North Cascades Institute

Mar 27, 2023Special Guest

How does our daily relationship with Nature affect our creativity and learning? Every morning, after enjoying a steaming mug of strong sweet tea, I call our dog …
Read More of Walk Deep: Poetry of Place

Apr 23, 2021Special Guest

There is so much to distract us these days from our primary task, which is to renew honorable kinship with the Earth. Yes, economics, politics, justice, health—all …
Read More of “Speaking for the Wild” by Kim Stafford

Apr 19, 2021Special Guest

It’s a problem — pulling a collection of poems together. I had a friend who consulted a Tarot deck. Another who threw a sheaf of poems down …
Read More of “Trails & Tracks; Poems and Memory” by Bill Yake

Apr 9, 2021Christian Martin

Poetry from the Porch is back for 2021! This new reading in our ongoing series features the verse of Kyce Bello from her 2020 debut collection “Refugia,” …
Read More of Happy National Poetry Month – enjoy Poetry from the Porch videos

Oct 15, 2020North Cascades Institute

Students! Parents! Teachers! During this time of school closures and stay-at-home guidelines, North Cascades Institute is sharing lessons and activities from our talented Mountain School instructors. We hope …
Read More of Mountain School @ Home Lesson 13: A Love Letter to the Douglas Fir

May 31, 2020Christian Martin

To help take us away from the troubles of the world, we asked some staff and friends to share videos of them reading poetry during April, National …
Read More of “Poetry in the Rain” readings

Apr 27, 2020Special Guest

With the Spring closure of our Environmental Learning Center, our Mountain School Instructors are at home spending time in their local outdoor communities. During this time, they …
Read More of Mountain School Recommends: Books and Poetry

Apr 9, 2020North Cascades Institute

Students! Parents! Teachers! During this time of school closures and stay-at-home guidelines, North Cascades Institute is sharing lessons and activities from our talented Mountain School instructors. We …
Read More of Mountain School @ Home: Lesson 3 – Nature Art & Writing

Mar 19, 2020Special Guest

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, …
Read More of a poem for these times

Sep 30, 2019Special Guest

Driving east on Highway 20, in route to my first day of class at the North Cascades Institute, I remember being struck by the wide valley narrowing …
Read More of Life After Glaciation: Upper Skagit River Bull Trout