Some Food Considerations
[We are excited to publish the fourth piece in our Foodshed Series, with monthly updates from the amazing chefs working hard to provide program participants and staff at the …
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[We are excited to publish the fourth piece in our Foodshed Series, with monthly updates from the amazing chefs working hard to provide program participants and staff at the …
Read More of Some Food Considerations
Since first moving to the Environmental Learning Center last August, many people have told me, “You must go see the snowy owls!” This advice has been on …
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Because of humanity’s addiction to fossil fuels, we are warming our planet beneath a cloak of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. Here in Washington State, rising temperatures …
Read More of "Moral Ground" with Kathleen Dean Moore, March 18 @ Skagit Valley College
In Thor Hanson’s book FEATHERS: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle (Basic Books; June 1, 2011) — recently awarded a Pacific Northwest Booksellers “Book of the Year” award — …
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North Cascades Institute is celebrating the arrival of spring and a new year of exciting programs for people of all ages! Plan ahead to join us in …
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Assuming you studied the 2011 North Cascades Institute catalog closely, you may have noticed the lack of activities available at the Environmental Learning Center during the winter. As the …
Read More of Remote Medical International: An Amazing Contributor to North Cascades Institute
As graduate students spending a year at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center, winter is a contemplative and focused time – a time of respite from teaching Mountain …
Read More of White Peaks, Bluebird Skies, Flapping Wingbeats
In 2010, I completed a year-long bicycle tour through many countries famous for their exotic creepy crawlies and, while reading Craig Childs’ book The Animal Dialogues, I couldn’t …
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[We are excited to publish the third piece in our Foodshed Series, with monthly updates from the amazing chefs working so hard to provide program participants and staff at …
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For field biologists, winter is typically the time of year when we hunker down, pore over data, fix gear, drink lots of coffee, and dream of spring …
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