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Coastal Communities/Marine

April 15, 2025

The SeaBank Chronicles

Enjoy these 7-minute audio portals to science and mystery in Southeast Alaska.
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From Magic Canoe

February 4, 2025

Environmental justice is only the beginning

If the U.S. ever hopes to be in right relationship with the lands and waters it has seized, it must first restore its relationship with Indigenous peoples.
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Indigenous, Salmon

April 1, 2025

How the Klamath Dams Came Down

Last year, tribal nations in Oregon and California won a decades-long fight for the largest dam removal in U.S. history. This is their story.
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Indigenous, Local Economies, What Works

March 31, 2025

Prince Rupert’s Bread and Butter

Saltwater Bakery, run by the Gitxaała Nation, embodies a holistic approach to economic development and community wellness.
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Collective Learning, Podcasts

February 21, 2025

The Future is Local: Bioregioning 101 

The past century has been marked by the rise of globalization in every sense of the word - through production, culture, agriculture, consumption and more. This trend has brought great wealth and opportunities to many people - but what have we lost and forgotten through this process?
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From Magic Canoe

Sparrowhawk Native Plants helps gardeners build backyard habitats, while helping local partners flourish, too.

By Griffin O’Neill

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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.

What Works

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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.

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