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Salmon Eco-Sculpture at Folklife!

Join Nature Consortium to make a giant salmon sculpture with recycled and various materials at this year’s Northwest Folklife Festival! By creating this Salmon Eco-Sculpture together we will breathe life into old materials, connect nature and art, and think critically about sustainability and Eco-Arts. Through this project we are hoping to raise community engagement and public awareness about natural connection and…

Salmon Eco-Sculpture at Folklife!

Join Nature Consortium to make a giant salmon sculpture with recycled and various materials at this year’s Northwest Folklife Festival! By creating this Salmon Eco-Sculpture together we will breathe life into old materials, connect nature and art, and think critically about sustainability and Eco-Arts. Through this project we are hoping to raise community engagement and public awareness about natural connection and…

Join us for Northwest FolkLife Festival 2017

Nature Consortium will be attending all four days of Northwest FolkLife 2017 next week, leading attendees through the process of making a collaborative art project using recycled and repurposed materials. In creating the Salmon Eco-Sculpture together in the festival’s Discovery Zone, attendees will explore creative reuse of old materials, connect nature and art, and think…

Nature Consortium Extends its Reach

For many years, Nature Consortium’s home was the West Duwamish Greenbelt. That has been changing over the last two years, as we have added new project sites up and down the Delridge corridor such as Longfellow Creek and Camp Long. We added another to the list last week, hosting our first-ever work party at a new…

GiveBIG a HUGE Success – Thank You!

Now more than ever we want to give a big THANK YOU to everyone who participated in this year’s GiveBIG donation drive for local nonprofits hosted by The Seattle Foundation. With your support, a whopping total of $5,208 was donated to DNDA— exceeding our goal of $5,000! Your thoughtful gifts support our vision of a…

GiveBIG a HUGE Success – Thank You!

Now more than ever we want to give a big THANK YOU to everyone who participated in this year’s GiveBIG donation drive for local nonprofits hosted by The Seattle Foundation. With your support, a whopping total of $5,208 was donated to DNDA— exceeding our goal of $5,000!   Your thoughtful gifts support our vision of…

Showing the Love – GiveBIG Early Giving Starts Today

Every spring, The Seattle Foundation hosts an online day of giving – GiveBIG – galvanizing nonprofit supporters across the Puget Sound. Collectively, the Greater Seattle community has raised $75 million for local nonprofits. This year’s GiveBIG is Wednesday, May 10, and here at DNDA we want to take the opportunity to give you – our…

Showing the Love – GiveBIG Early Giving Starts Today

Every spring, The Seattle Foundation hosts an online day of giving event – GiveBIG – galvanizing nonprofit supporters across the Puget Sound. Collectively, the Greater Seattle community has raised $75 million for local nonprofits. This year’s GiveBIG is Wednesday, May 10, and here at DNDA we want to take the opportunity to give you –…

Update on Delridge Wetlands Project

The Delridge Wetlands look a lot different these days. In late March, the upper portions of several large cottonwood trees were removed from the wetland by crews from Seattle City Light. The removal left behind snags 9- to 18-feet in height that will support wildlife and provide habitat for a number of species over the coming years.…