A day to celebrate the unique dynamism of our bioregion and movement.
To Celebrate Cascadia Day, we are inviting anyone that feels so moved to share a picture, poem, song, story or short video in this thread that helps to share something of the essence of this amazing place we call home.
We are officially debuting Regenerate Cascadia in collaboration with Design School for Regenerating Earth and Regenerative Communities Network.
What does it look like to regenerate a landscape? For the past three months, 40 landscape stewards in 10 landscape groups (Greater Victoria, Fraser Lowlands, Mt. Olympus, Whatcom, Skagit, Whidbey, Vashon, Duwamish River Valley, Gorge and South Willamette Valley) have joined us for weekly sessions, presentations and gatherings as the first part of a year-long Landscape Hub Cultivator pilot. Learn more at https://regeneratecascadia.org
THURSDAY 5 FEB 2026
FRIDAY 6 FEB 2026
10 AM - 12 PM (PST) ONLINE
Attend both days or one, register, and the recordings will be sent to you!
Day One: Thursday, Feb 5, 12-2pm | Duwamish River Valley, The Gorge, Whidbey Island, Greater Victoria, Fraser Lowland | Register: https://luma.com/3lcakuk4
Day Two: Friday, Feb 6, 12-2pm | Skagit, Whatcom, South Willamette Valley, Vashon, Mt. Olympus | Register: https://luma.com/t93yqfjb
To celebrate the end of this first phase, Regenerate Cascadia is inviting everyone to join for a Landscape Showcase, to come meet, see and learn more about the incredible diversity and wealth of knowledge, wisdom and dedication being held by this growing network.
The Landscape Hub Cultivator is a structured cohort-based community of practice. Each Landscape Group will be represented by 2–3 Landscape Stewards who will participate in bi-weekly online learning sessions, peer exchange, mentorship, and applied activities. Together, participants will explore how to interrupt extractive systems, practice participatory governance, and build the infrastructure needed to attract and steward regenerative funding.
Our executive director, Brandon Letsinger is excited to be one of the panelists for this event: Bioregioning - How to Thrive Where We Live: Tuesday, September 30 at 10am on Zoom along with Lyla June and Samantha Power, and hosted by Rob Dietz, Resilience.org and the post-carbon institute.
This fall, the Cascadia Department of Bioregion will proudly join innovators, artists, youth, engineers, and makers at the second annual Georgetown Steam Plant Science Fair, a celebration of SHTEAM (Science, History, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) and a rallying cry for system-wide transformation.
As we face mounting ecological, social, and political challenges, one thing has become increasingly clear: top-down systems alone won’t save us. Regeneration begins from the ground up—through people organizing in place, building trust, and cultivating the relationships that make life flourish. That’s the spirit behind Bioregional Confluencing 2025, an ambitious global initiative to revitalize bioregional gatherings and reclaim the practice of congressing—an ancient and future-facing model of participatory governance.
This summer, cooperative leaders, organizers, visionaries, and values-aligned businesses from across the Cascadia bioregion will gather in Seattle for the first-ever Cascadia Cooperative Conference (CCC)—a landmark event dedicated to deepening the roots and expanding the reach of the cooperative economy in the Pacific Northwest.
On June 14, 2025, more than 70,000 people flooded the streets of Seattle to join one of the largest demonstrations in the city’s history. The No Kings Day protest, part of a national day of action in over 80 cities, brought people together in response to the Trump administration’s militarization, ICE raids, attacks on public programs, and deepening disregard for human rights and constitutional limits.
Each year on May 18th, people across the Pacific Northwest and beyond gather to honor Cascadia Day—a celebration of bioregional identity, cultural diversity, ecological reverence, and community resilience. For me, this year’s Cascadia Day felt like a homecoming. Not just to a place, but to a purpose.
From May 16–18, 2025, over 250 visionaries, organizers, artists, funders, and culture-shapers gathered at the historic Georgetown Steam Plant in Seattle for the inaugural Cascadia BioFi Conference—a gathering rooted in the question: How do we regenerate an entire bioregion?
This week, the 9Zero Climate Innovation Hub in downtown Seattle was buzzing with action—and not the usual kind of startup hustle. On February 18th, a passionate crew of volunteers gathered for a bioregional sticker-packing party, and by the end of the day, 20,000 stickers were sorted, bundled, and prepped to ship across the bioregion.
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 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
Very happy holiday season fellow Cascadians!
During this time of year, we want to celebrate what our bioregion gives us, the wonderful people living here in a seasonal and sustainable way. Choosing even one of the following steps can be a great way to have a more bioregionally friendly, inclusive meal. For many this is a time of giving, of thanks, and of being near friends and loved ones. We’d like to take a moment and share some easy steps to make any family gathering or meal a bioregional one.
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