Nature Blog
Virtual Earth Week, Part 3: Environmentalism at Home
Today is the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, which, due to shelter-at-home restrictions, we are unfortunately unable to celebrate with a volunteer event. Instead, we have put together this 5-part blog series, releasing a new post each day of Earth Week. DNDA has also launched a new video series about environmentally friendly cooking on our…
Virtual Earth Week, Part 2: Plant-Based Proteins
For the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, we have put together a 5-part blog series, releasing a new post each day of Earth Week. DNDA is also launching a new video series about environmentally friendly cooking on our YouTube channel today, Tuesday April 21, and we will be drawing a winner from our Earth Day…
Virtual Earth Week, Part 1: Meatless Monday
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about an unprecedented period of change to our personal and professional lives. At DNDA, we’ve had to cancel art classes, temporarily close the community cultural arts center (Youngstown), and put a halt to our volunteer urban forest restoration program. Sadly, this included our much-anticipated Duwamish Alive! Earth Day event, where…
Finding Calm in the Face of Crisis
“Keep close to Nature’s heart… and break clear away, once in awhile, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods. Wash your spirit clean.” – John Muir Physical distancing, working from home and self-isolating have become the new norm for Washingtonians. Health officials have called on the general public to flatten the…
Fall in Love with 25 Seattle Birds: A Recap
The second event of the 2020 Wetland Workshop Series was in partnership with Seattle Audubon. Titled Fall in Love with 25 Seattle Birds, this event took place on February 16 at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center. A total of 135 attendees were present. The emphasis of this event was on educating the community about common birds…
Celebrating MLK Day with DNDA
DNDA, in partnership with United Way King County, celebrated Martin Luther King Day of Service this year by hosting a volunteer restoration event in the West Duwamish Greenbelt. The event focused largely on social and environmental justice through forest restoration, with a lunchtime EcoArts activity that highlighted and honored the work of several local activists.…