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PDX Cascadia Confluence only two weeks away!
9:30 AM – 6PM 4/20/14 @ Portland State University
On Sunday, April 20th, the Cascadia Branch of Portland invites you to kick off Earth Week with the First Annual Cascadia Rising: A Bioregional Confluence - A gathering dedicated to promoting bioregional awareness, Indigenous solidarity, alternative and horizontal governance tools, and community resilience in the Pacific Northwest (Both an amazing and free event!). Workshops and Panel lineups inside!
Read MoreIs Cascadia the New Quebec? New article in the Seattle Globalist
CascadiaNow! got a wonderful mention in the Seattle Globalist over the weekend in a new article entitled "Is Cascadia the New Quebec". Journalist Cooper Inveen provides a nice basic primer of the group and movement.
Read MoreThink Cascadia could be a thing? Give us a vote in the Seattle Stranger’s Slog poll
CascadiaNow! get's a mention in the Seattle Globalist and picked up in the Seattle Stranger's Slog, in which they asked 'Should Portland, Seattle and British Columbia secede and become their own independent nation?' Vote here!
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The Man Who Invented Ecotopia
Author Ernest Callenbach talks about localism, the future, and the state of Ecotopian Ideals
Read MoreCascadiaNow! to participate in Micronations Exhibit in Seville, Spain
This September, CascadiaNow! will be featured as part of an art exhibit being hosted by the CAAC (Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo) in Seville, Spain. The exhibition titled "Lo que ha de venir ya ha llegado" (What is to Come Has Already Arrived), that will take place at CAAC from 22nd May to 21st September 2014.
Read MoreCascadiaNow! A Non-Profit in 2014
In 2014, we are excited to announce that we will be taking our organization to the next level by becoming an official 501c3 non-profit organization. Our sole mission will be to empower all forms of Cascadia organizing. To start, this will largely be through fiscal sponsorship for chapters, groups, projects and events, to continue to serve as a focal point for organizing, and building community partnerships. In the future, if we are successful, we will expand to providing grantwriting, fundraising, graphic design, marketing, accounting and financial services - basically all the back office services that every group needs, but few actually have - so that groups and projects have the tools they need to focus on what they feel is important.
Click to read the blog post for full details.
Read More2014 UW and Seattle CascadiaNow! Meetings Announced
Both the Seattle and UW chapters of CascadiaNow! have set their first meetings for 2014. They will be largely introductory, and focus around ratifying their group structures and appointing officers.
If you have never been to a meeting before, this is a great opportunity to be involved, and see how we'll bemoving forward in 2014. For everyone who has been to a previous meeting, these will be especially important, so we hope to see you there!
Seattle CascadiaNow! Meeting
Thursday 1/30 7pm Black Coffee Coop in Seattle, WA
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/342650149206532/?ref=br_tf and you can also join the Seattle Facebook group or give their Facebook Page a like.
UW CascadiaNow! Meeting
This Friday, 1/24 6pm at Savory 131 at 6pm on the University of Washington campus. Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1444431392435537/?ref=br_t and like their Facebook Cascadianow UW Chapter page here.
Read MoreHow do you define Cascadia? New poll!
When discussing Cascadia, there's almost nothing as contentious as discussing the proposed borders. Should it defined simply by the bioregion and environmental features? Washington, British Columbia and Oregon? Surrounding regions and counties? Or a mix of political, cultural, economic and geography all blurred together?
Make your opinion heard at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KRTZXML
Read MoreCascadia gets a nice mention from Thought Catalog
Cascadia makes #9 on Thought Catalogs top 45 things about living in Seattle.
Read MoreCascadia Caravan for Freedom: Seattle Times Article
The following article was published on October 31st in the Seattle Globalist and the Seattle Times, and was written by Sarah Stuteville. The Cascadia Caravan was a caravan that included three buses painted in Cascadian colors that drove down and attended the national 'Tear down the walls convergence' in Arizona earlier this year.
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