Contributed and written by talented Seattle-based artist and longtime North Cascades Institute Adult Seminar Instructor, Molly Hashimoto. [Please join North Cascades Institute this April 27th – April 29th for …
Read More of Woodpecker Print: A Step-by-Step Demonstration
On a cold and rainy March morning last weekend, North Cascades Wild 2012 students pulled into the Marblemount Wilderness Information Center with smiles. Piling out of North …
Read More of North Cascades Wild Stewardship at the Marblemount Native Plant Nursery
March 15th marked a day of celebration for Cohort 10 graduate students at the end of a long journey as they completed their Master’s in Environmental Education …
Read More of C10 Graduation: A Celebration of Endings and Beginnings
[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 …
Read More of Following the Snowy Owls
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 — …
Read More of Thor Hanson Talks About "FEATHERS"
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 …
Read More of Early Bird Special: Register for Institute Programs by 4/15 and Save
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
