The students in the Fall 2018 CAP class at Centaurus High School had some specific requirements for our action project. The project had to be hands on and something we can actually use. It didn’t so much matter to us which environmental issues we were solving, as long as we were helping in some way,… Read more »
Come on out and support Cottonwood Institute this month at Wynkoop Brewing Company! We are the Charity Tap Beneficiary for the month of January 2019. The way it works is that $1 per charity pint order is donated to CI now through January 31, 2019. But you must ask for the “Charity Tap” pint for it to… Read more »
Back in September, the students in the CAP Club at KIPP Sunshine Peak Academy (KSPA) started brainstorming ideas to focus on for their action project. After breaking down each idea into what would be most applicable at their school and what they felt could be best achieved they decided to focus on the issue of… Read more »
On Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, students from STRIVE Prep Sunnyside CAP-Club joined an international effort to monitor our waterways and measure the impact our human habits have on our beloved lakes, rivers and streams. By tackling this “citizen science” challenge, the students learned how to collect samples and test the water’s: temperature, PH, turbidity (cool… Read more »
More than 350 million tons of plastics are manufactured each year, and it continues to rise. That translates to 1 million plastic bottles per minute. People in the US purchase about 50 billion water bottles per year, averaging about 13 bottles per month for every person in the U.S. 91% of these are not recycled…. Read more »
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 »
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 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 »
The first weekend in November a small group of KIPP Sunshine Peak Academy CAP students braved the cold and went to the mountains for an overnight camping trip. Upon arriving at the Solitude Campsite in Cal-Wood, just outside of Jamestown Colorado, there was a lot of excitement to see where we would be calling home… Read more »
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 »
