The Cottonwood Institute is proud to feature its Essential Survival Skills course for adults. This four day action-packed course is designed to teach participants how to stay alive during a real survival situation. Throughout the four days, we will hike to a base camp and practice nature awareness skills, minimum impact camping techniques, natural shelter… Read more »
The Cottonwood Institute was interviewed by Entercom Radio’s wonderful and environmentally conscious Jill West during her Colorado Today Public Affairs radio show on Sunday, May 4th, 2008. Ford Church, Founder and Executive Director, Jamie S. Dent, Director of Marketing and Development, and Andrea Jensen, Community Adventure Program Instructor had the opportunity to talk about our… Read more »
The Cottonwood Institute’s 3rd Annual Base Camp Bash fund raising event was a total success! We partied the night away with great music, great conversation, and some awesome silent auction items. We would like to thank the Wynkoop Brewery for hosting this memorable event and to all of you for your support in helping us… Read more »
We spent the weekend at CalWood Education Center, hiking, camping, and practicing wilderness survival skills. Students hiked 2 miles in to the campsite, set up a wide range of shelters (tarp shelter, tent, schwag), and, after some lunch we hit the trail again to do some wildfire mitigation. Students braved a cold night, using hot… Read more »
Students spent the day in the park across from PS1 learning the ins and outs of backpacking gear. Topics included strategies for staying warm while sleeping, how to layer insulating clothing, water filtration, stove use, backcountry cooking, and packing strategies.
PS1 staff and students spent a chilly Wednesday along Bear Creek on the 16th of April collecting water samples for the Sierra Club’s Water Sentinels Program. Kirk Cunningham, Bill Myers, and Dan Ridgeway of the Sierra Club facilitated the outing. Students collected samples that will be laboratory tested for the presence of E coli, Selenium,… Read more »
On Sunday, April 20, in Denver’s City Park, Cottonwood Institute will be participating in the largest Earth Day celebration in the history of the Front Range! The 1st Annual Green Apple Music Festival will occur from Noon to 6 p.m., and will feature a wide variety of green businesses, organic and natural food vendors, nonprofit… Read more »
The CAP class spent Tuesday’s session at the park across the street working some bow drill skills, with special guest instructor and Cottonwood Institute founder Ford Church lending a hand. Although the bow drill is an extremely difficult skill to learn and master, the students pushed through their difficulties and kept working at it… Read more »
Students spent class today researching and utilizing Stinging Nettle, a plant well-known to native people for its nutritive properties, its medicinal uses and for producing the strongest plant-fiber cordage in the natural world. Students sampled Nettle leaf tea, and discussed The Sacred Question. Special thanks to Jessie and JJ (our newest TA) for their assistance… Read more »
In many circumstances, the products we use in our efforts to be more sustainable have a bigger footprint than we think. Recent articles in the Washington Post and from the Worldwatch Institute show how the production of large amounts of polysilicon in China are dumping toxic wastes on the surrounding landscape—the homes of poor Chinese… Read more »
