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Leading photo: Puddles building up on a trail at the Learning Center. Photo by Rick Allen.
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Life at the Learning Center
As Fall Comes to A Close
On September 17th, the first Mountain School group of the fall season arrived at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center. It was a bright, warm, cloudless, sunny …
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A Learning Center Halloween
We know how to have fun up here in the mountains. The multitude of creatively carved pumpkins sitting on the back porch of the Dining Hall are …
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NC Wild and Kulshan Creek come together for stewardship
The Kulshan Creek Neighborhood from Mount Vernon joined up with North Cascades Wild students on August 16th for a day of stewardship on Baker Lake. The last …
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Taking a Stance on Food
Before I begin, I want to remind all of my readers that my views are just that. Mine. They do not always match up with the North …
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In the Company of Corvids: John Marzluff in the North Cascades
As part of our “Nature of Writing” series, John Marzluff & Tony Angell present Gifts of the Crow: How Perception, Emotion and Thought Allow Smart Birds to …
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The Gift of Mountain School
[Mountain School has officially ended for the spring season! On Friday afternoon, Institute staff and instructors waved a bittersweet goodbye to 5th graders from Mountain View Elementary, …
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Spring Printmaking Workshop at the Learning Center
During the last weekend in April, Seattle artist and North Cascades Institute friend and instructor Molly Hashimoto led a wonderful and inspiring 3-day Adult Seminar on Printmaking with …
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Edible Geography: Perspectives and Practice in Foodshed Education
With an Introduction Recounting Current Happenings in the Foodshed Project [We are excited to publish the fifth piece in our Foodshed series, with monthly updates from the amazing chefs …
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April Adventures at Mountain School
The month of April began with a week of Mountain School like no other I’ve experienced in the eight months I have lived, worked, and studied at …
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