The Community Adventure Program (CAP) is a class offered at New Vista High School through the Cottonwood Institute that combines outdoor education with environmental stewardship. A large aspect of the class is spent creating a student-directed Action Project concerning a local environmental issue. The students must design a project that will educate people about the… Read more »
November 5-9, 2007: In order to raise awareness about the waste caused by plastic bags, students decided to sell reusable grocery bags at local grocery stores. Proceeds raised will benefit the CAP class and the MaxFund (a no-kill animal shelter in Denver). Pictured above: David V., David S., Jesus, Candace, Perla, Leatha, Monica.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Denver, CO, November 2, 2007 – According to the Sierra Club, “in the U.S. alone, we throw away 100 billion plastic bags each year — the equivalent of 12 million barrels of oil.” The Community Adventure Program (CAP) is a student-directed class for urban high school students at PS1 Charter School in… Read more »
Somewhere in the northern Pacific floats a non-biodegradable petrochemical blob that’s twice the size of Texas. Much of this deadly mess originated when someone innocently took home their shopping in a plastic bag. In the U.S. alone, we throw away 100 billion plastic bags each year — the equivalent of 12 million barrels of oil…. Read more »
We decided that for our Action Project, we would create a Greenhouse and Composting System for New Vista High School. We thought this would be a good thing to do because, after we are all gone from NVHS, future students would have a CE or Workshop that focused on the concepts of composting and growing… Read more »
We decided that for our 4 Days in May project, and our action project, we would create a Greenhouse and Composting System for NVHS. We thought this would be a good thing to do because, after we are all gone from NVHS, future students would have a CE or Workshop that focused on the concepts… Read more »
This quarter, CAP chose to work with local businesses in order to help them become more sustainable. However, in order for us to offer anyone advice on sustainability, we thought it’d be a good idea to figure out exactly what a sustainable business is! Sustainable Business Over the course of two weeks of research, we… Read more »
This quarter, CAP chose to work with local businesses in order to help them become more sustainable. However, in order for us to offer anyone advice on sustainability, we thought it’d be a good idea to figure out exactly what a sustainable business is! Sustainable Business Over the course of two weeks of research, we… Read more »
The Issue The New Zealand Mud Snail is an invasive species that has been spreading through Western United States rivers and lakes for over a decade now. Recently, this species has been detected in a section of Boulder Creek and one other river in Colorado. Because this species is so resilient both in and out… Read more »
This quarter’s CAP class’ action project focused on educating people about the practice of being “carbon neutral” and supporting renewable energy sources. In order to do this we studied conventional energy sources, alternatives to these, and what it means to be carbon neutral. In order to fully understand carbon neutrality you have to know how the… Read more »
