As summertime approaches, Aneka, Matt and Amy — our amazing Youth Leadership Adventures team — have a lot to get ready for. After several months of outreach and …
Read More of Getting ready for summer: Gear repair day with Gear Aid
Columbia Elementary School was already told once they couldn’t come to Mountain School as planned. So they certainly weren’t going to let the biggest local snowstorm of …
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North Cascades Institute is excited to announce that Youth Leadership Adventures are now accepting applications for Summer 2014. This transformative program features a range of summer adventures …
Read More of Youth Leadership Adventures 2014: now accepting applications
“Hey leaders?!” “Hey what!?!” It was that time of year again, when over 60 motivated teens and environmental professionals from throughout the Pacific Northwest converge on the …
Read More of A New Culture: The 2013 Henry M. Jackson Youth Leadership Conference
Story and photos by Liza Dadiomov. As the temperature outside gets cooler and the leaves turn vibrant hues of yellow, red, and orange, I find myself hunkered down …
Read More of Wilderness, Zumiez and Hope: Youth Leadership Adventures Reunion 2013
Though Mountain School has been on hold for the past two weeks due to the government shutdown, instructors did get to teach three weeks of it, which …
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“Dear President, Please stop the government shutdown by Sunday. I am dying to go to Mountain School and it is being canceled. I am writing to you …
Read More of Democracy in Action: Denied Mountain Schoolers Make Their Voices Heard
They met on July 17, 2013, not quite sure what to expect. Six talented young women, all alumni of programs like North Cascades Institute’s Cascades Climate Challenge and North …
Read More of The Cedarosas Take On North Cascades National Park
I met them on August 1st. Twenty bright new faces arrived on buses and vans at the Wilderness Information Center in Marblemount. As they walked quietly out …
Read More of Science, Sustainability, Singing, Stir-fry, and Snacks!
When I first learned that I would be leading a Youth Leadership Adventures course on Baker Lake, I was a bit…wary. Don’t get me wrong—I knew Baker …
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