Replicable & Scalable Ideas

Creating new narratives for how to live well in Salmon Nation

Determined People, Inspired Stories

Coastal Communities/Marine, Indigenous

November 11, 2025

Two days in Port Alberni, Vancouver Island, B.C., for the annual Migratory Salmon Potlatch 

Podcasts, Collective Learning

November 9, 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.

Indigenous, Salmon

November 7, 2025

A Q&A with Amy Bowers Cordalis about her new book on the multigenerational effort towards dam removal.

Indigenous, Coastal Communities/Marine

October 20, 2025

From deep-sea mining to climate change, this Indigenous woman sees a better future for the world's oceans.

Coastal Communities/Marine, Indigenous

October 16, 2025

Typhoon Halong struck western Alaska on October 12, displacing thousands. A historic airlift evacuation is mobilizing now, working together to keep residents safe.

The Great Bear: Photography from British Columbia’s Central Coast

Words & Photography by:
Owen Perry

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

December 10, 2025

A webinar exploring Columbia Land Trust’s tools and techniques for caring for estuaries.

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