Replicable & Scalable Ideas

Creating new narratives for how to live well in Salmon Nation

Determined People, Inspired Stories

Podcasts, Collective Learning

October 1, 2025

A Peabody-nominated podcast from the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University tells the story of the world’s dominant economic system—how it emerged and evolved over the centuries—and explores how it might be transformed.

Environment, Climate

September 27, 2025

An interview with Citizens4Community executive director Kellen Klein explores their solidarity work in central Oregon, building community durability through relationships.

What Works, Local Economies

September 23, 2025

Billions of disposable diapers end up in North American landfills yearly. Carrie Pollak’s firm is trying better ways.

Climate, Forestry, From Magic Canoe

September 19, 2025

A new program at Chico State University demonstrates the restorative power of connecting with the environment to turn loss into community strength. Does it work?

Indigenous, Local Economies

September 3, 2025

The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde is learning new ways to grow native plants for public and private lands.

From Magic Canoe

This year, Kh’asheechtlaa, Louise Brady, a Tlingit matriarch, along with residents of Sitka, watched the extraordinary return of the herring, an abundance that once sustained Indigenous people for millennia.

By Spencer B. Beebe

Discover Ideas/The Tyee

From Alaska to California, people are creating successful enterprises that are low carbon, attuned to the ecology, and locally rooted. They’re employing, training, producing, and sustaining. Here you’ll find regular reports on what works for the bioregional economy we need.

Resources

A section devoted to relevant books, podcasts, films, documentaries, reports, and other resources, recommended items that help us make sense of our bioregion and the world. It’s stuff we like and hope you will, too.

Upcoming Events

Change comes through connection. On the ground. In person. Together. Take a look at our list of local events and join us to celebrate and co-create lasting solutions within Salmon Nation.

Events

October 1, 2025
– October 3, 2025

A vibrant gathering in Seattle, celebrating Native food systems and Tribal Food Sovereignty. The Native Grown & Gathered Food Expo unites Tribal nations, food producers, chefs, and advocates across the Northwest, Rocky Mountains, and beyond.

Events

October 22, 2025

In this free webinar, learn about the impacts of toxic pollution, new research in the Columbia River Basin, and what we can do to reduce toxics in the river.

Events

November 4, 2025
– November 6, 2025

The inaugural Economic Futures Summit is a first-of-its-kind, Indigenous-led gathering to galvanize sustainability solutions and create new pathways for evolving the economy and confronting the climate and nature crises.

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