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O’Dowd Senior Creates Lasting Impact By Planting Trees

“Not only did we get to help our environment, but we also connected as a community,” she says. “It’s amazing to watch two different...

Research in Montana: O’Dowd Students Partner with National Parks Service

The crunching of snow echoes in the Montana clearing. Twelve O’Dowd juniors and seniors trek through the forests and grasslands of...

Love Your Neighbor: Bounty Abounds In O’Dowd’s Living Lab

‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.“ Mark 12:31 O’Dowd is surrounded by the Oak Knoll,...

Leading Environmental Activism: O’Dowd’s “Kinship with Creation” Curriculum Inspires CA Educators

Droughts, heat waves, wildfires, tropical storms and hurricanes, rising oceans and shrinking Arctic ice caps. These climate change...

Finding God in All Things: Local Artist Begins New Mural for Center for Environmental Studies

Inspired by O’Dowd’s Living Lab and our charism of Finding God in All Things, local artist Hannah Mode, whose work intersects art,...

O’Dowd Campus is Solar Powered

This summer, O’Dowd is installing a campus-wide sustainable solar power system! We estimate that in our first year the solar panels will...

Earth Day and O’Dowd Earth Week: Educating, Engaging, and Sharing Innovation

The O’Dowd community of staff and students brought O’Dowd’s value of kinship with creation to life in unprecedented ways for the 50th...

O’Dowd Students Lead Bay Area Teach-In for Justice

The day began with leaders from Enact Leadership, Managing Director Pamela Hopkins (parent of Luci ‘20) and Executive Coach Plácida...

35 New Trees for O’Dowd: Anna Costa ‘90 Memorial Tree Planting Event

On January 12, current and alumni families gathered at the Living Lab for this very special O’Dowd tradition that honors families’...

Getting in the Christmas Spirit at the DIY Holiday Festival

The 5th annual Living Lab Do It Yourself (DIY) Holiday Festival, held in the Annex during MP on December 11, put students and staff in...