An Evening at the Georgetown Steam Plant: What is Cascadia?
🔥 What Comes After Collapse?
Social movements are needed now more than ever. As the climate crisis deepens, political systems falter, and extractive economies continue to unravel the very fabric of life on Earth, more and more people are rising to meet the moment and asking a crucial question:
What comes next?
On September 20–21, 2025, join us at the historic Georgetown Steam Plant for a powerful talk with Brandon Letsinger, a longtime champion of Cascadia and founder of Cascadia Now! and the Department of Bioregion. In this live presentation, Brandon will share his two-decade journey in grassroots organizing, the lessons he’s learned from movement-building, and the bold vision behind Regenerate Cascadia—a growing network of networks working to build regenerative systems at a bioregional scale.
🌀 From Extraction to Regeneration
Set inside the Georgetown Steam Plant—a relic of our fossil-fueled past now reimagined as a hub for future-facing ideas—this session will explore the personal, political, and collective dimensions of systems change.
The talk builds on the second annual Georgetown Steam Science Fair and its 2025 theme:
"Break the System."
Following the talk, a community Q&A will open space for deeper exploration. Expect honest conversation, hopeful strategies, and place-based pathways forward.
🌎 Key Topics We’ll Explore:
The Power of the Bioregional Framework
Global challenges like climate change and economic inequality can feel overwhelming. A bioregional framework brings these global issues down to the watershed and community scale, where tangible solutions are possible. It invites us to become self-reliant, reconnect with place, and design systems tailored to our local ecology and culture.
The Role of Watershed Regeneration
True transformation begins with restoring our relationship to land and water. We’ll explore how watershed health, forest restoration, and soil regeneration are central to building more resilient ecosystems—and how this ecological work is inseparable from cultural and community resilience.
🗓️ Event Info
📍 Location: Georgetown Steam Plant, Seattle, WA
📅 Date: September 20–21, 2025
🎟️ Tickets: Free — Register Here
🌐 More Info: deptofbioregion.org
The Department of Bioregion and Regenerate Cascadia will also be sharing their work throughout the weekend as part of the Georgetown Steam Science Fair.
Join us as we break systems that no longer serve us and imagine what’s possible when we root into place, community, and living systems.
