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	<title>Chattermarks &#187; Graduate M.Ed. Program</title>
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		<title>A Snowy Exchange with Environmental Educators</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/graduate-med-program/a-snowy-exchange-with-environmental-educators/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/graduate-med-program/a-snowy-exchange-with-environmental-educators/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ashley Kvitek</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Graduate M.Ed. Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Instructor Exchange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IslandWood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Cascades National Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snow]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tracking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tracks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wilderness Awareness School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“We need someone to plan the second portion of our three part Instructor Exchange with the graduate students and teaching apprentices from IslandWood and Wilderness Awareness School immediately after winter break.”  Um, okay. In less than two months, three novice event planners would host a group of 60 environmental educators at their secluded home in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Graduate Students Attend Environmental Education Conference</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/graduate-med-program/graduate-students-attend-islandwoods-environmental-education-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/graduate-med-program/graduate-students-attend-islandwoods-environmental-education-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kiira</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Graduate M.Ed. Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.Ed. Graduate Program]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Students in the M.E.d Graduate Program celebrated the start of winter break with the Strait Talk, Sound Ideas Conference on Bainbridge Island from December 11th through 13th. As part of a series of three Instructor Exchanges aimed at sharing ideas and experiences between Environmental Education graduate programs in Washington, this conference kicked off the set [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swimming with the Salmon</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/swimming-with-the-salmon/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/swimming-with-the-salmon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 18:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jess Newley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graduate M.Ed. Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cascade River]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[decay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humpies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.Ed. Graduate Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nutrient cycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[salmon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[salmon in the trees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skagit River]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snorkeling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I think we&#8217;re going to the moon because it&#8217;s in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It&#8217;s by the nature of his deep inner soul&#8230; we&#8217;re required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.&#8221; ~ Neil Armstrong In the fall, the Skagit River is flooded with dying salmon. I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Community in the North Cascades</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/finding-community-in-the-north-cascades/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/finding-community-in-the-north-cascades/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Oct 2011 18:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katie Tozier</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Graduate M.Ed. Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life at the Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing Circle]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.Ed. Graduate Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mountain School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tree of Life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Making your way in the world today takes everything you&#8217;ve got. Taking a break from all your worries sure would help a lot. Wouldn&#8217;t you like to get away? Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name! And they&#8217;re always glad you came! You want to go where you can see people are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Teacher to Student and Back Again</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/naturalist-notes/from-teacher-to-student-and-back-again/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/naturalist-notes/from-teacher-to-student-and-back-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 17:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christen Kiser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Field Excursions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graduate M.Ed. Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naturalist Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Byron Ricks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fall Graduate Retreat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.Ed. Graduate Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Methow Valley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mushrooms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naturalizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tripod Fire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[writing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend Cohort 11 graduate students had the chance to step away from our roles as Mountain School Instructors and again return to being students of Natural History during our three day Fall Grad Retreat. After weeks of training and teaching 5th and 6thÂ grade youth about the diverse ecosystems of the North Cascades, the respite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the Learning Center to Bellingham: A Grad&#8217;s Transition Back to the &#8216;Real World&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/graduate-med-program/from-the-learning-center-to-bellingham-one-grads-transition-back-to-the-real-world/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/graduate-med-program/from-the-learning-center-to-bellingham-one-grads-transition-back-to-the-real-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 18:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Graduate M.Ed. Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Backpacking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bellingham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Field Excursions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graduate students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.Ed. Graduate Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Cascades]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Cascades National Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ross Lake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Transition]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=11108</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I knew that when I moved to North Cascades Institute&#8217;s Environmental Learning Center to begin the residency portion of my Masters in Environmental Education degree, it was going to be an amazing year. I have always wanted to live on a lake in the mountains, so this part of the program was a big draw [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peaks in Place</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/naturalist-notes/peaks-in-place-2/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/naturalist-notes/peaks-in-place-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 16:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christen Kiser</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Graduate M.Ed. Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naturalist Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climbing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.Ed. Graduate Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Cascades]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peaks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[place]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=11180</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lately, on these cool autumn mornings at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center, I&#8217;ve taken to gazing south from my porch as the first, angled rays of sun illuminate the buttress of Pyramid Peak across Diablo Lake. Since our first torrential weather event passed through a few weeks ago, the steep walls of Pyramid have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Have you ever&#8230;&#8221; Part II</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/have-you-ever-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/have-you-ever-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tanya</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graduate M.Ed. Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.Ed. Graduate Program]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=10873</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, half of the members of our latest cohort of graduate students posted â€œhave you everâ€¦â€ questions, sharing the triumphs and tribulations of our nine-day backpacking trip and challenging you to create your own â€œhave you everâ€ story. This week, the rest of the students tell their stories. Ashley Kvitek Have you ever hiked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have you ever&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/have-you-ever/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/have-you-ever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tanya</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graduate M.Ed. Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.Ed. Graduate Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Cascades National Park]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=10800</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever traversed the North Cascades mountain range, from one side to the other, carrying nine-days of food? Have you ever slept under the stars for eight nights with your classmates? Have you ever thought that backpacking could be a part of graduate school?  The fourteen new students in North Cascades Institute&#8217;s graduate residency [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leaving the Learning Center: A graduate student reflects back</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/leaving-the-elc/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/life-at-the-learing-center/leaving-the-elc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie P</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Graduate M.Ed. Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life at the Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[c10]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Getaways]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graduate students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.Ed. Graduate Program]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=10701</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lily the black bear and her two cubs stop by for a visit. They&#8217;re seen almost every day! Photo by John Harter The summer has been whizzing by at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center! Families, children, adults, and black bears alike have been visiting and lounging amongst the Douglas firs and huckleberry bushes here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A meeting of minds, a sharing of ideas</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/graduate-med-program/a-meeting-of-minds-a-sharing-of-ideas/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/graduate-med-program/a-meeting-of-minds-a-sharing-of-ideas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tanya</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Graduate M.Ed. Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graduate program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graduate students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.Ed. Graduate Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naturalizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Cascades]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=10478</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In cultures around the world, oral tradition plays an important role in teaching people about the world around them. Through storytelling, elders can warn listeners of potential dangers, teach the medicinal uses of native plants and the importance of ecological balance, explain cultural norms and portend consequences of breaking mores. This tradition exists at North [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring the Upper Skagit</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/graduate-med-program/exploring-the-upper-skagit/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/graduate-med-program/exploring-the-upper-skagit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 19:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tanya</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Graduate M.Ed. Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canoeing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diablo Lake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eagles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graduate program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graduate students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.Ed. Graduate Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naturalizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Cascades]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Cascades National Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skagit River]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Back row, left to right: Jacob Belsher, Elise Ehrheart, Sarah Bernstein, Mollie Behn, Susan Brown, Katie Tozier, Kiira Heymann, Erin Soper, Ashley Kvitek, Alex Patia. Front row, left to right: Emmanuel Camarillo, Colby Mitchell, Jess Newley, Christen Kiser On June 21st, fourteen new students in North Cascades Institute&#8217;s graduate residency program started their first quarter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Greater Impact, What Teaching has Taught Me</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/graduate-med-program/changing-lives-2/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/graduate-med-program/changing-lives-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Strich</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Graduate M.Ed. Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.Ed. Graduate Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mountain School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reflections]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=10033</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mountain School has ended for me, but this recent spring session changed my life as an educator. I have become more convinced that I am pursuing the right career and that my teaching techniques have had meaningful impacts in my students&#8217; lives. It is embarrassing for me to speak so candidly and arrogantly, but the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Closer Connections</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/graduate-med-program/closer-connections/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/graduate-med-program/closer-connections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 17:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie P</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Graduate M.Ed. Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canoeing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diablo Lake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.Ed. Graduate Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naturalizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Cascades]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spring]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=9868</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Each season the graduate students at North Cascades Institute go on a retreat. The purpose is relaxation, fun, and to learn a little more about natural history. For the spring season, myself and the other planners decided that getting out and exploring places closer to home would be perfect. A canoe ride across the lake, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Full Moon Rising</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/full-moon-rising/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/full-moon-rising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2011 14:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graduate M.Ed. Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[canoeing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diablo Lake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graduate students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.Ed. Graduate Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Cascades National Park]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the beginning of the M.Ed. residency, every graduate student writes down several goals. These personal goals are for both our teaching practicum as well as for what we hope to accomplish during our residency experience. One of my residency goals was to go on a full moon canoe every month. So far, I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>C9 Graduation: The Mark of New Beginnings</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/graduate-med-program/c9-graduation/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/graduate-med-program/c9-graduation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 06:17:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Codi Hamblin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Graduate M.Ed. Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Learning Center]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[M.Ed. Graduate Program]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[North Cascades National Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reflections]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[March 17 marked a day of recognition for the hard work and dedication of the graduate students of Cohort 9, and their completion of a Masters in Environmental Education from Western Washington University and a Certificate in Leadership and Non-profit Administration from North Cascades Institute. Friends and family of the graduating class, Institute staff and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Our Inner Child</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/graduate-med-program/finding-our-inner-child/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/graduate-med-program/finding-our-inner-child/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 03:18:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Graduate M.Ed. Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diablo Lake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environmental Learning Center]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graduate program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graduate students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.Ed. Graduate Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mountain School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snow]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=9103</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Despite the factÂ  it seems like we just said goodbye to theÂ final fall Mountain School group only a few weeks ago, the spring season is fast approaching.Â Staff and graduate students at the North Cascades Environmental Learning CenterÂ Â began spring Mountain School training on February 28th to share new ideas for programming, reacquaint ourselves with fun logistical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living Life in the Here and Now</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/graduate-med-program/here-and-now/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/graduate-med-program/here-and-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2011 23:33:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nick Mikula</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Graduate M.Ed. Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[camera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environmental education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Instructor Exchange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IslandWood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.Ed. Graduate Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wilderness Awareness School]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=8901</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I like taking photos. I really like taking photos. I have taken tens of thousands of photos in my life, many of them over the course of the past three years. There is some human desire to capture and save moments of our lives, experiences, places, and people, and relive them. Today&#8217;s technology allows for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poking Around in Wonder</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/naturalist-notes/poking-around-in-wonder/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/naturalist-notes/poking-around-in-wonder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 17:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate R</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Graduate M.Ed. Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naturalist Notes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graduate program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kathleen dean moore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.Ed. Graduate Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naturalizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Cascades Institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poking around]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rachel carson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sense of wonder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Western Washington University]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=8730</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last summer, during the first quarter of our graduate program, our professor John Miles had us read several excerpts by author Kathleen Dean Moore, a philosophy professor at Oregon State University. One of the first articles was &#8220;The Truth of the Barnacles: Rachel Carson and the Moral Significance of Wonder&#8221; from the journal Ethics &#38; [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Grad Retreat: Exploring Heather Meadows to Samish Flats</title>
		<link>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/grad-winter-retreat/</link>
		<comments>http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/adventures/grad-winter-retreat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 18:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CeCe Bowerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adventures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graduate M.Ed. Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eagles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graduate program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hiking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[M.Ed. Graduate Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Naturalizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skagit Valley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[snowshoes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://chattermarks.ncascades.org/?p=8636</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I signed up for North Cascades Institute&#8217;s M.Ed. Gradute Program, I knew it would be an incredible opportunity, but I did not fully anticipate the diversity of experiences I would have. Based at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center, the winter quarter is a quieter time, primarily focused on group projects for our non-profit [...]]]></description>
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