Agency Details:

The Nature Consortium

The mission of our organization is to teach environmental lessons through the creative arts and hands-on conservation projects.
Our goals are to: inspire members of the community to take responsibility in caring for our diminishing resources and open space and to increase access to the arts.

Description:
We are a grassroots, nonprofit environmental arts organization. We are based in West Seattle and our programs include a Urban Forest Restoration Project, a Youth Art Program and the annual Arts in Nature Festival. Our Urban Forest Restoration Project is a long-term stewardship, education & advocacy project in the West Duwamish Greenbelt where we conduct on-going work parties to plant native trees and understory and to clear invasive vegetation. Our Youth Art Program provides free environmental art classes to at-risk youth living in low-income and public housing communities throughout King County. The Arts in Nature Festival is an annual celebration that encompasses music, dance, theatre, fire performances, wandering performers, a museum of sound and hands-on art & naturalist activities. The 2010 festival is scheduled for August 21st & 22nd at Camp Long in West Seattle.

History:
Nature Consortium began as a simple effort to engage neighbors through a sharing of the idea that everyone has the ability to create and explore the arts and care for the environment. From its inception as a small neighborhood festival in 1998, the organization quickly grew into a nonprofit community arts symposium that teaches environmental lessons.
Over the past 12 years we have served: 2,083 artists, 19,387 community members, 9,754 at-risk youth and 11,743 volunteers. We have planted over 13,000 native conifers and over 10,000 native understory plants.

Contact person: Volunteer Coordinator, (phone), (email)

Office fax number: (206) 932-0866

Address:

RSVP For Location Seattle, WA 98106 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.naturec.org

Directions:

Please RSVP so that we may send you directions and pertinent information. Thanks! *Locations vary weekly   Nearest Bus Stop: 16th Ave. SW & SW Holly, 4 minute walk

Last updated on December 15, 2009