Where do we go to grieve? Where do we go to heal?
In this time of protest and pandemic, I am struck by the loneliness of being a social animal in a world that tells us not to touch.
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Blog Archive
Searching For Snakes in the Methow Valley
Even before we leave the parking lot, someone has spotted a snake. Luke, eleven years old and the youngest student in our class, had been looking through …
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June 2020 Photo Round-up!
This month’s call for photos was met with an enthusiastic response from Institute staff, sharing ample evidence that this group knows how to work hard and play …
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Mountain School @ Home: Lesson 10 – Create your own Treasure Map
Students! Parents! Teachers! During this time of school closures and stay-at-home guidelines, North Cascades Institute is sharing lessons and activities from our talented Mountain School instructors. We …
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Mountain School @ Home: Lesson 9 – Learning Bird Calls
Students! Parents! Teachers! During this time of school closures and stay-at-home guidelines, North Cascades Institute is sharing lessons and activities from our talented Mountain School instructors. We hope …
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Black Lives Matter
The deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Charleena Lyles, Manuel Ellis, Rayshard Brooks — as well as the experiences of birders J. Drew Lanham and …
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Mountain School @ Home: Lesson 8 – Making Granola
Students! Parents! Teachers! During this time of school closures and stay-at-home guidelines, North Cascades Institute is sharing lessons and activities from our talented Mountain School instructors. We …
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Mountain School Reflections #4: Tae
Meet Tae —a Bellingham local who first joined us at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center in 2009 with her 5th grade class from Birchwood Elementary. She …
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Mountain School @ Home: Raptors!
What makes a raptor a raptor? Enjoy this talk about birds like hawks and eagles and how they hunt prey with instructor Lindsay McCord. Awesome …
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May 2020 Photo Round Up!
While questions swirl around the phases of re-opening, fingers are crossed for summer adventures and the return of Fall programming. Navigating so many unknowns is a stressor …
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