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December 14, 2018 | Vicki Whisenhunt

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 »

June 20, 2018 | Vicki Whisenhunt

Angevine Middle School CAP Class Shares the Buzz on Pollinators

The Angevine Middle School CAP class was busy this spring – busy learning about pollinators. At first the students weren’t exactly sure how to help pollinators. One group of boys just wanted to “free the bees!” Needless to say, some learning was in order. First the students learned about all different types of pollinators: flies,… Read more »

June 12, 2018 | Vicki Whisenhunt

Centaurus CAP Class Students Work to Help Prevent Wildfires

This fire season is predicted to be one of the worst ever. In fact, just after the Centaurus High School CAP class chose wildfire prevention as their action project, two wildfires sprang up in Colorado and it was only April! Climate change, parasitic disease and an abundance of fuel are all adding up. When we… Read more »

January 25, 2018 | Vicki Whisenhunt

Angevine Middle School CAP Students Prove That What You Eat Can Help the World

When I share my Angevine Middle School CAP class student action project topic with people, the first question I hear is, “How did these kids come up with this?” You see, the topic is alternative proteins, and that includes entomophagy – or including insects and arthropods as part of the diet. That is a hard… Read more »

Daily Camera Covers Angevine Middle School Action Project

December 27, 2017 | Ford Church

Daily Camera Covers Angevine Middle School Alternative Protein Action Project

Cottonwood Institute Community Adventure Program students at Angevine Middle School in Lafayette, CO were excited to have the Daily Camera in Boulder, CO cover their Action Project about Alternative Protein (a.k.a. eating crickets) – Yum! “Before we can get students to care about the environment, we have to teach them to love the environment,” said… Read more »

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December 14, 2018 | Vicki Whisenhunt

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

June 20, 2018 | Vicki Whisenhunt

Angevine Middle School CAP Class Shares the Buzz on Pollinators

June 12, 2018 | Vicki Whisenhunt

Centaurus CAP Class Students Work to Help Prevent Wildfires

January 25, 2018 | Vicki Whisenhunt

Angevine Middle School CAP Students Prove That What You Eat Can Help the World

December 27, 2017 | Ford Church

Daily Camera Covers Angevine Middle School Alternative Protein Action Project