• IslandWood’s teacher professional development series is featured as part of “the most ambitious statewide climate science education initiative in the U.S.” in the University of Washington College of Education’s article about the Washington state ClimeTime initiative. Funded by the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), the ClimeTime initiative provides the funding necessary for IslandWood’s professional development series to reach more than 200 teachers and 4,000 students each year. Our workshops and school-based supports help teachers engage their students in climate science that connects the Next Generation Science Standards to real-world stormwater issues. Check out the full article and video here.
• IslandWood receives the 2019 Community Impact Award from Seattle Business Magazine for our work impacting youth in this region. The Community Impact Awards honor Washington state businesses and organizations that are having a tangible, measurable effect on their communities. Learn more about the award and each of our fellow recipients here.
• We formally make commitments to operationalize justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI) principles throughout the organization, in all aspects of our work, and lay out specific priorities to move this work forward. Learn more here.
IslandWood acknowledges that the land on which we gather is within the ancestral territory of the suqʷabš “People of Clear Salt Water” (Suquamish People). Expert fisherman, canoe builders and basket weavers, the suqʷabš live in harmony with the lands and waterways along Washington’s Central Salish Sea as they have for thousands of years. Here, the suqʷabš live and protect the land and waters of their ancestors for future generations as promised by the Point Elliot Treaty of 1855. While the majority of our work takes place on Suquamish and Duwamish (dxʷdɐwʔabʃ) land, we also conduct programs on the land of the Snohomish (sduhúbʃ), Puyallup (spuyaləpabš), Muckleshoot (buklshuhls), Skokomish (sqoqc’bes), and S’Klallam (nəxʷsƛ̕ay̕əm) peoples.
IslandWood is a registered 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Our tax ID number is 31-1654076.
4450 Blakely Ave. NE, Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 206.855.4300