Cascadia movement in the context of "Independence movement"

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⭐ Core Definition: Cascadia movement

The Cascadia movement is a collection of various heterogeneous movements seeking greater autonomy for the Pacific Northwest through a political coalition of the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington and the Canadian province of British Columbia. Included in the movements is an independence movement seeking to establish a Cascadian federation, an economic movement for the creation of a single market, a bioregionalist movement for the Cascadia bioregion, and a nationalist or cultural movement for the creation of a Cascadian national identity superseding identification with the state/territory or federal government.

The movement is largely centered in the major cities of Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver, although the bioregion also includes Idaho and the Alaskan Panhandle, along with small parts of California, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, and Yukon. More conservative advocates for Cascadian federalism propose borders that include the land west of the crest of the Cascade Range, while some advocates propose borders as far north as Alaska and the Yukon region.

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Cascadia movement in the context of Bioregionalism

Bioregionalism is a philosophy that suggests that political, cultural, and economic systems are more sustainable and just if they are organized around naturally defined areas called bioregions (similar to ecoregions). Bioregions are defined through physical and environmental features, including watershed boundaries and soil and terrain characteristics. Bioregionalism stresses that the determination of a bioregion is also a cultural phenomenon, and emphasizes local populations, knowledge, and solutions.

Bioregionalism is a concept that goes beyond national boundaries—an example is the concept of Cascadia, a region that is sometimes considered to consist of most of Oregon and Washington, the Alaska Panhandle, the far north of California and the West Coast of Canada, sometimes also including some or all of Idaho and western Montana. Another example of a bioregion, which does not cross national boundaries, but does overlap state lines, is the Ozarks, a bioregion also referred to as the Ozarks Plateau, which consists of southern Missouri, northwest Arkansas, the northeast corner of Oklahoma, southeast corner of Kansas.

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← Bioregionalism
LINKS TO (CHILDREN)
Pacific Northwest → U.S. state → Oregon → Washington (state) → Provinces and territories of Canada → British Columbia → Independence movement → Federation → Single market → Bioregionalism → Cascadia (bioregion) → Nationalism → Cultural movement → National identity → Portland, Oregon → Seattle → Vancouver → Idaho → Southeast Alaska → California → Montana → Nevada → Utah → Wyoming → Yukon → Cascade Range → Alaska → Yukon River Basin →