Collective Learning

An interview with systems thinker, educator, and designer Howard Silverman, to learn more about ‘Warm Data’ and an upcoming training in Portland.

By: Nicholas Triolo

For your summer adventures, here are our favorite audio experiences that will inspire, inform, and activate systems change in the bioregion.

By: Magic Canoe

Beyond Ecological Grief is a six-part podcast, based in Salmon Nation, investigating the emotional realities of living through a planetary health crisis.

By: Magic Canoe

As Native students seek careers in conservation and Indigenous-led stewardship, the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission has partnered with University of Washington to create a solution.

By: Nicholas Triolo

Faye Cox, founder and editor-in-chief of Hourbooks, is dedicated to creating a library of hour-long books on essential topics for this critical time on the planet—books that are accessible and authoritative. Small books on big topics.

By: Nicholas Triolo

A podcast series about the rise of mariculture along the Oregon coast.

By: Kaïa Kirkbride

“Ologies” is a comedic science podcast hosted and produced by writer, actress, science-correspondent, comedian, and self-proclaimed “pod-dad” Alie Ward. The series has, previously, been recognized as one of Time Magazine’s top 50 podcasts.

By: Kaïa Kirkbride

A joyful, mind-expanding exploration of an ancient, urgent idea: that rivers are living beings who should be recognized as such in imagination and law. 

By: Robert Macfarlane

2026 marks the ten-year anniversary of the Indigenous resistance at Standing Rock in North Dakota. This book is a must-read history of the movement.

By: Nick Estes

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

By: Magic Canoe

Grab a paddle. It’s time to work together.

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