For the members of Cohort 14, everything is starting to come full circle. The Learning Center looks as it looked when we arrived last July: Pyramid’s faces …
Read More of The Trifecta: C14's Last Natural History Retreat
Fifteen year after attending North Cascades Institute’s Mountain School at Newhalem, Emma Ewert is coming full circle. This fall, she will join our fifteenth cohort in the …
Read More of Path for Youth: Emma Ewert
Time has a variable quality when you live in the mountains. Spring can descend on you with no warning, like it happened overnight, but a day can …
Read More of Passing the Paddle: Cohort 13 Graduation
“I have looked back on that time over and over again as one of the most informative times of my life.” Lauren Marziliano reflects on her experience …
Read More of Profile of a Graduate M.Ed. Student: Lauren Marziliano
by Rachel Gugich, M.Ed. Graduate Student “The point at which two or more things are connected, A feeling of understanding and ease of communication between two or …
Read More of Connections in the North Cascades
The changing seasons are a big deal in the North Cascades. This may seem like an obvious statement for an environmental learning center, but one in which …
Read More of Seasons Change: Phenology and the end of Mountain School
By Kimberly Hall March 28th, 2014 10:38 am Somewhere in South Seattle We n’de ya ho We n’de ya ho Win de yah Win de yah ho …
Read More of Tales from a Greyhound Bus: From Goodbyes to New Beginnings
The twelfth cohort of graduate students earned their Masters in Education degrees through North Cascades Institute and Western Washington University this week. Dr. John Miles, Executive Director …
Read More of A Generosity of Spirit: Cohort 12 Graduates!
How often are you given the task to slowly, silently develop your awareness of beauty? Even more rare, perhaps, to be mindful of this tempting trait as …
Read More of Late Morning, Rainy, Wabi-Sabi Writing