July 2019 Photo Round Up!
Summer is well underway, though it is a bit cooler in Cascadia than we’ve gotten used to in recent years — no complaints, we’re enjoying the clean air …
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Kulshan Creek Neighborhood Program
The Environmental Educator’s Dilemma: How to Bring the Outdoors Inside
In December, I was able to volunteer with the Kulshan Creek Program in Villa Santa Maria along with two other members of the North Cascades Institute’s M.Ed …
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Kulshan Creek Field Trip: The Search for Salmon at Cumberland Creek
Kulshan Creek Neighborhood Youth Program is a year-round educational program that engages young people ages 5 to 18 from two Skagit Valley neighborhoods in a series …
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Photo Roundup: April 30 2017
Every Sunday I will be posting photos collected from various NCI graduate students and staff. Please enjoy this glimpse into our everyday lives here in the North Cascades.
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Soaked with Knowledge: Kulshan Creek at Rasar State Park
All photography courtesy of Adam Bates, graduate student in the Institute’s 15th cohort. Youth have a unique skill in creating adventures out of anything. So even though …
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Creating Tradition: Sixth Annual Migratory Bird Festival
Any cool event can happen once. Maybe twice. After so many years the “just a cool idea” starts to be folded into the fabric of a community.
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LEED by Example
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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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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2015 Youth Leadership Conference: A Confluence of Young Leaders
By Emily Ford and Ginna Malley Campos On Friday November 6th, a voice broke the frosty air: “Who wants to be a leader?!” Cheers echoed across emerald …
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Path for Youth: Indira Mejia-Chavez
Indira Mejia-Chavez was born in Mexico, but her mom raised her and her two younger siblings in the Skagit valley, where she lives today. Her first experience …
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