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Nature Kids/Jovenes de la Naturaleza Project Receives CAEE Award For Excellence

Congratulations to Nature Kids/Jovenes de la Naturaleza (NKJN) partners! The Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education’s (CAEE) Awards Selection Committee recently honored NKJN with the 2018 Advancing Environmental Literacy Award for Excellence in Environmental Education!   NKJN is an innovative, 5-year, $10M collective impact project that has 2 primary goals: 1. To connect Lafayette, CO youth… Read more »

CAP Alumni Spotlight: Owen Love

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CAP Alumni Spotlight: Owen Love

It’s always nice to catch up with old friends, and Cottonwood Institute (CI) did just that recently, with CAP alumnus Owen Love (formerly Owen Brown). Living in Boulder, CO, Owen has continued to use his CI skills not only while spending time outdoors with his family but also by becoming a vital part of his… Read more »

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Centaurus CAP Students Create Comic Strips!

During the last weekend in October the CAP class from Centaurus High School invaded the natural habitat known as Sylvan Dale Ranch. As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words, so we decided to make comic strips. We hope you get a kick out of them and learn about the trip in the… Read more »

Angevine Middle School Students Enjoy Chilly Weekend at Cheley Outpost

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Angevine Fall Overnight: A Video Blog!

Angevine Middle School CAP class students recently enjoyed their second overnight camping trip of the semester to Sylvan Dale Guest Ranch in Loveland, CO. While on their trip, students played games, hiked, and participated in other fun bonding activities. After every trip, instructors and their students write a blog to tell about the trip in… Read more »

Cottonwood Institute Happy Hour

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Celebrating Another Great Year: CI Happy Hour 2018

  We recently hosted our annual Cottonwood Institute (CI) Happy Hour to help celebrate the end of another great year of programming! Over this past year we logged 19,200 program hours, completed 8,200 service learning hours, and served 400 participants through our 31 programs in 2018. Our amazing programs couldn’t be executed without the help and… Read more »

Brittany Salley-Rains

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CAP Alumni Spotlight: Brittany Salley-Rains

Say hello to Brittany Salley-Rains! Brittany is a proud Cottonwood Institute alumnus currently living it up and exploring the great outdoors in Montana! We had a chance to catch up with her recently to see what she has been up to and hear how her time spent with Cottonwood Institute and CAP has influenced her… Read more »