There’s no getting around it, being a graduate student at the North Cascades Institute’s M.Ed Program is a lot of work. With all-day classes and seminars, dense …
Read More of The Land as a Teacher: Land Stewardship at the Confluence Property
In 2017 we began a $580,000 capital project to increase resiliency, build community and sustain the planned growth of our Graduate M.Ed. Residency program. The project includes …
Read More of Graduate Housing Expansion: Growing into the Future
Encouraging people to pay attention to the world around them is foundational to environmental education. There are myriad ways to achieve this – through solitary reflection, nature …
Read More of Why Phenology Matters
This post is a guest contribution by graduate student Tanner Johnson, who is also one of the Confluence Garden Managers for 2017-18. Pushing up through the remnants …
Read More of A Garden in the Mountains
Here at the Confluence Garden we’re gearing up for winter. That means bringing in the irrigation hosing, tucking in the garlic bed with a blanket of straw, …
Read More of The Confluence Garden: A Space For Growing Community
We came to NCI from Massachusetts where we both recently graduated from The Conway School, a graduate program in ecological design and planning. This creative residency was …
Read More of Ecological Design: The Blue House Project
On Jan 5th, 2016 the residents of the Blue House (our Marblemount property) discovered a dead bobcat in the garage. The cause of death was unknown, but …
Read More of Skinning for Science: A Bobcat Casestudy
Are your candles ready? Because this summer the National Park Service turns 100! Instead of getting America’s best idea a birthday cake or a gift card, they want only …
Read More of iNaturalist: Preparing for the Bioblitz
While shopping around your local grocery store, you might have seen projects in the organic section with the brand title “Cascaidan Farm Organic: Founded in the Skagit …
Read More of Cascadian Farm: It all started in the Skagit!
We are the North Cascades Institute. And if you are reading this blog you are somehow affiliated with or are curious about our organization devoted to environmental …
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