Every year a group of dedicated high school students choose to spend their free time volunteering at our local Denver Zoo. They get to lend a hand in every department of the zoo, including preparing food for the animals and completing any odd jobs that need to be attended to. But this summer, these students… Read more »
Today, students at PS1 learned about nature sculptor Andy Goldsworthy. Goldsworthy is an innovative artist who uses only natural materials, such as flowers, icicles, rocks, mud, leaves, pinecones, and snow. After viewing several of Goldsworthy’s pieces, we ventured down to the Cherry Creek River to create our own! D’Razhane, Kenia, and Zach formed their sculpture… Read more »
FREE REI SURVIVAL SKILLS CLINICS: Most survival situations happen when you least expect it and when you are least prepared. Before you head to the hills this fall to explore the color change or the bugling elk, join the Cottonwood Institute for a Free Survival Clinic at REI to participate in an interactive survival scenario,… Read more »
As it turns out, in addition to being an amazing musician and singer songwriter, Jack Johnson is also one really cool guy. At his concert on August 17th at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre, the Cottonwood Institute was chosen to be one of five local non-profit organizations to be featured at the Village Green at the… Read more »
Come join the Cottonwood Institute on Thursday, August 14th 2008 for a free viewing of the film, The Real Dirt on Farmer John. The movie will begin at 6:30 pm at the Fluid Coffee Bar in Denver, and will be followed by a discussion about how to change the world! “Soil tastes good today.” –… Read more »
Breaking news from the Cottonwood Institute: Jack Johnson is performing live at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on August 17th and it’s completely SOLD OUT, right? Right…well, technically. The Cottonwood Institute received a donation of TWO GREAT TICKETS to this very show and YOU have the chance to make them YOURS. They will be auctioned off to… Read more »
Come join the Cottonwood Institute for a screening of the documentary, The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil, this Thursday, July 14th, 2008 at 6:30pm at the Fluid Coffee Bar in Denver. The movie is free and will be followed by a discussion of the film and how we can take action to… Read more »
Several new sets of helping-hands have joined the Cottonwood Institute as interns. In the future, you will be seeing their work around this blog and beyond. Our new Cottonwood Institute Blog interns, Cailin and Misra, will be contributing steady updates about Cottonwood Institute courses, news and other juicy bits. It is their hope to offer… Read more »
We are excited to announce that Steven Cordova is the big winner of the Jack Johnson Registration Promotion! Steven and a lucky guest will receive two tickets to the SOLD OUT Jack Johnson show at Red Rocks on Sunday, August 17th, 2008. Steven is a Denver Zoo Teen Volunteer and he is registered for our… Read more »
Join the Cottonwood Institute at the Fluid Coffee Bar in Denver this Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 6:30pm as we host a free screening of Leonardo DiCaprio’s The 11th Hour. After we watch the movie, we will host a discussion regarding things we can do to reduce our environmental footprint. We will also learn about… Read more »
