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5 Easy Ways To Give On #GivingTuesday

WHAT IS IT? #Giving Tuesday is here and today officially kicks off the giving season! Hopefully you survived Black Friday and Cyber Monday, but this is a day dedicated to charities and for giving back. WHAT FOR? Between now and December 31, 2014, Cottonwood Institute is committed to raising $20,000 to meet our annual giving… Read more »

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CAP Update, 2nd Quarter 2008

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 »

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Notes From The Field: Wildland Firefighter Project

On June 14th, 2008 the lives of five high school students were sparked alight as they set out on the week-long Wildland Firefighter Project offered by the Cottonwood Institute.  Led by two amazing people, Steve McCue and co-guide Megan Hurley, the adventurous group based themselves just outside of Buena Vista, CO, and set about experiencing… Read more »