beautiful day in the mountains.
"It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult." -Seneca
"The highest treason, the meanest treason, is to deny the holiness of this little blue planet on which we journey through the cold void of space." -Edward Abbey
"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 to follow it to an end requires courage." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
This week we began to contact sustainable and non-sustainable businesses to collaborate with on our Action Project. We also had some folks researching web-sites and other sources so that we can be a beneficial resource for whichever businesses we end up working with. For this journal entry I’d like you to explain something that you’ve… Read more »
"Until the great mass of the people shall be filled with the sense of responsibility for each other’s welfare, social justice can never be attained." -Helen Keller
