From Forest to Furnace: Dan Friday Continues Tradition in Glass
Dan Friday, a member of the Lummi Nation, has been creating glass art drawn from his Coast Salish heritage for 30 years. The heat hit him first. Furnaces roared and metal tools clanged as molten glass glowed in barely controlled shapes. Dan Friday hadn’t come to the hot shop for a class or to buy […]
Nora Nickum’s New Children’s Book, Twelve Daring Grays
In January, the Puget Sound Partnership facilitated an interview with Nora Nickum, the vice president of conservation programs and partnerships at the Seattle Aquarium. In this role, she manages two teams: policy experts advocating for better protection of the ocean and field scientists studying the local marine environment. Outside of work, Nora is a children’s […]
Community Highlight: Serve Ethiopians Washington
Over 50 volunteers gathered on Green Seattle Day to plant trees and shrubs with Serve Ethiopians Washington. Credit: Adonai Kebede One windy and cold October Saturday, almost 50 Seattleites zipped up their rain jackets, put on gardening gloves, and gathered at Be’er Sheva Park. Serve Ethiopians Washington (SEW) rallied the group to plant trees in […]
Making Waves Conversations: Nora Nickum on her new book, “Superpod: Saving the Endangered Orcas of the Pacific Northwest”
This episode of Making Waves Conversations features an interview between Laura (Blackmore) Bradstreet, executive director of the Puget Sound Partnership, and Nora Nickum, senior ocean policy manager at the Seattle Aquarium and author of books and magazine articles for kids. In the interview, Laura and Nora discuss Nora’s new book, “Superpod: Saving the Endangered Orcas of the Pacific Northwest;” orca recovery; and what it takes to make scientific information accessible for all readers.