Headlands Institute

A Zen Experience in The Marine Lab

Everyday Zen celebrate's its 100th retreat at Headlands Institute with a visit to the Marine Lab!

Creature of the Month - Sea Stars

Each month as the Headlands Institute lab steward, I will be highlighting a different "Creature of the Month".  Please join me in celebrating Sea Star February!

Dock X Release

Educator Pete Demyanovich describes a Sea Lion release by the Marine Mammal Center which was witnessed by Headlands Institute students. 

San Francisco Examiner | How to Choose Outdoor Summer Camps in the Bay Area

If you have a child between the ages of 3 and 11, now is the time to book your 2010 summer camps. An outdoors summer camp would be an even better choice. With busy controlled scheduled lives, few families really enjoy the nature that's available to them and the outdoors take a back seat, becoming a distant vacation dream. This is why outdoors camps are so important for our children. They offer them the possibility to enjoy a rare pleasure: running wild outside.  Read the full story at www.examiner.com

San Francisco Examiner | Outdoors Summer Camps with a Nature or Environmental Education Perspective

Here is the lowdown on the "local and seasonal" version of outdoors camps: camps with a solid dose of environmental education and Bay Area nature. These camps all have one thing in common. Since they are based on exploration of our immediate environment, they will take your child outside a lot. The idea is precisely to discover nature's little secrets in a fun way.

"We seek to inspire and cultivate a meaningful connection to the natural world in the lives of our campers through outdoors explorations, hands-on learning opportunities, creativity and play," says Christina Loehnig of the Headlands Institute. Bring on the next green generation!  Read the full article at www.examiner.com.

Summer 2010 - Partnering Up for Fun!

Every September, after Coastal Camp ends and the campers have returned to school, a hush falls over the camp office...but just for a second! Within weeks, I get to work dreaming up new camp themes and activities for the following summer that I hope will get campers excited to return to camp. And lucky for me, there is never a lack of inspiration here in the Headlands.

Mill Valley Herald | Headlands Institute Receives Heart of Marin Award

The Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership awarded the Heart of Marin Award for Nonprofit Excellence last week to the Headlands Institute, the 32-year-old residential environmental education nonprofit located on the shores of Rodeo Beach.

The award, sponsored by Autodesk, comes with a $5,000 award that will support scholarships that allow students from economically disadvantaged communities to attend Headlands Institute’s environmental field science programs.

Read the full article at www.marinscope.com.

TEAM Intern Blog: Weekend training on environmental issues

T.E.A.M. intern Jason Wu shares his experience as part of the Teen Environmental Action Mentorship.

 

Heart of Marin Award for Nonprofit Excellence Awarded to Headlands Institute

The Center for Volunteer and Nonprofit Leadership today awarded the Heart of Marin Award for Nonprofit Excellence to Headlands Institute, the 32-year-old residential environmental education nonprofit located on the shores of Rodeo Beach. The Award for Nonprofit Leadership is sponsored by Autodesk and comes with a $5,000 award, which will support scholarships that allow students from economically disadvantaged communities to attend Headlands Institute's environmental field science programs.

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