No doubt about it: the Telluride Academy is a wonderful institution. Our roughly 30-year track record of happy families and young people and our growth from six campers in Wendy Brooks' backyard (literally) to the 800 or so kids we serve today underlines that point....
[caption id="attachment_25341" align="alignright" width="200"] A young explorer, unplugged and joyous[/caption] The other day I had an opportunity to escape my desk at the Telluride Academy for a quick walk. The sun was shining brightly and despite the fact it was a particularly cold afternoon here in...
I thrive on challenge. I seek it out. Celebrate it. And teach others to do the same. I firmly believe in the growth that can come from stepping outside the all too familiar boxes people operate within on a daily basis. And my job jibes with...
Summer in Telluride is fast becoming a fond memory of sunlit adventures with friends and family, BBQs and bare feet. For most people, summer in the region is a great time to be outdoors doing the things we love every year. But I am program...
“Teaching children about the natural world should be treated as one of the most important events in their lives," Thomas Berry The fearlessness and fascination in children jibes with a special connection with their surroundings. Young people easily inhabit a beautifully blended mind space of respect...
For some, adventure is trying exotic foods or watching a foreign movie. For others, adventure takes place in far reaches of the planet and is surrounded by the unfamiliar. Still for others, adventure without adrenaline, is no adventure at all. And for those of us...
Working full time for Telluride Academy, a summer outdoor youth organization, I am constantly living in a summer mindset. Whether it is fall and I am dreaming up new and exciting outdoor adventures, or early winter, when you find me choosing photos for the Academy website...
When discussing the current state of affairs of our planet and the challenges we face as individuals, a community and a country, I would wager that rarely, if ever, has one of the many solutions being proposed to address what's in our faces been an...
Play and childhood seem to be – or at least used to be– synonymous. With the simple directive, “Go play outside," parents gave their children a free pass to a kind of freedom that is all too often left behind (and longed for) as we...
