Na’ah Illahee Fund is an Indigenous women-led organization dedicated to the ongoing regeneration of Indigenous communities. Through grantmaking, capacity-building and community-based intergenerational programming, we seek transformative change by supporting culturally grounded leadership and organizing. Focused on Indigenous Ecology, Food Sovereignty, and Wise Action, we work to advance climate and gender justice, while creating healthy pathways towards […]

Partner in Employment (PIE) works to guarantee the long-term economic stability of newly arrived refugees and immigrants in King County by providing tailored assistance in language acquisition, housing stabilization, workforce entry, and job training in higher-wage industries. In 2020 PIE realized they could help prepare immigrant and refugee youth to enter environmental fields by providing paid training […]

Started in the 1990s, ECOSS is an urban environmental nonprofit that is focused on bridging knowledge and cultural gaps, serving the interests of residents, industry and government. ECOSS, formerly known as the Environmental Coalition of South Seattle, specializes in multicultural environmental outreach and engagement. ECOSS is excited to work with the Green Seattle Partnership to center immigrants, […]

You may have heard the acronym TEK pop up in conversations recently, but what is it and how do we engage with it? The term Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) was used widely in the 1980s. It was coined by Western scientists wanting to describe Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge and understanding of the environment (1, 2). The research of TEK […]

Welcome to the Green Seattle Partnership Earth Month Book Club! We have curated a list of books we recommend that explore topics and first hand accounts of Indigenous and Intersectional Environmentalism all over the world. In addition to this reading list, we will be holding a live virtual book club discussion on April 21st at […]

The Lincoln Park Forest Steward team is a multigenerational group of three women: Sharon Baker, Lisa Zander, and Lisa McGinty. Together, they lead the stewardship of the forest in Lincoln Park and continually engage the community in the process. Their work has brought community together, and has not gone unrecognized. In fact, Sharon received a Denny […]

Gen Z is here, and are stepping up as the next generation of environmental leaders around the world, and here in Seattle. The Green Seattle Partnership (GSP) provides youth engagement programs to build the next generation of stewards and leaders in Seattle’s forests. These programs foster a connection with and passion for the environment, and […]

Roots in Restoration Since 2004, Green Seattle has been working with the community to support healthy forests throughout the city. Our work has been guided by the basic principles of restoration as our volunteers and partners actively work to create healthy forests in Seattle’s parks and natural areas. The benefits of caring for Seattle’s urban […]

2020 looked different for the Green Seattle Partnership in many ways. The pandemic disrupted our volunteer events, reduced funding committed to restoration work, limited training activities, and hugely impacted partnerships with youth and school programs, not to mention its impacts on the day-to-day lives of the individuals that make up the partnership. Despite the pandemic […]

Join us in celebrating MLK Day of Service. Help us continue Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy of service by making January 18th a day on with us. We have small, COVID-safe volunteer opportunities on MLK day, and the weekend before all around the city, find one in your neighborhood below! Monday, January 18th Kingfisher Natural Area […]

Green Seattle Day, like all of 2020, was impacted by the pandemic. This year, the day of action was brought online and made it possible for us to engage outdoors on a personal level. Without the crowd, our celebration felt different this year and was certainly much quieter, but it provided us a unique opportunity […]

The second Monday of October was Indigenous People’s Day, but the continual celebration of Indigenous peoples and the recognition of their culture as well as their past is very important. Often, Indigenous peoples are displayed as relics of the past by popular media and this trend has only recently begun to change. In 2014, the […]

Has this ever happened to you? You’re working at your restoration site, pulling holly seedlings or digging out blackberry root balls and making great progress, feeling good, you’re in the zone! You take a breather, grab your water bottle to take a drink and as you raise your head from looking down at the ground […]

Earlier this year I had the pleasure of talking to Kai Carlos Vasconcelos, an exchange student from Brazil who was here from January to June. Of course, the shape of everyday life changed dramatically during his time here, but one of the things he got to embrace was restoration work at Fairmount Park. His host […]

The Intersection of Redlining and Parks Back during Black History Month, we ran a piece that highlighted and celebrated our Seattle Parks that are dedicated to Black visionaries. As people across the country are moving to educate themselves more on issues of white privilege, police brutality, and racism, we wanted to expand upon our last […]

Recently I had the pleasure of sitting down with Elizabeth Lev, who co-authored the recently published paper, “Relatively Wild Urban Parks Can Promote Human Resilience and Flourishing: A Case Study of Discovery Park, Seattle, Washington.” This sparked immediate interest for us at the Green Seattle Partnership (GSP) for a number of reasons. First, it explores […]

GSP Forest Monitoring Program turns 10! Did you know that the Green Seattle Partnership has been systematically monitoring the structure and composition of Seattle’s forested parklands for ten years?!? While inventorying and measuring vegetation have been ongoing in our parks for decades, the official launch of the GSP Forest Monitoring Program occurred in 2010. It […]

Right now we’re all working to balance our love of the outdoors and our need to keep our communities safe. This weekend, many major parks are closing to keep even the most well-meaning of folks from gathering in great abundances. But fear not! Seattle has 2,500 acres of forested parklands, and lovely parks in every neighborhood of […]

During this past month we’ve celebrated the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and Native Plant Appreciation Month, all while adapting to the changing circumstances caused by the coronavirus. One of the most popular activities we’ve had the pleasure of sharing last month were our live plant walks! Each had a different GSP staff member take […]

2020 marks the 50th year since the original Earth Day. As we move into a new decade, organizations like Earth Day Northwest 2020 are working to shift the focus from one day of action to long term commitments to sustainability. Here, we look back at the impact of the original Earth Day, reflect on the challenges […]