The Cottonwood Institute recently hosted its first "Change the World Movie Night" at the Fluid Coffee Bar in Denver, Colorado. We watched a movie called The Next Industrial Revolution, with William McDonough and Matthew Braungart, and had a rich discussion about environmental sustainability. The movie looked at how businesses like Nike, the Ford Motor Company,… Read more »
"A group becomes a team when each member is sure enough of himself and his contribution to praise the skills of others."-Norman G. Shidle
"A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions."-Oliver Wendell Holmes
"There are no passengers on spaceship earth, only crew."
"Always in the big woods when you leave familiar ground and step off alone into a new place there will be, along with the feelings of curiosity and excitement, a little nagging of dread. It is the ancient fear of the Unknown, and it is your first bond with the wilderness you are going into. … Read more »
Cass and Robby test their endurance and skill with the bow-drill friction fire. Zack discovers that a pine-needle bed is actually quite cozy. Stephen, Allana, Brittany, Robby, Zack, Chris, Cass, Carlton, Charlie and Matt warm-up for the hike with some sea-foam green belt Karate.
For this journal response, I’d like you to reflect on our overnight trip. Now that you have one group expedition under your belt, please rank the following concepts in order of importance to a successful trip: Communication, Attitude, Logistics (gear, weather, lessons, etc.), and Personal Feelings. Give complete reasons describing why you ranked the 4… Read more »
"I’d rather wake up in the middle of nowhere than in any city on earth." -Steve McQueen
"A person who points out what is wrong renders only half a service unless he can point out what is right." -Unknown
"The major problems in the world are the result of the difference between the way nature works and the way man thinks." -Gregory Bateson
