Welcome to the Community Adventure Program. Before we get started, we need to get some feedback about the outdoors, the environment, your community, etc. Please answer this survey honestly and to the best of your ability. The good folks who fund this class use this information to assess the performance of the class and this… Read more »
The 4th quarter 2010 CAP class went out with a bang! Students chose food miles, and raising awareness about solutions to this issue, as their action project topic.. The class spent their action project week volunteering at farms, planting a square foot garden plot for tomatoes at their home garden, creating educational displays about how… Read more »
As the quarter comes to a close, I wanted to get some open and honest feedback from this class about how to improve the CAP for future students. This information will not affect your grade, but please take it seriously. It will be reviewed by your school, the Cottonwood Institute, and this information will help… Read more »
And in celebration the 4th quarter CAP class has been up and at em’! Check out the photos below of us visiting Flatirons Neighborhood Farm and planting peas, listening for the spring buzz with Growing Gardens Bee Keeper Julie, our overnight complete with silly games in the wild, and of course hiking at Chautauqua:
“The act of putting into your mouth what the earth has grown, is perhaps your most direct interaction with the earth.” ~Francis Moore Lappe During third quarter, or “Winter” CAP students decided to focus their action project efforts on Food Miles. After much discussion and deliberation students chose to prepare (and repair) the existing garden… Read more »
Welcome to the Community Adventure Program. Before we get started, we need to get some feedback about the outdoors, the environment, your community, etc. Please answer this survey honestly and to the best of your ability. The good folks who fund this class use this information to assess the performance of the class and this… Read more »
As the quarter comes to a close, I wanted to get some open and honest feedback from this class about how to improve the CAP for future students. This information will not affect your grade, but please take it seriously. It will be reviewed by your school, the Cottonwood Institute, and this information will help… Read more »
3rd quarter CAP is off and running… students are planning their action project which focuses on food miles. Some of the events and actions they have planned include: The planning and construction of a garden shed to support our garden. Repairing and Reworking the garden paths and fencing. Volunteer work with Growing Gardens in exchange… Read more »
“When you drink the water, remember the spring” ~Chinese Proverb How much water do you use everyday? Where does your water come from? How long could you survive without water? The second quarter CAP class chose “water” as their environmental issue. Students got excited about this issue after reading the New York Time article “The… Read more »
Welcome to the Community Adventure Program. Before we get started, we need to get some feedback about the outdoors, the environment, your community, etc. Please answer this survey honestly and to the best of your ability. The good folks who fund this class use this information to assess the performance of the class and this… Read more »
