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A Summer of Environmental Justice
This summer, DNDA launched and facilitated a new Environmental Justice Summer Youth Program based at Roxhill Park, which ran from July 5 to August 25. Through this program we engaged with a cohort of youth interns ranging in age from 14 to 16, most of whom were from Seattle Housing Authority’s High Point community in…
Work Outdoors With Us!
Our Nature team is growing! We are looking for a strong candidate for a key role leading education programming through our Delridge Wetland Park project and our Urban Forest Restoration Program. The Environmental Education Coordinator will tailor technical, science-based information for diverse audiences, developing relevant curriculum and activities. This position will require integrity and accountability…
Reflecting On Our Family Connections Program
At the end of July 2022, we said goodbye to one of our most beloved community projects—the Positive Family Connections program. In 2020, we began a partnership with King County’s Best Starts for Kids initiative to co-create intergenerational programs with youth and families at High Point and Croft Place Townhomes. More specifically, DNDA staff members…
Staff Comings and Goings
At DNDA, we celebrate departing staff, and new arrivals! This summer we are sad to see a few folks leave the DNDA nest, bidding farewell and good luck to Bri Castilleja, Molly Duttry, Robe Kedida, Tyler Yeomans, and Jackie Brady. Bri has been with DNDA for 3 years as our Environmental Education Coordinator, strengthening school…
A Look Back on our Arts in Nature STEAM Program
We recently finished reporting on all the work we did with 3rd-5th grade students over the last year, and here are some highlights! 3rd to 5th grade students from Louisa Boren K-8 STEM School created a variety of projects that connected to classroom- and field-based ecological and ethnobotanical lessons. This program was part of the…
Nature Activities this Summer at Roxhill Park
DNDA, in partnership with the Duwamish Alive Coalition and Seattle Parks & Recreation, is hosting weekly nature-based activities at Roxhill Park located at 2850 SW Roxbury St in Seattle. There’s still time to join us before summer is over, all ages are welcome! Thursday, August 11, 12:30 to 2:30pm — Wildlife of Seattle Meet your furry…
Birds of Roxhill Park: Community Presentation and Tours
Discover your local birds, how to identify them, when and where to find them. Join Seattle Audubon’s Master Birders Etta Cosey and Wendy Walker on two Saturdays this July for bird identification information and activities at Roxhill Park! Saturday, July 16 (9:00a to 10:00a) will feature a bird presentation about habitat needs of local birds,…
A Statement On Recent Mass Shootings and Gun Violence
We did not intend to write this letter. DNDA has not historically commented on current events, yet we find ourselves compelled to write about a mass shooting on the opposite side of the country, in a community that is not our own – a shooting that is not now even the most recent mass killing…
Join Our Environmental Justice Summer Program!
We’re launching a new environmental program this summer in South Seattle and we’re looking for some enthusiastic teens to join it! DNDA’s Nature team is launching an exciting new program at Roxhill Park and Bog next month that will engage youth in topics around environmental justice. Our Environmental Justice Summer Youth Program will run from…