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...
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- Apr 4, 2022
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...
- Mar 11, 2022
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...
- Jan 10, 2022
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,...
- Jul 21, 2021
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,...
- Jul 13, 2021
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...
- Apr 27, 2020
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...
- Feb 4, 2020
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...
- Jan 21, 2020
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’...
- Dec 12, 2018
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...
- Nov 9, 2018
Advanced Leadership Students Attend Bioneers Conference
Eco Leaders and Solidarity In Action students attended the unique BioneersConference in Marin on October 19-21, exploring the theme...
- Oct 29, 2018
Alumni Help Tend O’Dowd Living Lab
The Living Lab is a place where students can deepen their Kinship with Creation and learn how to create an environmentally sustainable,...
- Sep 18, 2018
Sara Lindorfer ’19 Moved to Action by RISE March for Climate, Jobs and Justice
It was amazingly impactful to me to see so many O’Dowd students marching for a topic that I am so passionate about. It proved to me how...
- Sep 17, 2018
Kwame’ Glover ’19 Inspired by RISE March for Climate, Jobs and Justice
Kwame’ Glover ’19 was among a group of O’Dowd students, faculty and staff who joined with more than 30,000 people in the historical RISE...
- May 10, 2018
Green Dragons Become “Chicken Whisperers”
Last week about 75 students participated in Green Dragons “Chicken Breeds and Chicken Care” during one of their Flex periods. Students...
- Apr 23, 2018
Earth Week 2018 Activities
Daily Themes and Dress Code Students will be allowed to dress in the assigned color on each day, and faculty/staff are encouraged to do...
- Aug 14, 2017
Living Lab Hosts Visitors from North Dakota
The Living Lab hosted a group of volunteers from Cavalry Lutheran Church in Grand Forks, North Dakota, on July 31 who were participating...
- Jun 12, 2017
O’Dowd Launches New Garden Program
Fifteen O’Dowd students are participating in a new Beyond O’Dowd Garden program this summer, completing their Anawim, Friends, or 201Club...
- May 30, 2017
S-Corps Leaders Develop Legacy Projects
Did you know that an idling vehicle emits 20 times more pollution than a vehicle traveling at 30 miles per hour? Student leaders in the...
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