a poem for these times
What if you thought of it as the Jews consider the Sabbath— the most sacred of times? Cease from travel. Cease from buying and selling. Give up, …
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The Confluence Garden: A Space For Growing Community
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, …
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Ecological Design: The Blue House Project
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 …
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Growing Minds: Tree Planting at Cornet Bay with the Kulshan Creek Neighborhood Program
Environmental Education has the unique opportunity to bring people and organizations together in the most radical places on this planet. Last month, myself and three other members …
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North Cascades Foodshed Summit 2015
By Annah Young, Tyler Davis, and Ginna Malley-Campos who are all graduate students in the institutes 15th cohort. On December 4, 2015, over 20 local farmers, educators, …
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Backpacking Beavers in the North Cascades : Youth Leadership Adventures Trip Report #1
By Nika Meyers, Youth Leadership Adventures Field Instructor Our journey into the wild started with an incredible boat ride on the Mule boat on Ross Lake to …
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A Recipe for the Future: A visitor reflects on Youth Leadership Adventures
By Sioux Towner I had the privilege to witness, for the second year running, Youth Leadership Adventures in action. North Cascade Institute really knows how to navigate …
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Place-Based Resolutions
Seconds past midnight, all bubbles and kisses. December’s fading moments transition into the cacophony of January, offering an annual reincarnation, ushering in a fresh year of open-ended …
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Alighting the Entire Sky: Happy Thanksgiving!
Even After All this time The sun never says to the earth, “You owe Me.” Look What happens With a love like that, It lights …
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Wild Adventures on wild lakes
North Cascades Wild has the power to transform lives. As a trip leader, North Cascades Wild is equally transformative for me as it is for the students …
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