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History of the Doug Flag

This flag was conceived in 1993 when Alexander Baretich was sitting on a hill in Eastern Europe homesick for the conifer trees he grew up with.  Earlier digital imagines of the flag were not how he originally imagined it.  Most of those early digital versions displayed a full color tree.   Eventually in 2004-2005,…...

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Cascadia Day is Tomorrow, Monday May 18th! Come Celebrate

Tomorrow, Monday May 18th is Cascadia Day! While we won't be celebrating in person, we'd love to invite you to make a post, share a favorite picture, and together let's get #Cascadia trending....

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Join a Cascadia Work Group

We are excited to announce that we are creating several work groups from our Envision Cascadia Conference, and would love to invite you to join us. We had more than 150 people register for 8 different sessions that took place over 2 weeks in which people gathered to explore how…...

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#Cascadia trending after #WestCoastPact announced by governors

After Washington, Oregon, and California governors announced the launch of a Western States Pact in the face of a federal government unwilling to act on COVID-19 relief, #Cascadia , #Calexit and #Secession quickly began trending on twitter and other social media platforms....

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Washington, Oregon and California agree to Western States Pact

Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom, Oregon Governor Kate Brown and Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced an agreement on a shared vision for reopening their economies and controlling COVID-19 into the future....

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Bioregionalism & Football: Welcome to Cascadia – New article by @MagazineCaviar & @FCGeopolitics

Inspired by a FC Geopolitic Twitter thread documenting the Cascadia Football Team and their first appearance at the CONIFA World Cup in London in 2018, online sports magazine Caviar released a wonderful article on Sports and Bioregionalism....

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Cayuga Bioregional Map

The Cayuga Basin Bioregional Map was created in 2002 by artist Sandra Wold and depicts the Lake Owasca watershed in New York....

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Remembering Mike Barnes – By Lansing Scott

Remembering Mike Barnes, who passed away last Sunday. Founder of RAIN and the Alliance in Portland, and a deep bioregionalist & Cascadian....

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Announcing Cascadia ZOOM Organizing Calls

The Department of Bioregion is excited to announce a series of Zoom organizing calls for everyone who has ever been interested in Cascadia or believes in the idea & movement....

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Watershed Guide: A Companion to Living Here by the Frisco Bay Mussel Group (1977)

Watershed Guide: A Companion to Living Here was created by the Frisco Bay Mussel Group and one of the earliest publications of the group....

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