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Part Three: Community Service Projects

After spending a month in the North Cascades and traveling to Washington, DC, the students partnered with an elementary school class and a local National Park to lead service projects in their home communities. This story chronicles what happened in Seattle and Denver, students also completed projects in San Francisco, Chicago and Washington DC.

Photographed, recorded and produced by Benjamin Drummond and Sara Joy Steele.

Parts One and Two

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Part One: The North Cascades

Nineteen urban youth connect with the North Cascades and witness impacts of climate change.

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Part Two: Washington, DC

The students engage with federal agencies and completes a service project in our Nation's capitol.

Learn more

The Parks Climate Challlenge is a partnership between North Cascades Institute, North Cascades National Park, and the National Park Foundation, made possible by generous support from PG&E. The program will continue in 2010. To learn more visit the North Cascades Institute or National Park Foundation Web pages.

For a behind-the-scenes perspective on our work, read our blog post.