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
Walking Through the Forest by Mountain School Instructor Emily Schauble The second morning of Mountain School dawned to cloud blanketed skies and a nip of frost on …
Read More of Mountain School Reflections #3: Emily Schauble
North Cascades Institute graduate students wear a lot of hats during their year-long residency at the Environmental Learning Center. From taking on work study jobs, to designing …
Read More of Graduate Students Reflect on Mountain School 2019
As today marks the last day of 2016, what better place than Chattermarks to look back at the memories and highlights of the year here at the …
Read More of 30 Year Anniversary: A Look Back at 2016
In the middle of May, I moved halfway across the country, to a state I’d never been to, to play at a wetland with five- and six-year-olds.
Read More of The art of teaching in an unfamiliar ecosystem
The M.Ed program through Western Washington University and North Cascades Institute has several different parts to it. Though it evolves and changes every year, the general format …
Read More of Nearing completion
I’m a nerd, always have been. I’ve never been one to shy away from that. I’m a music nerd, a book nerd, a Doctor Who nerd…and growing …
Read More of The Shack
They met on July 17, 2013, not quite sure what to expect. Six talented young women, all alumni of programs like North Cascades Institute’s Cascades Climate Challenge and North …
Read More of The Cedarosas Take On North Cascades National Park
I met them on August 1st. Twenty bright new faces arrived on buses and vans at the Wilderness Information Center in Marblemount. As they walked quietly out …
Read More of Science, Sustainability, Singing, Stir-fry, and Snacks!
Today is my last day of living at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center—my home since the spring of 2010 when I started working for North Cascades …
Read More of Saying goodbye…for now
