Local Identifier: 1000
Date Issued: 2016-03-05
Creators/Contributors: Renz, Katherine
Environmental education (EE) promises to facilitate the transformation of attitudes and behavior on a broad scale. Yet the field has not fulfilled…
Local Identifier: 1001
Date Issued: 2016-03-05
Creators/Contributors: Komorowski, Katie
This paper explores the question of: Why is nature so inspiring? Ultimately the answer is that we are connected to and a part of a greater system. It…
Local Identifier: 1002
Date Issued: 2016-03-05
Creators/Contributors: Kobrin, Elissa
Growing up, I loved going to camp. My parents who are here today will attest to the fact that going to Camp Wilani was the center of universe around…
Local Identifier: 1003
Date Issued: 2016-03-05
Creators/Contributors: Darsow, Kaci
The titles for these capstones were due five weeks ago. Five weeks ago I had no idea what this presentation would look like. I still don't know…
Local Identifier: 1004
Date Issued: 2016-03-05
Creators/Contributors: Stephens, Sarah
The fields of cultural studies and environmental studies are often disconnected. Even the tagline, 'act locally, think globally' tends to…
Local Identifier: 1005
Date Issued: 2016-03-05
Creators/Contributors: Connelly, Annabel
Good morning and welcome to my capstone presentation, Finding Wonder in the Everyday. Humans have lived, traveled through, and told stories here in…
Local Identifier: 1006
Date Issued: 2016-03-05
Creators/Contributors: Hale, Samantha J
Today I'll be talking about identity and a sense of home. Before I start, let me briefly tell you a bit about myself. I am 1⁄4 Irish, 1⁄4…
Local Identifier: 1007
Date Issued: 2016-03-05
Creators/Contributors: Chisholm, Tyler
Hello everyone and thank you for coming to the very first open house of Mudpies & Dragonflies Nature Preschool where our kids spend everyday,…
Local Identifier: 1008
Date Issued: 2017-06-02
Creators/Contributors: Rosekrans, Mike
Everyone has a story to tell; a story about their journey, about their struggles, about discovering themselves, and about how they became who they…
Local Identifier: 1009
Date Issued: 2017-06-02
Creators/Contributors: Sutton, Kevin E
In this presentation Kevin discusses the 'masks' that we all wear and how outdoor education can be a tool to help empower people to take…
Local Identifier: 1010
Date Issued: 2017-06-02
Creators/Contributors: Ernst, Chelsea E
Our bodies are ecosystems that are just as profound as the complex communities and systems of the forests that surround us here in the Pacific…
Local Identifier: 1011
Date Issued: 2017-06-02
Creators/Contributors: Gugich, Rachel A
Rachel Anne Gugich defines herself as a superhero. In this speech, Rachel described how being an introvert gives her a 'superhuman sensitivity…
Local Identifier: 1012
Date Issued: 2017-06-02
Creators/Contributors: LeBaron-Botts, Petra D.
Words do not stand alone. As humans we make meaning of language and have the choice to wield it as a tool of inclusivity and justice, or as a tool of…
Local Identifier: 1014
Date Issued: 2017-06-02
Creators/Contributors: Sleight, Kelly M
Kelly Marie Sleight's presentation had us participants sitting at tables filled with crafting supplies. While some of us started to paint, knit…
Local Identifier: 1015
Date Issued: 2017-06-02
Creators/Contributors: Ridder, Lauren
I had such a rich, transformative experience in the North Cascades because I was awakening to the teachers all around me and intentionally tuning…
Local Identifier: 1016
Date Issued: 2017-06-02
Creators/Contributors: Willis, Gavin
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Local Identifier: 1017
Date Issued: 2017-06-02
Creators/Contributors: Blackman, Liz
This paper seeks to examine grief and despair as entry points toward compassion and environmental renewal. When sharing our own stories of grief and…
Local Identifier: 1018
Date Issued: 2018-10-31
Creators/Contributors: Kusserow, Ben
This paper shares the hour-performance traveled from the boat house to the middle of the dam on Diablo Lake, WA. There were two distinct activities…
Local Identifier: 1019
Date Issued: 2018-10-31
Creators/Contributors: Davis, Jessica T
This paper was presented as a culminating capstone project at North Cascades Institute as required by Western Washington University's M.Ed.…
Local Identifier: 1020
Date Issued: 2018-10-31
Creators/Contributors: Ford, Emily
In recent light of sexual harassment cases going unaddressed at Grand Canyon National Park and other public lands, there is a need to call out the…
Local Identifier: 1021
Date Issued: 2018-10-31
Creators/Contributors: Young, Annah
Environmental Education should exist to address injustices in our world, be they social or environmental since the two rarely exist isolated from…
Local Identifier: 1022
Date Issued: 2018-10-31
Creators/Contributors: Watne, Holli N
A biology framework in Environmental Education can inspire biophilia, the love for the complex array of lifeforms on this planet, in students. In…
Local Identifier: 1023
Date Issued: 2018-10-31
Creators/Contributors: Malley Campos, Ginna
Conventional education teaches and reinforces disconnection from ourselves and disengagement from the world. This presentation considers power,…
Local Identifier: 1024
Date Issued: 2018-10-31
Creators/Contributors: Baronich, Emily
This presentation explores the formulation and evolution of an educator through the lens of mathematics, formal and informal settings. It leans on…
Local Identifier: 1025
Date Issued: 2018-10-31
Creators/Contributors: Ewert, Emma E
Stories are fundamental to our experience of being human. They help us to make meaning from our lives, and to construct and understand our identities…
Local Identifier: 1026
Date Issued: 2018-10-31
Creators/Contributors: Newell, Hannah E
Preschool is an age when many things are yet to be discovered. This capstone presentation engages the public in what free play in nature is like.…
Local Identifier: 1027
Date Issued: 2018-10-31
Creators/Contributors: Savoian, Sasha
Querencia, where I am are strong from. Querencia, translated literally from Spanish to mean 'beloved place'. It informs identity, it gives…
Local Identifier: 1028
Date Issued: 2018-10-31
Creators/Contributors: Loviska, Joseph
The purpose of this work is for you, the reader, to be sufficiently informed, entertained, and inspired that you find yourself reaching your own…
Local Identifier: 1029
Date Issued: 2018-10-31
Creators/Contributors: Lundgren, Zachary
The following is a transcript of an oral presentation delivered at the Environmental Learning Center in Diablo, Washington in March of 2017. It…
Local Identifier: 1030
Date Issued: 2018-10-31
Creators/Contributors: Bates, Adam F
This is the transcript of a fictional weekly podcast called Inextricably, performed in front of a live audience at North Cascades Institute's…
