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Amanda Thornton
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Amanda Thornton's Friends

  • Narelle Debenham
  • Courtney Sullivan, NWF
  • Chuck Lennox
  • Stuart Chernis
  • Shannon Markley
  • Caveman
  • Nancy Woolf
  • Suzanne Tossey
  • Darcy Ottey
  • Marghanita Hughes
  • Catherine Adams
  • John Chilkotowsky

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Amanda Thornton left a comment for Juliet Robertson
"Hi Juliet, Thank you for reaching out with the warm welcome! Yes Seattle is full of amazing opportunities for nature and the human soul! Its a wonderful city! Sending warm wishes from a soon beautiful Seattle fall~ Amanda"
Sep 5, 2010
Caveman left a comment for Amanda Thornton
"It was nice meeting you as well. I look forward to being part of this grassroots movement and am happy to share my experiences."
May 19, 2010
Amanda Thornton left a comment for Caveman
"it was a real pleasure to meet you last night! I would love to hear more about your amazing program~ thanks for making the time to come and support this work!"
May 19, 2010
Amanda Thornton posted a group
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Seattle Children in Nature Collaborative

Seattle Children in Nature Collaboration is designed to engender, engage, and enthuse. We believe that we together are about to embark on something amazing with tremendous impact for our children, youth and adults in our region.
May 19, 2010
Nancy Woolf commented on Amanda Thornton's event Announcing the Seattle Children in Nature Collaborative!
"What a great program!"
May 7, 2010
Amanda Thornton posted an event
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Announcing the Seattle Children in Nature Collaborative! at Antioch University Seattle

May 18, 2010 from 6pm to 8pm
Over the past two decades, children are spending less and less time outdoors, and this affects the mental and physical health of today’s kids. Decreased time outdoors for children coincides with a doubling of the childhood obesity rate, as well as increases in attention deficit disorders, depression, and other health issues.Research shows that time outside in nature helps children grow lean, healthy bodies, and increases attention spans and school performance. Also, it has been shown that the…See More
May 1, 2010
Suz Lipman left a comment for Amanda Thornton
"Thanks for the warmth! (It's a tad gloomy out here.) See you soon."
Feb 23, 2010
Amanda Thornton left a comment for Suz Lipman
"Thank you for the warm welcome! I look forward to learning and meeting more through this wonderful resource! Warmth from the Beautiful February Seattle Sun!"
Feb 20, 2010
Suz Lipman left a comment for Amanda Thornton
"Hi Amanda. Welcome to C&NN! You've certainly come to the right place. We're excited to have you and are so glad you've jumped in and joined some groups. I'm sure you'll find a lot of camaraderie and resources here. I…"
Feb 20, 2010
Juliet Robertson left a comment for Amanda Thornton
"Hello Amanda Welcome to C&NN Connect. I had to stop by when I saw you are based in Seattle. It seems like a hub of activity. I was lucky enough to visit for a week 2 years ago and visit various schools and Bainbridge Island Outdoor…"
Feb 20, 2010
Amanda Thornton joined Rafael Reyes's group
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Nature Rocks

This is your group for learning more about how to use Nature Rocks for your work and sharing your successes!Nature Rocks is a national marketing campaign to bring families to you plus resources to help your outreach. Get your resources now!See More
Feb 19, 2010
Amanda Thornton joined Matthew H. E. M. Browning's group
Feb 19, 2010
Amanda Thornton joined Alice Hohl's group
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Local Grassroots Movements - Best Practices, Sharing, etc.

We've made a change on C&NN Connect and want to be sure you stay connected! Please take a few minutes to join the Local Grassroots Campaign Coordinators group on C&NN Connect.  That is our place to share success stories, confer about challenges, seek answers, find support, spark ideas and move the movement!You can find it here:…See More
Feb 19, 2010
Amanda Thornton joined Elizabeth Renton's group
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children's built environments

Accessing 'nearby nature' often means improving the environments that children spend a majority of their time in....daycares, schools, neighborhood parks etc. Please help us share ideas, stories, and images of inspiring children's facilities.See More
Feb 19, 2010
Amanda Thornton is now a member of C&NN Connect
Feb 19, 2010

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Student in Environmental Education and Grassroots Organizing
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Antioch University Seattle

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At 2:57pm on May 19, 2010, Caveman said…
It was nice meeting you as well. I look forward to being part of this grassroots movement and am happy to share my experiences.
At 9:22am on February 23, 2010, Suz Lipman said…
Thanks for the warmth! (It's a tad gloomy out here.) See you soon.
At 8:41am on February 20, 2010, Suz Lipman said…
Hi Amanda. Welcome to C&NN! You've certainly come to the right place. We're excited to have you and are so glad you've jumped in and joined some groups. I'm sure you'll find a lot of camaraderie and resources here. I look forward to seeing you around the network and hearing more about what you're up to. See you soon!
At 7:29am on February 20, 2010, Juliet Robertson said…
Hello Amanda

Welcome to C&NN Connect. I had to stop by when I saw you are based in Seattle. It seems like a hub of activity. I was lucky enough to visit for a week 2 years ago and visit various schools and Bainbridge Island Outdoor Centre.

Hope your course is going well.

Best wishes
Juliet
 
 
 

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