Cascadia is several things. First, it is our bio-region and home. The geographic boundaries differ depending on who you talk to, but most definitions include portions of Canada, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and northern California. Cascadia, also referred to as Salmon Nation, is outlined both by the coastline and rivers that reach deep into its lands– anywhere Pacific salmon have ever run. Cascadian initiatives range from instilling a sense of place, to a full-on movement to secede from the federal governments in the US and Canada based on the belief those governments are not serving their interests.
Additionally, Cascadia/Salmon Nation is an ethos and an alliance of “community caretakers and citizens” that says we should make decisions that affect our land, neighborhoods, and people for the benefit of both for future generations, ad infinitum. This ethos and community is what Cascadian Edible Landscapes is promoting, along with social and economic (FOOD) justice, environmental sanity, community building. We are empowering people to grow their own food and striving to network people into community nodes. The positive networks that spin from this are unforeseeable, but certain ala City Repair projects.
