2nd quarter CAP is in full swing! We’re a small group, but we have a lot of inspiration. The past few weeks have been an inquiry into the local environmental issues of the city of Boulder and Boulder County. We began with a visit from Ghita Carroll, BVSD’s new sustainability coordinator. Ghita led us on… Read more »
Welcome to the Community Adventure Program. Before we get started, we need to get some feedback about your outdoor experience, your thoughts about 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… Read more »
Welcome to the Community Adventure Program. Before we get started, we need to get some feedback about your outdoor experience, your thoughts about 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… 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 the school, the Cottonwood Institute, and this information will help… Read more »
Our class has decided to tackle the problem of trash at Manual High School and the neighborhood. As we begin to formulate our plan, we need to do some research into what other people are doing, what resources are out there, and how we can motivate people to stop littering. Click on the links below… Read more »
Check out 41 Pounds by Grist.org. You can have your junk mail stopped or severlly limited for five years. It costs some money – $8.50 per year. But look at what you get in return. This from their website: 41pounds.org stops your junk mail and catalogs — protecting the environment. Junk mail wastes an incredible… Read more »
The Fall 2008 Cap Crew has completed their first weekend overnight! Well done ladies and gentlemen you were troopers through a sometimes wet weekend. And your participation and enthusiasm wowed me as usual. In our first overnight we…. Learned back-country basics. Constructed Natural shelters. Played Capture the flag Explored and discovered…. the rock with the… Read more »
This weekend we will be heading out on our first overnight. Check out the pictures of students practicing tent set up! Nice work! Check back next week to find out how these students put their wilderness skills to use!
Today students at PS1 took a field trip to REI’s Denver flagship store to learn about the various items they need to bring on our first camping trip. Each team of students was responsible for learning about different gear:clothing, tents, sleeping bags, backpacks, food and cooking, and footwear. Based on our upcoming trip to Golden… Read more »
The first quarter of the Community Adventure Program 2008-2009 has been action packed!! We started with getting to know each other and jumped right into local environmental issues, hiking, ecology, and choosing our action project topic! As the instructor of this amazing course I am delighted to have a group of… Read more »
