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Recycled Crafts for Kids: Octopus Friends
From our Yesler classroom, here’s a fun art project for kids using recycled materials. These Octopus Friends are made with plastic bottles and can be decorated with any supplies you have on hand. Plus, they can be a great lesson on recycling, marine life, and habitat. This activity is great for ages 5-10 and takes…
Summer in the Sun: Two Seattle Events Not to be Missed
As local duo Blue Scholars always say, there’s “nothing better than the summer in the Northwest!” Summer officially starts this week, and we’ve got a great lineup of outdoor events to share. Clips Beer & Film Tour – July 26 Join us at Gas Works Park for a night of beer, bikes, and outdoor movies!…
Nature Consortium hosts community picnic to celebrate Seattle's largest forest
Residents of West Seattle and the greater Seattle area are invited for a community picnic with live music, hiking, art activities, on Saturday, June 15, 10AM to 2PM in the south lawn of South Seattle Community College. Picnic in the Park will commemorate Nature Consortium’s the organization’s efforts to save a portion of the West…
Ode to Soundway: A love letter to Seattle's largest forest
Soundway, how do we love thee? When we discovered Soundway, it was a messy, overgrown plot of land in desperate need of TLC. We dove into the mess of blackberry thorns and rallied our community to help clean it up. This year marks the two-year anniversary of Soundway becoming a city park, and it’s all…
Call for Artists: Your Art at the Arts in Nature Festival
Hey artists, we have two great paid opportunities for you to show your work at the 2013 Arts in Nature Festival. The deadline is June 28, 2013 at 4pm for both grants. Click on the full details of each to view all requirements and restrictions. Site Specific Installation, Grant $400.00: Artists are invited to submit…
Community Picnic Celebrates West Seattle Forest
On Saturday, June 15, Nature Consortium will host Picnic in the Park, a celebration of Seattle’s largest forest, the West Duwamish Greenbelt. Residents of West Seattle and the greater Seattle area are invited for an afternoon picnic in the greenbelt with live music, hiking, art activities, and more from 10AM to 2PM. The event will…
Arts in Nature Festival returns with Cloud Cult
After a one-year hiatus, the Arts in Nature Festival returns to Camp Long on August 10-11 with indie rockers Cloud Cult to headline. The Festival is an eclectic, multidisciplinary experience of music, dance, interactive arts, and sound in the woods of Seattle’s only campground. Festival-goers can experience works ranging from jazz, classical, indie rock, bluegrass,…
Volunteer Spotlight: Rose Monahan
Congrats to Rose Monahan for being our Earth Month volunteer of the month! Rose is a new volunteer this year and pitched in the most hours of any NatureC volunteer during Earth Month in April. Rose is a resident of West Seattle who loves nature. She loves volunteering with Nature Consortium because she has a…
Give Big May 15th!
This is your chance to make a difference for DNDA and double your donation for free! The Seattle Foundation’s GiveBIG is a one-day, online charitable giving event to inspire people to give generously to nonprofit organizations who make our region a healthier and more vital place to live. Please go to the Seattle Foundation’s GiveBIG…