Replicable & Scalable Ideas

Creating new narratives for how to live well in Salmon Nation

Determined People, Inspired Stories

From Magic Canoe, Coastal Communities/Marine

January 15, 2026

Vancouver, Canada, British Columbia’s largest city, has been attempting to recover its many paved-over waterways. But can what’s been lost ever come back?

Indigenous

January 14, 2026

An overused phrase goes under the microscope.

What Works, Energy, Local Economies

January 8, 2026

How Moment Energy harvests and puts to work batteries from worn-out electric cars.

Collective Learning

January 5, 2026

Here are five resources our Magic Canoe staff found in 2025 that oriented us to the moment, and to a promising future.

Indigenous, Salmon

December 4, 2025

An unprecedented project to reconnect fish migration routes in western Washington State is showing exciting signs of ecological and cultural benefits.

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

January 29, 2026

Join us for a conversation that will address using our purchasing power and investment dollars to nourish a bioregional economy.

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