Then, in the 1970s, David McCloskey, an ecological studies professor at Seattle University, defined Cascadia in terms of the bioregion and Cascadia began to morph from simply being a geographical area to representing a socioeconomic and cultural movement, one that believes landscape should inform lifestyle and political thought. Gary Snyder, the poet and essayist, describes the waters of Puget Sound as “salmon-rich” and the forests as “a marvelous expression of wild.” Although writers often refer to Cascadia as a utopia and a source of harmony, Joel Garreau, a former Washington Post reporter and editor, once observed on a visit to Oregon that “Paradise, as it turns out, smells like bee glue.” Named for its cascading waterfalls, Cascadia is considered a heaven of fresh water, rushing rivers, and dense foliage.
Some months prior, Donovan had purchased several acres of land to “serve as the spiritual and cultural home in the Cascadia bioregion.” Public outrage ensued and for weeks irate Oregonians, including my mother, demanded the kid face stiff consequences.Īmong the people posting lamentations on social media was Jack Donovan, the alt-right leader of The Wolves of Vinland’s Cascadia chapter. Forty-eight thousand acres of Cascadia burned in a fire that now has its own Wikipedia page. In September, while I was visiting my family in Oregon, a fifteen year old from Vancouver recklessly threw fireworks into the Eagle Creek Canyon along the Columbia River Gorge. It’s no surprise that the Pacific Northwest produced a man like Baretich who’s proud of his birthplace and enraged over threats to the land. Then he overlaid these stripes with a Doug fir to symbolize resilience against “catastrophic change,” reaffirming the region’s long-standing fear of contamination and dislike of interlopers. He designed it with three horizontal stripes of blue, white, and green for the colors of nature, expressing the conviction among Oregonians that Cascadia is perfect in its natural state. We are all the Cascadian, and together, we are the Cascadia movement.In 1995, a Portlander named Alexander Baretich was in Eastern Europe studying nationalism when he conceived a flag for Cascadia, an area encompassing the Pacific Northwest and sometimes beyond, depending on who you ask. We encourage every community, business, organization and individual to modify it for their own eco-region or cause, to help share the idea, around the common principles and values laid out in our Theory of Change. It is a grassroots, and people powered brand for every person interested in protecting our bioregion, improving our livelihood, and helping make the world a better place. The Doug flag is an open source, not for profit symbol for the Cascadia bioregion, and the Cascadia movement.
Symbols pervade our life at every level that we do, and it’s more important than ever that we also share some symbols into the world that are able to represent our values and principles. The Cascadia Doug Flag is a symbol that represents our bioregion and movement. Please make sure to get permission and attribute the flag creator Alexander Baretich, and read his statement against use for any type of perceived hate speech.ĭOUG FLAG VECTOR IMAGE (AI) – Adobe Illustrator File The Cascadia Doug Flag is held in a copyright by the flag creator Alexander Baretich and his company the Cascadia Flag Cooperative Inc. Using the Doug Flag: An Open Source Symbol & Brand
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