The Madrona Institute was incorporated in 2005, received its non-profit status from the IRS in 2006, and began program operations in 2009. The Madrona Institute operates at the nexus of leadership, stewardship, and partnership… building capacity for community resilience in the years ahead. The Madrona Institute serves in multiple capacities as a convenor of public lectures, seminars, and workshops addressing

A recent report from the Treaty Indian Tribes of Western Washington, entitled “Treaty Rights At Risk”, highlights the serious concerns of these twenty tribes regarding the sharp decline in salmon populations due to the loss of spawning and rearing habitat.  The report states, “As the salmon disappear, our tribal cultures, communities, and economies are threatened as never before.  Some tribes

May, 2013.     As reported in the New York Times and Washington Post this month, the monitoring station at the Moana Loa volcano in Hawaii operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography has recorded carbon dioxide concentrations of 400 parts per million, substantially higher that the 316 parts per million recorded when the station made its first measurements in 1958.  This