I mentioned in the last CAP Week in Review that our class had the distinct honor and pleasure of having Cornelius and Blair from the Boulder Co-op Market talk to us about the environmental benefits of buying local and organic food. I wanted to take the time to acknowledge and thank them once again for… Read more »
We began the week by debriefing our first winter camping experience as a group. It turned out to be a very educational process as we made a list of all the positive expedition behavior/actions we observed and all of the negative expedition behavior/actions we observed last weekend. We learned that there are no mistakes in… Read more »
We started off this week by having a guest speaker from the community teach us about astronomy. Mike Zawaski, professional guide and instructor with Outward Bound West, wilderness medicine instructor, and graduate student, facilitated an interactive presentation called Kinesthetic Astronomy. Students learned about basic astronomy including how the stars, planets, and moon move through space… Read more »
This week we jumped right into the Community Action Process. Students spent Tuesday participating in a Brainwriting exercise to brainstorm local outdoor and environmental issues affecting the Boulder community. After the brainstorming was completed, students generated over 45 problems affecting our community from the brown cloud to invasive species infiltrating the natural ecosystem. By Friday,… Read more »
This week we jumped right into the Community Action Process. Students spent Tuesday participating in a Brainwriting exercise to brainstorm local outdoor and environmental issues affecting the Boulder community. After the brainstorming was completed, students generated over 45 problems affecting our community from the brown cloud to invasive species infiltrating the natural ecosystem. By Friday,… Read more »
This week the CAP was in full swing, with the mound of paperwork and course logistics behind us. On Tuesday, we spent the class learning about the Community Action Project we will take on during this class. Our class will work together to tackle an outdoor or environmental issue affecting our community and actually doing… Read more »
This week the CAP was in full swing, with the mound of paperwork and course logistics behind us. On Tuesday, we spent the class learning about the Community Action Project we will take on during this class. Our class will work together to tackle an outdoor or environmental issue affecting our community and actually doing… Read more »
After a successful pilot program last quarter, the Community Adventure Program Winter Addition is underway with a brand new class of 13 students. This Tuesday, we painstakingly went through the syllabus and took care of all the paperwork and logistics to launch into another exciting quarter. On Wednesday, we spent the morning learning each other
As the inaugural quarter of the Community Adventure Program comes to a close, it is important to reflect on what we did as a class during the past nine weeks. This has been an extraordinary group of students to work with and I hope that this class has had a positive impact on their lives…. Read more »
I have to say it has been an extremely rewarding process to come up with a vision for a program, work it out on paper, and then bring it to the community. This past week, all of the hard work has been paying off and the community has responded with recognition and acknowledgement. On Saturday,… Read more »
