Welcome to the CAP Club Blog! Hello!! Welcome to New Vista High School’s NEW CAP (Community Adventure Program) Club! I’m so excited things are finally getting rolling. Not so long ago we didn’t even know what CAP Club was going to be, and now we’ve not only figured out our purpose, but some great activities,… Read more »
The Cottonwood Institute’s educational philosophy is based upon two major tenets: environmental education and service-learning. We wanted to take the opportunity to define these and other pedagogical approaches and techniques used to teach our educational programs. These definitions offer a very broad explanation to complex terms, but attempt to synthesize these key terms into understandable… Read more »
The Cottonwood Institute is committed to helping people raise their awareness of local environmental issues, environmental sustainability, and how to reduce their environmental footprint. Here are three easy things you can do to help you change the world: Step One: Calculate Your Environmental Footprint: Go to MyFootprint.org and calculate your personal environmental footprint. Step Two:… Read more »
Local Environmental Issues Research “The conservationist’s most important task, if we are to save the earth, is to educate.” – Peter Scott Here is a list to get you started with your local environmental issue research! You have about 30 minutes to look through these websites. Take notes and be ready to contribute ideas about… Read more »
When we are aware of our environmental footprint, we are more likely to make changes in our daily lives, walk our talk, inspire others around us to make a change as well, and our efforts will ripple out and change the world. Below are a few green facts that will help increase your awareness about… Read more »
“Over 80% of executives at U.S. multinational companies rate sustainability as either essential or very important.” Source: Corporate Board. “In one second, our sun produces enough energy to meet the current needs of the entire Earth for 500,000 years. Only 1% of U.S. electricity is generated from solar power.” Sources: Boston Globe, Energy Information Administration,… Read more »
“My experience leads me to believe that the main distinction between those who fully participate in their communities and those who withdraw into private life doesn’t rest in the active citizens’ grasp of complex issues, or their innate moral strength. Instead, those who get involved view their place in the world very differently. They have… Read more »
“An idea that is developed and put into action is more important than an idea that exists only as an idea.” – Buddha
“I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her serenity.” – E.B. White
In order to help people tread lightly on the planet, we have compiled the following list of sustainability resources for people to learn more about issues they care about and how to make small changes in their daily lives to make reduce their environmental footprint: ENVIRONMENTAL MOVIES: 11th Hour An Inconvenient Truth The Power of… Read more »
