Our Place
Ambassador Spotlight: Sammy Castonguay
Our Ambassadors have been working hard within the Cascadia region to bring about change, spread the word about Cascadia, and foster community support. We recently sat down with Ambassador Sammy Castonguay from Ontario, OR to learn a little bit more about him and to see what he's been up to.
Read MoreFeatured Book: The Biosphere and the Bioregion
This month, we are excited to be featuring the book, The Biosphere and the Bioregion: Essential Writings of Peter Berg. These lively short essays will get you thinking, talking, and reimagining where you live in ecological terms and to harmonize human activities with the natural systems that sustain life.
Read MoreFeatured Book: “The People of Cascadia”
Our book of the month this month features the The People of Cascadia by Heidi Bohan, a long time educator, researcher, and wild plant expert who teaches Northwest Heritage and Ethnobotany at Anake Outdoor School. The book was funded by a 4Culture King County Heritage Grant, and created to fill a gap in the educational materials available for those who want to learn more about the incredibly rich culture of the People of Cascadia.
Read MoreFirst Ever Cascadia Poetry MOOC starts January 25th!
First ever Innovative Cascadia Poetry MOOC (a free six week course) in partnership with Seattle Poetry Lab (SPLAB) and Cascadia Community college starts January 25th! This free, six week online course through the CANVAS Network on innovative poetry from the Cascadia bioregion.
Read MoreSeattle Hosts Cascadia Megaregion #BeyondTraffic Forum
On Tuesday, October 6th, Seattle mayor Ed Murray hosted the Cascadia Beyond from 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM at City Hall. Participants were invited to join a conversation about ideas and challenges facing transit and transportation in the Pacific Northwest, and how planning along regional, and mega-regional lines, might be able to help.
Read MoreDavid McCloskey: A Note about Cascadia Megaquakes
The Cascadia subduction zone and faultline have been receiving a lot of attention in the news lately. But does Cascadia mean more than just a megaquake?
Read MoreCascadia the Free (Karaoke Version!) – by Littlebear and Fostervillagers
A popular version of Cascadia the Free has been made available via youtube! A folksy song by Little Bear and the Fostervillagers out of Portland, OR.
Read MoreCascadia, A Great Green Land on Display at ESRI 2015
Cody Camarata stands in front of a massive blowup of David McCloskey's new Cascadia Bioregion map - 'Cascadia a Great Green Land'. In all more than 15,000 people had the chance to see the map at this years 2015 ESRI User Conference at UC San Diego, July 20th-24th. Awesome photo by Alex Philip @BigDataAlex on twitter!
Read MoreBerryessa Snow Mountain National Monument
President Obama just declared the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument!
Read MoreCascadia on the cover of the 2015 Esri Map Book!
In very exciting news, David McCloskey's new map of the Cascadia bioregion has been chosen to grace the cover of the new 2015 map book being put out by the geography organization ESRI. It will also be featured at their upcoming conference.
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