Nature Blog
Meet Our New Interns
Meet our newest team members! Our Forest Restoration Program is steadily expanding, and to support our growth we’ve brought on two interns. You can meet Heather and Kyle at any of our Tuesday work parties during their three-month term. Heather has been volunteering with Nature Consortium since the beginning of 2015 and has now joined us as an…
Middle Fork Inspires New Connections
To celebrate the completion of Merica’s first 90 days as Executive Director, the Nature Consortium staff ventured out to lunch in South Lake Union. On our way to the restaurant we spotted a breathtakingly enormous sculpture in the window of a nearby shop. Tim Detweiler, the director of the MadArt gallery space, invited us in…
Spring in Bloom: Native Flowers to See Right Now
Spring has arrived in the West Duwamish Greenbelt! This week in the greenbelt you can find two different native shrubs with bright pink flowers – red-flowering currant (Ribes sanguineum), a member of the gooseberry family and salmonberry (Rubus spectabilis), a member of the Rose family. Red Flowering Currant This shrub is covered with drooping clusters…
EcoARTS: A Brand New Vision
For many years, our Youth Art Program (YAP) served two anchor locations in the Yesler Terrace and Rainier Vista communities in partnership with Seattle Housing Authority. Though the YAP program saw tremendous success, it also faced a number of challenges. This time last year we began developing a new program model to address some of…
Keely Wolfram on Why it Pays to Give
Keely Wolfram is a long-time Nature Consortium supporter who is passionate about youth and the outdoors. She served as Nature Consortium’s board president from 2009 to 2012 and continues her support with monthly donations. In a recent interview, Keely shared her story of what inspires her to give. Q. What initially drew you to become…
Modo Yoga Supports Nature Consortium
The wonderful folks at Modo Yoga in Greenwood dedicate one class per week to the community. Rather than charging the typical class fee, participants in their Karma Modo classes each Friday pay only a $5 donation which goes to support a local nonprofit. For January and February, Modo Yoga has chosen to donate proceeds from…