We are undergoing a Tipping Point Event. Assess the data to demand a visionary future As a society, we are more connected than ever before. However, until we learn to manage this connectivity better, these extreme disruptions are expected to become...
The United Watersheds of America In a lesser known footnote of United States history, there was a brief time after the civil war between the 1870’s and 1880’s in which new western states adopted into the union may have done so...
Bioregional Maps Bioregional mapping is process for creating maps that that set cultural and geographic information into natural boundaries and borders, rather than anthropocentric lines removed from context of place. Maps are not neutral, and many...
In this article we explore where the term watershed originally comes from and why there is such a difference between North America and Europe.
Does it Bioregion? Picture shared by David McCloskey – Cascadia Institute. There can be many different determinants, ideas and definitions for what a bioregion is or isn’t – but above all else – below are three simple...
Cascadia — the evocative name of a region, an idea, a movement — wild and free... but where did this name come from?
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Bioregionalism is a vision of a future that works for people and for the Earth. For the majority of human history, people have lived bioregionally. Bioregionalism is a movement, an ethic and idea that has been growing...
“A bioregion is defined in terms of the unique overall pattern of natural characteristics that are found in a specific place. The main features are generally found throughout a continuous geographic terrain and include...
Does it Bioregion? Picture shared by David McCloskey – Cascadia Institute. There can be many different determinants, ideas and definitions for what a bioregion is or isn’t – but above all else –...
Bioregional Maps Bioregional mapping is process for creating maps that that set cultural and geographic information into natural boundaries and borders, rather than anthropocentric lines removed from context of place...
Look at a map of the earth from space. Find where you live, your watershed, your bioregion…. sit and look at it… what shapes do you notice? what features? How does that impact or change where you live (the...
A bioregional manifesto of place, identity and privilege. Look around you. Look to the TV, to news articles. To maps, and road maps and atlases. Listen to the talk of our politicians, our legislators. To the heated...
Stop for a moment, and envision the world that you would want to live in, if all reality were stripped away. A world free of exploitation, where people lived happily, their needs met and in balance with their...
I am excited to share that we’ve begun our Envision Cascadia Online Organizers Summit to help grow the Cascadia movement. With more than 120 participants RSVP’d, I’m excited to host online virtual...
What is a Circular Economy? What makes an economy bioregional? In this article we explore the potential benefits and pitfalls circular economics.
A key part of bioregionalism is developing a sense of place. Developing a sense of place is a skilled art that every person can master. It means slowing down. Taking the time you need, to stop, to wonder to learn. From...
Brandon Letsinger is an open source advocate, bioregionalist, movement builder and CascadiaNow! founder.
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