Programs
Fostering the Stillness of Listening through the Cascadia Bioregion
Join our community of practice: Gathering Cascadia, on Hylo.
Connect with the community of Cascadia Bioregionalists in the Mid-Cascadia / North Willamette River Valley!
Stack's Programs
Cascadia Climate Cafe
Witnessing ecological harm together, weaving stories to express feelings; and seeking personal resilience during uncertain times.Participants are introduced to the North Star of bioregionalism towards a regenerative and just future. Circles are held online for ALL of Cascadia to join.
Monthly, on the third Thursday at 7:30-8:30 PM.
Climate Moxie Facilitator Training
Education: ARCHIVED PROGRAM. Becoming a Climate Moxie Facilitator will inform your work as a sustainable leader, navigating others through The Great Turning. Your community needs you!
CLIMA-sphere Network
Workshops & Presentations: Archived program. CONTACT: [email protected]
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About Cascadia Stack
Cultivating a legacy of understanding and perception.
We see the displacement and genocide of Native Peoples by colonial settlers as harms that may never be forgotten. The work of Cascadia Stack takes place on the lands where people once lived sustainably, with pride and harmony. The communities and summer encampments along the Columbia and Willamette rivers were the place of harvest and home amongst the plentiful natural resources of the watersheds for thousands of years. We support Indigenous activists and the MMWIP movement; and all those that advocate to regenerate this stolen land.
Values Statement
We envision neighborhood-level support group gatherings, and normalizing self-care throughout the Cascadia bioregion.A community of practice to “stack” personal coping & resilience skills about climate / poly crisis and safety.
Motivation for advocating, marching, and holding space for climate conversations can lead some of us more empathetic individuals to cynicism, anger, overwhelm, exhaustion, or, eventually, simply checking out. Our Belongings Circles ask participants to acknowledge all those feelings.Cascadia Stack empowers regular folx to become leaders amongst their peer networks by practicing personal grace, gratitude, and grit. (The 3 G’s). Belonging Circles for Resilience welcome all (LGBTQ+ and all humans) as a bioregional community of personal-resilience practicing and like-minded souls.The founder of this organization checks many boxes on the diversity spectrum. We invite you to be-real and be-long.
Community Voices
“I just love that this exists. We as a society especially those who are in the fight for climate justice need it.”
----------“Very comforting and relaxed atmosphere that seemed to allow everyone to share and trust.”
----------[I enjoyed] "new connections, meeting like-minded activists and eco-workers."
----------“I was surprised to learn that so many others in the Circle are experiencing similar feelings as I am. It's helpful to hear climate concerns given an audible voice. So many of us are struggling with how to talk through our concerns about the future with friends and family - climate change topics are generally avoided in social settings.”
Theory of Social Change
Critical thinking | Long-term | Pro-future | Bioregionalism
As a participant of our three programs, the individual will move through and around these three cycles. Based on studies, climate-thinkers and professionals, belonging to a community of practice will increase an individual's a sense of determination.
Consider donating if you understand this need so that we can build upon these milestones.
Moxies: Resilient, Sustaining, Ready to guide peers.
Theory of Social Change
| Understanding | Acknowledging | Including |
|---|---|---|
| Climate impacts are increasingly apparent. The poly crisis touches so many aspects of local life, to cultures with myriad effects. | Realize personal somatic responses. Sit with discomfort, process feelings, and seek support from others. | Practice trust. Listen without judgment. Practice empathy with boundaries, allow others their own perspectives. |
Join our STACK of Supporters!
Since 2023, Cascadia Stack has held dozens of Circles, with both first-time and returning participants. The biggest challenge so far has been building trust. Now in our fourth year, Cascadia Stack is leaning into bringing new folks into the movement through educational events, i.e., the Cascadia Day Gathering in May. To continue grow its mission, Stack needs your help.
United Nations Sustainable Development Goal #3
Become a Supporter
Would you like to contribute to the Bioregionalism Resilience Movement in the Mid-Cascadia / North Willamette River Valley?
All funds raised are tax-deductible.Your gift will be used for contractors' work, digital tools subscriptions, printing, domains, and web hosting. Use these links to be directed to our fiscal sponsor’s page, Cascadia Now! for single and recurring gift donations.Based in the Portland metro, Cascadia Stack is a nonprofit community project of Cascadia Now, a 501c3 organization.
Stack can accept tax-deductible donations.
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