While preparing the Angevine Middle School CAP class for their winter snowshoeing trip, one of the students said that if they were out in the wild they would feel nervous, like someone was going to sneak up on them. As someone who feels nothing but peace while being alone in the outdoors, this comment fueled… Read more »
We always love to hear about the ways Cottonwood Institute students bring their CI experiences with them into the world. CAP New Vista Alumna Astrea Strawn has made the outdoors a major part of her life, working as an outdoor educator and now pursuing a masters in marine sciences at Oregon State University. What… Read more »
As the wind whips through the trees, a group of energetic people excitedly emerge from a van. Dressed to the nines in their outdoor gear, they eagerly unpack the van, load up the sled, and take off into the whirling whiteness of the Colorado mountains. Everyone ready for a day of fun and making connections!Cottonwood… Read more »
The Cottonwood Institute family grows a little bit bigger in 2019 as we welcome Andrew Miller, our new Field Program Coordinator! This is a new role that will provide dedicated support to our instructors to ensure we deliver high quality, high impact programs for our students. Andrew steps in to oversee logistics for our 30+… Read more »
Our 2018 season of Cottonwood Institute (CI) CAP classes has come to an end! Each of our CAP classes spend a portion of their time service learning through their class action projects! In case you missed it, check out a few of the amazing Action Projects created by CI CAP students in 2018! Ending Car… Read more »
Traveling is just dream for many, but not for Chloe Woodruff, a Cottonwood Institute alumnus, whom we caught up with recently. Taking one of the first ever CAP classes, Chloe has come a long way from being a timid adolescent back in the day. Now she’s in charge! What are you up to these days?I… Read more »
It was unanimous. After learning about dozens of environmental issues affecting us in our community, the CAP students at Angevine Middle School all wanted to take a closer look at toxins in our body products. We got super excited about making our own products and visions of starting our own body care company and YouTube… Read more »
The students in the Fall 2018 CAP class at Centaurus High School had some specific requirements for our action project. The project had to be hands on and something we can actually use. It didn’t so much matter to us which environmental issues we were solving, as long as we were helping in some way,… Read more »
Come on out and support Cottonwood Institute this month at Wynkoop Brewing Company! We are the Charity Tap Beneficiary for the month of January 2019. The way it works is that $1 per charity pint order is donated to CI now through January 31, 2019. But you must ask for the “Charity Tap” pint for it to… Read more »
Finding a job is not an easy task. In fact, it’s almost a full time job in itself. Creating and utilizing your connections and putting yourself in the right place can definitely make the search easier, but knowing where to look can also decrease the intimidation factor, or what I call, option overload. There are… Read more »
