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Cascadia Day is Coming! May 18

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.

Cascadia Day is Coming! May 18
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Cascadia PRIDE 2023

Celebrating Pride 2023

Cascadia PRIDE 2023
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Cascadia Day 2023
Cascadia Day 2023
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Introducing Regenerate Cascadia | ...

We are officially debuting Regenerate Cascadia in collaboration with Design School for Regenerating Earth and Regenerative Communities Network.

Introducing Regenerate Cascadia | (Re)Activating a Bioregional Network
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Bid Welcome | New Community Coordinator!

Here at Cascadia Department of Bioregion we are thrilled to welcome our new Community Coordinator to the team.

Bid Welcome | New Community Coordinator!

Declaration of Bioregional Emergency declared as request to plant our southern border wall denied by local Cascadian Governments

Declaration of Bioregional Emergency declared as request to plant our southern border wall denied by local Cascadian Governments

Due to the breakdown of funding talks for the planting of a border wall along the southern border, the Cascadia Department of Bioregion is forced to declare a bioregional declaration of emergency - effective immediately. Talks have stalled after Cascadian local governments have failed to fund our request for $6 billion to plant a wall of more than 30 million trees, restore streams and rivers along Cascadia's southern stretches. This tree wall is critical, and must be planted immediately, and will only take 60-500 years to mature effectively.

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Cascadia Solidarity with Carrizo/Comecrudo Earth Defenders as they protest US/Mexico Border Wall

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Cascadia Solidarity with Carrizo/Comecrudo Earth Defenders as they protest US/Mexico Border Wall

The Cascadia Department of Bioregion is excited to share solidarity with the Carrizo/Comecrudo people and nations as indigenous organizers work to block construction of a wall over traditional territory near the city of Mission in Southern Texas / Northern Mexico.

British Columbia Will Fund Next Phase of Cascadia High Speed Rail

British Columbia Will Fund Next Phase of Cascadia High Speed Rail

The British Columbia Premiere John Hogan met with Washington State Governor Jay Inslee to announce they will contribute $300,000 for the next phase of a study exploring the potential of ultra-high-speed Cascadia corridor transportation service linking British Columbia, Washington and Oregon.

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2019 Cascadia Convergence Performer & Workshop Submissions are Open!

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2019 Cascadia Convergence Performer & Workshop Submissions are Open!

Cascadia Convergence has announced their submissions for workshops, presentations and performers is now open! They are looking for Cascadians who want to be involved in making the event awesome. Do you have a musical or performance act, a workshop you want to give? Just want to volunteer or take on a leadership role? Let them know!

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The History of the Salish Sea: Bert Webber discusses the Salish Sea in KNKX Feature

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The History of the Salish Sea: Bert Webber discusses the Salish Sea in KNKX Feature

The Cascadia Department of Bioregion is excited to share this wonderful article, audio feature and Salish Sea series created by local Seattle radio station KNKX. The Salish Sea is a defining example of bioregionalism in action, and more people need to know the power of it’s creation, and of place making.

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A Growing Cascadian Identity - British Columbians Identify more with Washingtonians than their Canadian Neighbors

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A Growing Cascadian Identity - British Columbians Identify more with Washingtonians than their Canadian Neighbors

A newly released study shows that British Columbians feel a stronger Cascadian affinity to the south than with their eastern Canadian counterparts. In total - 54 percent of British Columbians felt they had the most in common with Washington state, 18 percent picked California while just 15 per cent chose Alberta, 9% percent chose Ontaria, and less than 3% chose Manitoba, Saskatchewan or another Canadian area.

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Vol 9, No 1 of The Cascadia Subduction Zone: A Literary Quarterly has been released!

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Vol 9, No 1 of The Cascadia Subduction Zone: A Literary Quarterly has been released!

A decade into the 21st century, the world of books, the world of the arts, the world of criticism have all been caught up in violent, unpredictable change. A large part of this change has been unleashed by a continual stream of technological innovations that impact our daily lives and even our personal as well as professional relationships. Technology is changing how we read and what we read, is challenging the very forms and genres in which we write, and is making criticism and reflection more valuable and necessary than it's ever been.

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Cascadia V Chagos Island, May 26 - Cascadia Football Team announces first international friendly

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Cascadia V Chagos Island, May 26 - Cascadia Football Team announces first international friendly

The Cascadia Football Federation is delighted to announce that they have arranged their first ever international friendly on the 26th May against the Chagos Islands. The game will take place in the U.K. at Beckenham Town FC who we would like to thank for their cooperation in creating this fixture.

Legislation Introduced for Cascadia High Speed Rail Authority

Legislation Introduced for Cascadia High Speed Rail Authority

Washington State Democrats introduced new bill 5214 that would create and fund a Cascadia high speed rail authority. The bill would provide $3.25 million dollar through 2021 to establish an authority in partnership with the State of Oregon and Province of British Columbia.

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From the Archive: What is the Cascadia Project? 1994

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From the Archive: What is the Cascadia Project? 1994

What is the Cascadia Project? - From 1994 and the birth of the Cascadia Task Force and Cascadia Economic Council - much of the forerunner of the Cascadia Innovation Corridor, Cascadia Mayors Council and others.

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Standing Rock Solidarity Network Resource Packet

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Standing Rock Solidarity Network Resource Packet

While compiling notes for the creation of a Department of Bioregion Indigenous Solidarity Guide - we noticed that one of the primary tools - the Standing Rock Solidarity Resource Packet - is now offline, and that the mirror sites for most of it is now also offline. In an effort to preserve the lessons and wisdom learned from the Standing Rock Protests, we wanted to share our PDF’s for historical sake, but also in case they might be useful for future historians, students, activists and organizers.

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Learning Coast Salish protocols, making acknowledgements meaningful, as defined by them:

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Learning Coast Salish protocols, making acknowledgements meaningful, as defined by them:

Interested in genuine reconciliation and want to make “territorial acknowledgements” matter? Learn about Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh protocol practices and how settlers can integrate reconciliation into their own or their organisation's regular work.

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Canadian Forces Illegally Enter Wet'suwet'en Country in Northern Cascadia

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Canadian Forces Illegally Enter Wet'suwet'en Country in Northern Cascadia

On January 7, 2019, at approximately 2:51pm, RCMP and military forcefully breached a peaceful checkpoint on unceded Wet’suwet’en territory. Indigenous people were ripped from their homes by militarized police. There were at least 12 confirmed arrests, including an elder, and Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs were blocked from their own territories.

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The Cascading Cascades of Cascadia - where does the name Cascadia come from?

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The Cascading Cascades of Cascadia - where does the name Cascadia come from?

Cascadia — the evocative name of a region, an idea, a movement — wild and free, defined by the waters flowing from the continental crest through the headwaters of the Pacific. Cascadia is a bioregion, the place we call home, an identity, movement and positive vision for the future. But where did this name actually come from?

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