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Last updated on August 27, 2008

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 equal 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, visual arts, a museum of sound and hands-on activities in a natural setting. The 2007 festival is scheduled for August 25th & 26th at Camp Long in West Seattle.

History:
The 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 9 years we have served: 1,161 artists, 13,836 community members, 4,200 at-risk youth and 1,156 volunteers. We have planted over 6,275 native conifers and over 2,000 native understory plants.

Contact person: Mark Tomkiewicz, Restoration Project Coordinator, (phone), (email)
Office fax number: (206) 932-0866 call first

Address:

14th Ave. SW & SW Holly St. Seattle, WA 98106 This location is NOT handicap accessible (See a map)

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

Directions:

This is our primary work site, but please RSVP, so that we may notify you if we are working at a different site, and then give you the correct directions to get there. Thanks! Directions to the trailhead at the corner of 14th Ave. SW & SW Holly St. in West Seattle. From I-5 or Route 99 (heading north or south): 1. Take the West Seattle Bridge exit off either highway. 2. From the bridge take the Delridge Way SW/South Seattle Comm. College exit (right hand exit) 3. The exit will wind around to the left & turn into Delridge Way, travel south on Delridge to the third light (follow signs to SSCC) 4. At light (just past the pedestrian overpass), turn left onto SW Oregon St. 5. Follow this hilly arterial street as it winds around and eventually makes a hairpin turn to the right and turns into 16th Ave. SW 6. Follow 16th Ave. SW and after _ mile SSCC will be on the left hand side 7. Three blocks past the college take a left on SW Myrtle St. 8. Take a left on 14th Ave. SW and follow until it ends at SW Holly St. – street parking should be available (Nature Consortium staff will be there to meet you.)   Nearest Bus Stop: 16th Ave. SW & SW Morgan St., 4 minute walk

Miscellaneous Information

Liability
	Yes
Does your organization welcome court-ordered community service volunteers?
	Yes
Does your organization have volunteer positions for youth 12-18?
	Yes

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