“As we work to heal the earth, the earth heals us.”

Robin Wall Kimmerer

In EarthWilders, middle school students learn to empower and heal themselves through active participation in shoreline restoration and ecological education. By engaging in these hands-on environmental projects, they contribute to the ecosystem and foster personal growth and resilience.

Resilience

Restoration

Relationships

EarthWilders began in 2024 with the New Futures after-school program for middle school students. The students complete an ecosystem restoration project in Seahurst Park in Burien, Washington. They learn to cope with emotions and experience the impact of emotions on their lives and relationships. The program addresses eco-anxiety by reconnecting students to the land and engaging them in a tangible climate solution.
Students gained essential skills in recognizing emotions in themselves and others and coping with difficult circumstances in healthy, productive ways. The program addressed eco-anxiety by reconnecting students to the land and engaging them in a tangible, climate solution.