¡Feliz Día de los Muertos! The flower pictured here goes by many names - in Spanish it is called cempasúchil, which derives from the Indigenous Nahuatl name cempoalxóchitl. In english we know this flower as a marigold and some refer to them as "the flowers of the dead". Cempasúchil is a culturally significant symbol of Día de los Muertos to celebrate the life of loved ones passed away. How are you celebrating today and tomorrow?
Cottonwood Institute
Education Administration Programs
Denver, CO 1,162 followers
Explore | Learn | Change 🎥: https://youtu.be/fnCjwO47zwE
About us
Cottonwood Institute (CI) is an educational non-profit organization based in Denver, Colorado. What We Do: CI's mission is to connect underserved students to the outdoors and empower them to take action to improve their schools, the community, and the environment for future generations. How We Do It: CI collaborates with schools and youth organizations—primarily for middle and high school students—to provide high quality, high impact environmental education and service-learning programs. Why We Are Different: CI programs empower students to ignite change, not just talk about it. CI's change theory is: Gift + Issue = Change. Every student has a gift and when they apply it to an issue they are passionate about, they will change themselves. That change will ripple out to their friends and family, their schools and communities, the environment, and the world. For more information about the Cottonwood Institute, please visit: http://www.CottonwoodInstitute.org
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http://www.cottonwoodinstitute.org
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- Industry
- Education Administration Programs
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Denver, CO
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2004
- Specialties
- Service Learning, Environmental Education, Leadership Development, and 21st Century Skills
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PO Box 7067
Denver, CO 80207, US
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Angevine Middle School CAP students spent their fall field day playing team building games surrounded by the beautiful views of Mud Lake. They took in the sights with binoculars to catch a glimpse of wildlife and spent time soaking in the sweet butterscotch wafting from ponderosa pine trees! 🌲🐦
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We want to give a shout out to a long-time supporter of ours. Thank you so much Community Foundation Boulder County for helping to fund our Boulder County programs. Check out our students over at New Vista High School as they learn about Wilderness First Aid from our talented instructor Sadie! Our CAP classes are possible because of our amazing supporters. Click the link to read about the other amazing organizations they support as well here: https://ow.ly/vMQ550TU4Qb
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New Vista High School Vista High School CAP students had a transformational day cultivating seeds of change over at Ollin Farms this fall. Thank you to Mark, the owner of Ollin, for taking the time to connect youth to their local food systems in a deeper way. New Vista students spent their day getting their hands dirty helping with a mulching project and made a farm fresh meal together for lunch. To read more about the trip, read our blog post here: https://ow.ly/YEBp50TSXzk
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Watercolor painter Mike Wilson generously donated his beautiful 14ers series of paintings to us! Each time someone purchases an original print from our website, we receive money to fund our student programs. Thank you Summit Daily for spreading the good word about our 14ers Watercolor Artwork to benefit Cottonwood Institute and our students. Head over to our website if you want to buy one or check out the Summit Daily article here: https://ow.ly/Xskg50TS8XS
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Wow, thank you to the Colorado Health Foundation for helping to fund our Familias en la Naturaleza (FUN) program partnership with Casa de la Esperanza in Longmont, CO! Check out our blog post about our pilot project from this past summer and stay tuned about how we are going to improve it next summer. https://ow.ly/hjo950TPl0g
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AXL Academy 7th Graders enjoying their overnight at Cheley Outpost Camp in Allenspark, CO. Our students spent time hiking, making fires for the first time, and fishing at Estes Lake led by our resident fishing expert Eeland!
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AXL Academy enjoyed a fun Field Day at Golden Gate Canyon State Park this fall! Our 7th graders spent time playing the pond looking for macroinvertebrates and learning about water quality. Check out this crawfish one of our students found!
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