Every November, the Green Seattle Partnership kicks off planting season with a week of volunteer work parties in parks and natural areas across the city. No experience is needed and the events are family-friendly and open to all ages. EarthCorps hosts two of them: Saturday, Nov. 7, pulling ivy and blackberry from the urban forest […]
Every fall, leaves and storm debris clog the drainage on Forest Park's trails, and the Conservancy calls in volunteers to clear them before winter rain turns paths to mud. The Rake-A-Thon sends crews out from several trailheads on the same Saturday morning. It's real work: up to 3 miles of hiking and two and a […]
EarthCorps and the Green Redmond Partnership spend a Saturday morning planting trees and shrubs and spreading mulch at Juel Park, 38 acres in the Sammamish Valley. The valley's fertile bottomland was a hunting, fishing and gathering ground for Native communities for thousands of years before farming and logging, and the restoration work helps bring native […]
Birds Connect Seattle, the former Seattle Audubon, has run the city's piece of North America's longest-running community science survey for more than 95 years. About 300 volunteers split into teams across 14 sections of a 15-mile circle centered downtown and count every wild bird they find, from waterfowl on the lake to waxwings by the […]
Seattle's all-volunteer MLK Coalition has organized the city's King Day gathering for 44 years, and the 2027 theme is "My Fight, Is Your Fight Too!" The day traditionally starts at Garfield High School in the Central District, where Dr. King spoke in 1961, with morning workshops and an opportunity fair, then an indoor rally with […]
