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How will you Do Good?
Picture this: 25 eager volunteers, total strangers, get on a charter bus driven by another total stranger. They blast music, play games, and get to know each other on the bus, all the while having no idea where the bus is taking them. They’ve all signed up to volunteer for a local service project, but…
Seattle’s biggest forest helps heal its most polluted waterway
PRESS RELEASE For immediate release: Sept 26, 2011 SEATTLE – It’s no small matter that Seattle’s largest forest, the West Duwamish Greenbelt, happens to be next to the city’s only river and one of the most polluted rivers in the country. Extending over 500 acres in West Seattle, the greenbelt plays a critical role in…
Free & after school in West Seattle
Fall quarter is here for our Youth Art Program, and this quarter we’re offering free organic farming classes for youth right here at Youngstown Cultural Arts Center in West Seattle. Classes start next week, so sign up today! Grow Up! Organic Gardening Like food? Come to the Youngstown Garden and learn how to grow it, cook it,…
Reflecting on a Day of Service
All around the King County, people came together to spend one day giving back to their communities. Last Friday Nature Consortium hosted 85 volunteers from Microsoft in honor of United Way’s Day of Caring. As the single largest day of service in Washington State, Day of Caring is always a big day for us. It…
Local nonprofit celebrates National Public Lands Day with hike, forest restoration
PRESS RELEASE For immediate release: Sept 20, 2011 SEATTLE – Eco-art nonprofit Nature Consortium will celebrate National Public Lands Day this weekend with a guided hike and forest restoration event in Seattle’s largest forest, the West Duwamish Greenbelt. The hike will take place on Friday 9/23, and the restoration event the following day on Saturday…
Featured Fest Artist: The Cabiri
Seattle dance troupe The Cabiri uses dance, aerial arts, fire performance, and theater to tell the stories of ancient myths and folk tales. A well-known Arts in Nature Fest favorite, we are pleased to have them back again this year! The troupe will be performing several different short performances each day, with a stunning fire…