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.

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 we can best build the Cascadia movement, and we are very excited to keep this momentum going.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

In the face of the mounting spread of Coronavirus, Governor Jay Inslee announced via a statement a new ban on gatherings over 50 people and the temporary shut down of all restaurants, bars, entertainment and recreational facilities. Learn the latest news and how to stay prepared.

A note on the Nez Perce Language! Nez Perce is a highly endangered language. While sources differ on the exact number of fluent speakers, it is almost definitely under 100.

Originally published by Planet Drums Raise the Stakes, the following article is from Cascadia Institute director David McCloskey on what makes bioregional boundaries.

The Department of Bioregion is excited to launch our new Cascadia CoCreators network, a place for bioregionalists and movement designers to come together and co create our movement.

For the 7th iteration of the Cascadia Poetry Festival, SPLAB moves its bioregional cultural investigation to The Multiverse on San Juan Island. A gallery and island cultural center run by Jennifer, Ian and Gavia Boyden will provide a more intimate setting for festival attendees to go deeper into the intersection of poetics and bioregionalism.

How do you vote Cascadian? A step by step guide to how to vote in our electoral system in a bioregional way.

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is preparing the way to become the world’s largest electrified and hybrid ferry fleet.

This essay lays out the case and framework for a Cascadia Political Movement. Will you join us?

Senior Dean of Diplomacy provides a basic introduction and overview of the Department of Bioregion, Diplomats and our organizing structure. Reach out to trevor@deptofbioregion.org if you’d like to become more involved!

Cascadia, a bioregion with 16 million people and the world’s 9th largest economy must represent itself by leading a delegation to next week’s annual international climate summit known as COP25 in Madrid, Spain.