Cascadia Underground

06/16/2022

Happy Thursday Cascadia! Today we proudly present "What is Bioregionalism?", a great starting point for newer Cascadians or just an interesting read for those already well versed.

This piece was originally published in "Home! A Bioregional Reader" and we hope you check it out!

https://cascadiaunderground.org/?p=14744

06/15/2022

Hello Cascadia! Today, Cascadia Underground is proud to present "Self Government", a piece from our archival library.

Originally published in "Home! A Bioregional Reader", the piece talks about a plethora of different ways in which a region can be self-governing.

To check it out, visit our website here!

This piece was originally published in Home! A Bioregional Reader, edited by Van Andruss, Christopher Plant, Judith Plant, and Eleanor Wright, New Society Publishers, copyright 1990. “Active bioregionalists don’t merely raise their hands to vote on issues but also find ways to interact positivel...

06/08/2022

Hello Cascadia! Another week means another round of content from us here at Cascadia Underground!

Today we have an archival piece from our library titled "Fantasy of a Living Future" by Starhawk, who famously wrote "The Spiral Dance" as well.

Check it out here!

by Starhawk This piece was originally published in Home! A Bioregional Reader, edited by Van Andruss, Christopher Plant, Judith Plant, and Eleanor Wright, New Society Publishers, copyright 1990. You are walking the dogs up on the hill they call La Matria, the Mother’s Womb. Below is spread a spark...

05/18/2022

Very Happy !

As an center based here in Seattle & region wide collective we couldn't be more excited to be working with such an amazing movement to empower voices around issues most important to them, as well as Cascadia, bioregionalism and citizen journalism. Needed now more than ever.

05/21/2021

Topography of the Bioregional Movement - by Sheila Purcell. Our latest article scanned and uploaded by our archivist in resident Quinn Collard. Read the full article at:

by Sheila Rose Purcell This piece was originally published in Home! A Bioregional Reader, edited by Van Andruss, Christopher Plant, Judith Plant, and Eleanor Wright, New Society Publishers, copyright 1990. There are many more ways of applying bioregional ideas, and more people and groups doing so, t...

02/21/2021

There is a Cascadia Discord server starting up for those interested at https://discord.gg/fFE2gEsz. Lot of great energy so far, and it's kind of great to having something not on Facebook. All are welcome, just ask folks come positively and treat other people like humans.

Check out the Cascadia Community community on Discord - hang out with 62 other members and enjoy free voice and text chat.

01/10/2021

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09/29/2020

Join the movement: We’re marching. We’re mobilizing. We’re making history. On October 17th, there will be a Womxn’s March to Protest Filling RBG’s Supreme Court Seat. The Women’s March group will host a nationwide march on October 17 “to send an unmistakable message of our fierce opposition to Trump and his agenda, including his attempt to fill Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Supreme Court seat. [ 217 more words ]

Join the movement: We’re marching. We’re mobilizing. We’re making history. On October 17th, there will be a Womxn’s March to Protest Filling RBG’s Supreme Court Seat. The Women’s March group will host a nationwide march on October 17 “to send an unmistakable message of our fierce oppos...

09/28/2020

The North American Bioregional Congress: Reinhabiting Turtle Island by Erik Haugland 253 "A growing number of people are recognizing that in order to secure the clean air, water and food that we need to healthfully survive, we have to become guardians of the places where we live”. This statement by the first North American Biore­gional Congress defines the central goal of bioregion­alism: to re-establish the connection between people and the place where they live. [ 1,983 more word ]

The North American Bioregional Congress: Reinhabiting Turtle Island by Erik Haugland “A growing number of people are recognizing that in order to secure the clean air, water and food that we need to healthfully survive, we have to become guardians of the places where we live”. This statement by ...

09/20/2020

Free Chinook Jargon Classes Starting Oct 1st: Open to anyone in the world and people of any age through Lane Community College.

Open to anyone in the world and people of any age, you can take free online Chinook Jargon classes for college credit at Lane Community College. For those not familiar, Chinook Jargon (also known as Chinuk Wawa, or Chinook Wawa) was the lingua francais of the Cascadia bioregion for several hundred y...

09/03/2020

Here in Seattle, in honor of Black Business Month, an awesome group of folks has stepped up to create the Seattle Black Pages, a directory of black and minority owned businesses that every person can support. Recently, their successful Kickstarter allowed them to raise more than $12,000 from 770 backers, and the directory includes more than 100 businesses. If you support Black Lives Matter one of the most important ways you can show it beyond stepping up to a march, rally or protest is to speak with your dollars. [ 223 more words ]

Here in Seattle, in honor of Black Business Month, an awesome group of folks has stepped up to create the Seattle Black Pages, a directory of black and minority owned businesses that every person can support. Recently, their successful Kickstarter allowed them to raise more than $12,000 from 770 bac...

09/02/2020

Shared Zoom Call with special guests from Planet Drum Foundation & the Terran Collective. Thursday, September 3rd 2020 at 5-6:30pm Bioregionalism is about getting to know a place and its myths, mysteries, terrain, history, relationships, culture, and ecological processes. Numerous visionaries and scholars have written that the bioregion presents a manageable and ecologically appropriate scale for humbly re-rooting degradative human cultures with the Earth. [ 275 more words ]

Shared Zoom Call with special guests from Planet Drum Foundation & the Terran Collective. Thursday, September 3rd 2020 at 5-6:30pm Bioregionalism is about getting to know a place and its myths, mysteries, terrain, history, relationships, culture, and ecological processes. Numerous visionaries and sc...