A new book has been published that has been in the works for, well, thousands of years. Jesintel: Living Wisdom from Coast Salish Elders from Children of …
Read More of New books: “Jesintel” and “The Power of Trees” reviewed
NATURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL LEARNING CENTERS connect inextricably to the land around them. Their missions are rooted in understanding and exploring the history, present, and future of that …
Read More of Land Acknowledgements: Why and How Are Nature Centers Using Them?
La Escuela de Montaña es el programa del instituto de 30 años. Estudiantes (mayormente estudiantes de quinto grado) viajan profundamente a las cascadas del norte para pasar …
Read More of Volver a imaginar el futuro de la Escuela de Montaña: Abrazar la educación centrada en los estudiantes
Mountain School instructors Jillian Ross, Imara White, Alexa Brandt, and Kari Paustian bring you this wonderful reinvention of a traditional Mountain School activity that goes by the acronym “ACHOTUS” (which stands …
Read More of Mountain School at Home ACHOTUS Ep1: Indigenous Presence
Last July, the Lummi Nation hosted the Tribal Canoe Journey, when more than 100 canoes from different tribes and tribal nations traveled the waters of their ancestors …
Read More of Tribal Canoe Journey 2019 exhibit at the Whatcom Museum
When I was growing up in Western Washington summer was a glorious time. The cold weather and relentless rain would finally cease, and the warm embrace of …
Read More of Playing With Fire: A Cultural History of Wildfire in Western Washington
This week marks the start of a very special cultural celebration here in the Pacific Northwest: Paddle to Lummi: Sqweshenet Tse Schelangen/”Honoring our way of Life.” The …
Read More of Canoes on the move across the Salish Sea for the Paddle to Lummi
Written by Special Guest Blogger Elisabeth Keating. On a cool Thursday evening in late July, a group of adventurers gather at the Environmental Learning Center for the …
Read More of Reflections on the Upper Skagit: Ross Lake by Boat and Boot
