Spring is in the air and the Environmental Nature Center is excited to present Spring Break Camp! As a child, one has that magical capacity to move among the many eras of the earth, to see the land as an animal does, and to experience the sky from the perspective of a flower or a…
The Dark Abyss of the Deep Blue Sea
Move aside space exploration, there’s a new frontier for humans to explore and that’s the dark abyss of the deep blue sea. But there is a reason why the deep sea has been largely unexplored. Dive down 650 feet and you will notice that light starts fading rapidly. Dive deeper and the temperature drops…
Teaching with a Butterfly Garden
Butterflies are some of the most beautiful creatures on the planet and can be extremely useful when teaching about nature and science! Join ENC Horticulture manager Hilary Mills and ENC Butterfly Wrangler Leslie Helliwell to learn all about planting a butterfly garden and how to use it to teach science concepts to your students! Creating…
From the Deepest Ocean Depths to the Starry Sky at the ENC!
Spring is nature’s way of saying “lets party!” With March approaching and Spring right around the corner the Environmental Nature Center is excited to kick off the new month and season with some exciting upcoming events. To dive into the month of March, the ENC will be presenting our Adult Speaker Series featuring local resident and Newport…
A Superior Senior Project
A foreign exchange student from the Netherlands recently completed her Senior Project at the Environmental Nature Center where she shadowed our Naturalists as they taught environmental education programs. At the completion of her project, she interviewed our Education and Community Relations Director, Lori Whalen. The student asked Whalen a plethora of questions regarding the ENC…
Full Moon Walk at the ENC
Formed by a fiery planetary explosion roughly 400 billion years ago, the moon has been a beacon of light and comfort since the dawn of humankind. It has been everything from a God to a compass, and it is the only cosmic body human beings have visited. So come on out to the Environmental Nature…
Women in Newport Networking Forum
Everyone has personal goals and ambitions. Whether it be materialistic goals like owning a bigger house or physical goals like losing those stubborn extra pounds of weight that you put on during the holidays, everyone has a particular set of goals that they live by and feel will make their lives better. While personal ambitions…
What do Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs have in common?
What do successful tech engineers like Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Steve Jobs have in common? You might think they are incredibly smart, innovative, creative or even filthy rich, but you might be forgetting one key characteristic. They are all MEN! The STEM fields—Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics—have always had a woman problem. Men tend…
The ENC has you covered this Valentine’s Day!
Valentine’s Day is right around the corner! Are you scurrying around, surfing the web endlessly, trying to find that perfect gift for your significant other? Take a deep breath and try to relax because the Environmental Nature Center in Newport Beach has you covered. There is a Native Plant Sale taking place on Saturday, February…
Welcome Winter/Spring 2016 ENC Interns!
I wanted to take a moment to introduce our Winter 2016 Interns! They are so impressive and enthusiastic, that I just needed to share. They’re going to help us A LOT, and I know that they will benefit so much from their “real world” experience here as well. My name is Aaysia Shelton, one of…
Teddy Talks Nature
Theodore Roosevelt once said, “It is an incalculable added pleasure to any one’s sum of happiness if he or she grows to know, even slightly and imperfectly, how to read and enjoy the wonder-book of nature.” Experiencing nature is one of the most riveting and exciting things anyone can take part in. It harnesses creativity,…
Prepare for President’s Week Nature Camp!
Do you remember a time not too long ago, when children enjoyed playing outdoors, getting dirty, and breathing fresh air as they created imaginary worlds in their young, creative minds? It was a time when children spent countless hours exploring, playing, and living in nature. A time when children ran around backyards, parks, and school…