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2021 U.S. Census Redistricting: Exploring Watershed Based Voting Districts

March 7, 2021 cascadiabrandon Calls to Action, Department News

Every 10 years, the United States completely erases current voting district borders, and creates new ones using census data that has tracked demographic changes over the past ten years.How these districts are drawn is incredibly important, and in many states, is used as a tool of disenfranchisement, racism, and reinforcing…...

We’ve launched a Cascadia Discord Server!

March 7, 2021 cascadiabrandon Bioregionalism, Calls to Action, Department News

With already more than a hundred people, we’ve got a great community folks dedicated to make Cascadia happen. Connect by location, interest - share your passions and projects, and let’s make Cascadia happen!...

BIOREGIONAL SPOTLIGHT #1: KWONGAN

February 17, 2021 cascadiabrandon Article, Bioregionalism

This is the first in a series that seeks to identify and explore bioregions throughout the world. As an introduction, the reader is guided through the process of bioregional mapping as we look at a well studied but unrecognized bioregion: Kwongan...

Want to get involved? Join our next organizers orientation Tuesday, March 2nd at 6pm

February 7, 2021 cascadiabrandon Calls to Action, Department News

Interested in being a part of Cascadia and the Cascadia movement? Join a Cascadia Department of Bioregion organizers meeting where we discuss the basics, talk about how people want to be involved, and then plug people in. No committment needed. Hop on, check it out. Ask questions. See if it’s…...

Investigate West Launches new “Decarbonizing Cascadia” Series

February 1, 2021 cascadiabrandon Article

“Getting to Zero: Decarbonizing Cascadia” is a yearlong reporting initiative led by InvestigateWest, in partnership with Grist, Crosscut, The Tyee, the South Seattle Emerald, The Evergrey, and Jefferson Public Radio....

Cascadia Open Education Summit coming up in British Columbia and online, April 27-29

January 20, 2021 cascadiabrandon Calls to Action, Education, Events

Regional Influence. Global Impact. The Cascadia Open Education Summit is a unique three-day, internationally attended event where thought leaders come together to share groundbreaking ideas, research, and best practices for using open educational resources (OER). Their delegates include government officials, faculty, academic administrators and leaders, educational developers and technologists, librarians,…...

Department of Bioregion to present at the first Washington State Climate Assembly

January 13, 2021 cascadiabrandon Bioregionalism

We are excited that the Department of Bioregion is presenting “Fighting Climate Change Must Be Bioregional” as part of the 10-1pm learning session, Saturday January 23rd, 2020 as part of the first ever Washington Climate Assembly....

Join the Cascadia Election Response Network

November 23, 2020 cascadiabrandon Calls to Action, Department News, Events, News

When we organize, we win. Since November 3rd, we have had more than 1200 people sign up to join our Cascadia Election Response Network. More than just about any one candidate or election, we see this as a pivotal moment in history when we must start preparing networks of mutual…...

INFOGRAPHIC: What is the Cascadia Political Movement you would like to see?

October 10, 2020 cascadiabrandon Case Studies, Department News, News

What does a Cascadia Political Movement look like? Infographic of an informal survey we did with 200 members from Setpember 19th & 20th 2020....

Bioregionalism: Regaining our Sense of Place by Erik Haugland – From the Archive

September 28, 2020 cascadiabrandon Bioregionalism, From the Archive

In our second archived article, we are excited to share a piece by Erik Haugland titled Bioregionalism: Regaining our Sense of Place that was printed in 1987....