“We celebrate Cascadia Culture Week to remind ourselves of distinct regional values, unique traditions, inherent beliefs, and our devotion to creating a sustainable and equitable community in which leadership is in the hands of the people and a strong community is our greatest asset.”
From the mountains to the sea, our home features some of the most diverse, beautiful and dynamic landscapes in the entire world. Our people are as diverse as the beauty that surrounds us. We are abundantly blessed and therefore celebrate a holiday to highlight our uniqueness and diversity and as a reminder of our responsibility to act as faithful stewards of the wondrous bounty with which we are endowed.
Ways to Celebrate:
Share a post on social media, share a picture, change your profile image and help us get #Cascadia trending! Share a picture, share what Cascadia or bioregionalism is, or why it is important.
Fly your Cascadia Flag and wear Cascadia gear.
Take a Nature Walk or do something you feel is distinctly Cascadian
Safely host a small gathering of friends or with a local community.
Raise awareness for a cause you believe in, or get out in the streets to support it.
Think about ways we can help other Cascadians in need, and build stronger communities and safety nets throughout the bioregion.
Support a business you feel is local, ethical or sustainable.
Find ideas on how to celebrate or pictures to share here: https://deptofbioregion.org/cascadia-day
If you need a short post prompt, we are asking "why is Cascadia or bioregionalism important to you? Why now?"
On Facebook you can use or share this Cascadia Day May 18th Frame for your profile image.
Join the Raffle:
This year, we'd love to invite you to make a post, do something you feel distinctly Cascadian, share a favorite picture and join our Cascadia Day Raffle! We'll be sharing images & reposting all day, so make sure to give us a tag at @cascadiabioregion on facebook and instagram, and @cascadiadept on twitter. and you’ll be entered to win some of our Cascadia Giveaways, including several bundles with t-shirts, flags, masks, stickers, passports and more.
#CASCADIADAY #CASCADIA #MAY18
Cascadia Flash Sale!
If you don’t want to leave gear up to chance - we’re offering 20% all Cascadia items for the day. Grab patches, stickers, flags, candles, passports, maps, or whatever your heart fancies. Use code MAY18 anytime on May 18th at checkout to receive the discount.
What is Cascadia Day?
On that day people realized, forcefully, that the earth is alive!
Massive forces that make our world—volcanic eruptions, mountain building, mega-earthquakes, huge tsunamis, among others—all came to be seen as part of the same system working deep in the bones of the earth. Dynamisms shaping the character of our region began to be revealed for the first time.
Everything changed after that….
It seems only fitting that the person who coined the term ‘Cascadia’ as a bioregion in 1981 also got to choose the first date for Cascadia Day.
May 18th is the anniversary of the Mt. St. Helens eruption and was chosen by former Seattle University professor David McCloskey as a day to represent Cascadia because of it’s visceral reminder of the dynamism of our region. It is not a day in celebration for national symbols or human history, but rather unique in the world in that we live under, and celebrate massive forces that shape our world, in a region defined through it’s geography, geology and topography – and we are all a part of these processes.
While COVID has altered how we are celebrating this year, it doesn’t mean there aren’t tons of ways to show your love for the idea. Raise your Doug flag, wear your Cascadia gear, and join hundreds of other Cascadians throughout the bioregion to build Cascadia as a positive force for change.
Cascadia Day is a day chosen to join together to help celebrate and raise awareness of Cascadia, meet our neighbors, and discuss and plan how we are going to positively create change here in the Pacific Northwest. Normally we hold block parties, potlucks, movie nights, neighborhood cleanups, barbecues, tree plantings, wine tastings, wheat-pasting, pub nights, etc. can all be a part of a Cascadia Day celebration. While because of COVID, this year we are celebrating digitally, feel free to join or host an event that you feel would represent Cascadia, and plug in with hundreds of others online to help us make Cascadia Day an annual reality. Raise your Doug flag, wear your Cascadia patch, and join hundreds of other Cascadians throughout the bioregion to build Cascadia as a positive force for change.
If you can’t join an event in person, think of something distinctly Cascadia you or your friends can do.
Learn more about Cascadia Day here: https://cascadiabioregion.org/cascadia-day
Cascadia Culture Week
Cascadia day happens in the middle of Cascadia Culture Week – a week of activities and celebration that give every person a chance to celebrate this wonderful region and movement that we are a part of. Learn more on our Cascadia culture week page.
Find more resources on Cascadia Culture Week here: https://cascadiabioregion.org/department-of-bioregion/cascadia-culture-week-resource-kit
