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National Picnic Month
Cascadia PRIDE 2023
Announcing the Winners and Special Honorees for The Edge Prize 2023: Weaving a Bioregional Fabric in the Edges of Salmon Nation
Cascadia Day 2023
let’s celebraTE! May 18th, 2023
For over a decade we have made it a priority to amplify, encourage, and support our fellow Cascadian’s to spend a day with Cascadia. We are continuing the tradition again on May 18th; here at the Department of Bioregion, we will be celebrating our 12th official Cascadia Day. We commemorate Cascadia on the anniversary of the Mount St. Helens eruption, as a day of remembrance for how alive our bioregion is, across The Cascadia Subduction Zone.”
This Spring we want to remind you all that life finds a way under the most intense conditions. Our bioregion contains 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. So, whether your flag is on a sticker, tee-shirt, or your own drawing - we welcome everyone from all around the globe to join in the celebratory fun.
“Cascadia Day, May 18… the anniversary of Mt. St. Helen’s eruption. On that day people realized, forcefully, that the earth is alive! This event coincided with the emergence of Plate Tectonic theory in Geology, and discovery of what came to be called in the mid-1980’s, “The Cascadia Subduction Zone.” 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….”
-David McCloskey, Cascadia Institute
eASY wAYS TO CELEBRATE
Share a post on social media. Share your favorite Cascadia picture, temporarily change your profile image and help get #Cascadia trending!
Fly your Cascadia Flag. Show off your Cascadia gear and artwork.
Host a gathering. Impromptu get together to do a Cascadia activity such as picnicking.
Exist in nature. Birdwatching, gardening, or whatever else feels Cascadian to you.
Support a group doing amazing work or a business you feel is local, ethical, or sustainable.
Make sure to tag @Cascadiabioregion on Facebook and Instagram, and @Cascadiadept on twitter and we’ll be resharing all day.
And above all, have fun and share share share!
2023 CascadiaNW Arts & Music Festival
Call for Submissions: Summer Issue of the Cascadia Spoke, Vol.2 Issue 1.
Introducing Regenerate Cascadia | (Re)Activating a Bioregional Network
Bid Welcome | New Community Coordinator!
Cascadia Underground Post for March 2023
We're Hiring! Community Organizer / Program Manager
Upcoming Release Parties for the Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry
The Department of Bioregion is super excited for the release of the Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry, being released by Mountaineers Books March, 1st. For those not familiar, in the first ever ‘Cascadia’ field guide, local experts, poets and artists are working to create a literary field guide for the Cascadia bioregion.
2023 State of Cascadia survey is here!
Grab a Cascadia Shirt or Hoodie! Just in time for the Holidays
Cascadia Bioregion Atlas: A Collaborative Student Atlas from Western Washington University
The Cascadia Bioregion Atlas is a collaboratively written living atlas of the Cascadia Bioregion created by GIS Certificate candidates at Western Washington University with guidance by Dr. Aquila Flower. New maps and datasets will be added in future academic years.
the Cascadia DOB is proud to partner with the University of Washington GIS Certificate Program
The Cascadia Department of Bioregion is excited to partner with the University of Washington GIS Certificate program to work with a team of students to develop Cascadia related applications. This is also very exciting in that the Department of Bioregion just received our nonprofit ESRI ArcGIS online and desktop versions, so getting these set up and functioning to be able to pull data will be a huge boon for students and volunteers.
The Edge Prize: Applications are Open! Presented by the Salmon Nation and Terran Collective.
The Edge Prize is your opportunity to share what works, big or small, and find the others who want to join you, fund you, learn from you, or replicate your efforts locally. This is not a business plan competition. This is not a “pitch” competition. It’s not really a contest at all! This is about sharing what you’re already doing, why it’s working, and why it gives you hope.
Cooperative Gardens Commission: 4th Seed Distribution Applications are Open
Founded in March 2020, the Cooperative Gardens Commission (CGC) is a grassroots collective working to support food sovereignty efforts in response to COVID-19. The pandemic heightened the persistent injustice in our food system, falling especially hard on BIPOC, poor, undocumented, and otherwise marginalized communities. Our primary work is focused on distributing seeds to Seed Hubs, who function as central distributors of free seeds and information to their communities. In this capacity, CGC focuses on historically oppressed communities by prioritizing hubs already working with those most affected by the injustices of the pandemic and encouraging seed hub organizers who aren’t working with those groups to do so.
What is Bioregionalism? Great webcards using the DOB by the Alliance for a Viable Future
The Department of Bioregion is proud to be included in this post by Alliance for a Viable Future which also cites our executive director Brandon Letsinger. Check out more about their organization and learn more at: https://www.allianceforaviablefuture.org/
and give them a follow @allianceforaviablefuture
We were honored to be included in this post by Alliance for a Viable Future. Check out more about their organization and learn more at: https://www.allianceforaviablefuture.org/
and give them a follow @allianceforaviablefuture
Sign up for a Copy of the Cascadia Spoke
The Cascadia SPOKE is a new community publication to promote place based realities and provide a written hub where diverse voices, artists, poets and communities can share topics, issues and news most important to them in a physical format. Our first issue, coming out this winter, features work from more than 30 individuals and artists.
