Magic Canoe
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We are a bioregional storytelling platform seeking to radically transform how we see the world, and how we act in it. Magic Canoe champions what works through uplifting stories of remarkable individuals and communities in Salmon Nation. magiccanoe.org
A rare Heiltsuk cedar bentwood box has returned after a long journey – from the plundering of a coastal community, to an auction room and desert living room, to its repatriation.
Read the entire article from @theguardian.com: buff.ly/ooexnxU
Read the entire article from @theguardian.com: buff.ly/ooexnxU
November 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
A rare Heiltsuk cedar bentwood box has returned after a long journey – from the plundering of a coastal community, to an auction room and desert living room, to its repatriation.
Read the entire article from @theguardian.com: buff.ly/ooexnxU
Read the entire article from @theguardian.com: buff.ly/ooexnxU
A podcast series, The Tipping Point, tells part of the true story of how we got into our current climate change predicament. We ignored the findings from the book, The Limits to Growth (1972).
Listen to the podcast to find out why: buff.ly/bXWBbv6
#ClimateChangeAwareness
#PodcastSeries
Listen to the podcast to find out why: buff.ly/bXWBbv6
#ClimateChangeAwareness
#PodcastSeries
November 13, 2025 at 11:01 PM
A podcast series, The Tipping Point, tells part of the true story of how we got into our current climate change predicament. We ignored the findings from the book, The Limits to Growth (1972).
Listen to the podcast to find out why: buff.ly/bXWBbv6
#ClimateChangeAwareness
#PodcastSeries
Listen to the podcast to find out why: buff.ly/bXWBbv6
#ClimateChangeAwareness
#PodcastSeries
It's been over a year since the largest dam removal project in history was completed. Amy Bowers Cordalis's book, The Water Remembers, shares an intergenerational story of the Yurok Tribe's fight to protect the Klamath River.
Read an interview with Cordalis from High Country News: buff.ly/eBbki4m
Read an interview with Cordalis from High Country News: buff.ly/eBbki4m
November 12, 2025 at 9:15 PM
It's been over a year since the largest dam removal project in history was completed. Amy Bowers Cordalis's book, The Water Remembers, shares an intergenerational story of the Yurok Tribe's fight to protect the Klamath River.
Read an interview with Cordalis from High Country News: buff.ly/eBbki4m
Read an interview with Cordalis from High Country News: buff.ly/eBbki4m
If you're a writer in Salmon Nation, we want to hear from you! We're searching for inspirational narratives from our beautiful bioregion.
Do you have a story you'd like to share with us? Send an email to nick@magiccanoe.org about the article you’d like to write.
Do you have a story you'd like to share with us? Send an email to nick@magiccanoe.org about the article you’d like to write.
November 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
If you're a writer in Salmon Nation, we want to hear from you! We're searching for inspirational narratives from our beautiful bioregion.
Do you have a story you'd like to share with us? Send an email to nick@magiccanoe.org about the article you’d like to write.
Do you have a story you'd like to share with us? Send an email to nick@magiccanoe.org about the article you’d like to write.
Sasha LaPointe's new book Thunder Song is out and tells the story of being a proud queer Indigenous woman in the United States.
The book uses Indigenous identity, stereotypes, climate change, and culture to teach us about the importance of community.
Learn more about the book: buff.ly/1rEuPBB
The book uses Indigenous identity, stereotypes, climate change, and culture to teach us about the importance of community.
Learn more about the book: buff.ly/1rEuPBB
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Sasha LaPointe's new book Thunder Song is out and tells the story of being a proud queer Indigenous woman in the United States.
The book uses Indigenous identity, stereotypes, climate change, and culture to teach us about the importance of community.
Learn more about the book: buff.ly/1rEuPBB
The book uses Indigenous identity, stereotypes, climate change, and culture to teach us about the importance of community.
Learn more about the book: buff.ly/1rEuPBB
Join a virtual conversation with Grist.org Senior Staff Writer Anita Hofschneider and Yurok attorney, activist, and author Amy Bowers Cordalis to talk about her new book "The Water Remembers."
Register for this free online event: buff.ly/IPiz6Xu
Register for this free online event: buff.ly/IPiz6Xu
November 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Join a virtual conversation with Grist.org Senior Staff Writer Anita Hofschneider and Yurok attorney, activist, and author Amy Bowers Cordalis to talk about her new book "The Water Remembers."
Register for this free online event: buff.ly/IPiz6Xu
Register for this free online event: buff.ly/IPiz6Xu
The Willamette Valley was once home to a white oak savannah. Today, only 3% of native white oak habitat remains.
From the start, Antica Terra's owner, Maggie Harrison, aims to show how wineries can operate in harmony with nature.
Learn how Harrison transformed her winery: buff.ly/Zk0aged
From the start, Antica Terra's owner, Maggie Harrison, aims to show how wineries can operate in harmony with nature.
Learn how Harrison transformed her winery: buff.ly/Zk0aged
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Willamette Valley was once home to a white oak savannah. Today, only 3% of native white oak habitat remains.
From the start, Antica Terra's owner, Maggie Harrison, aims to show how wineries can operate in harmony with nature.
Learn how Harrison transformed her winery: buff.ly/Zk0aged
From the start, Antica Terra's owner, Maggie Harrison, aims to show how wineries can operate in harmony with nature.
Learn how Harrison transformed her winery: buff.ly/Zk0aged
The Great Bear Rainforest is a magical place that feels ancient and thriving, though still impacted by humans.
Travel through Perry’s photos and words to unravel a story of harmony between science, conservation, and exploration.
Take a look at the full photo essay: buff.ly/UvZD12C
Travel through Perry’s photos and words to unravel a story of harmony between science, conservation, and exploration.
Take a look at the full photo essay: buff.ly/UvZD12C
November 7, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The Great Bear Rainforest is a magical place that feels ancient and thriving, though still impacted by humans.
Travel through Perry’s photos and words to unravel a story of harmony between science, conservation, and exploration.
Take a look at the full photo essay: buff.ly/UvZD12C
Travel through Perry’s photos and words to unravel a story of harmony between science, conservation, and exploration.
Take a look at the full photo essay: buff.ly/UvZD12C
As capitalism continues to crumble around us, there is more and more talk about what a regenerative economy could look like.
What makes an economy "regenerative?" We've narrowed it down to eight flexible principles. Uncover the eight principles on our website.
buff.ly/fn83Mpd
What makes an economy "regenerative?" We've narrowed it down to eight flexible principles. Uncover the eight principles on our website.
buff.ly/fn83Mpd
November 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
As capitalism continues to crumble around us, there is more and more talk about what a regenerative economy could look like.
What makes an economy "regenerative?" We've narrowed it down to eight flexible principles. Uncover the eight principles on our website.
buff.ly/fn83Mpd
What makes an economy "regenerative?" We've narrowed it down to eight flexible principles. Uncover the eight principles on our website.
buff.ly/fn83Mpd
One of Oregon’s largest transmission line projects finally began construction. However, PacifiCorp no longer plans to sell the power from the new line to its 805,000 customers. Instead, the power will likely go to a data center.
Read the full article to learn more: buff.ly/OQkz0hE
Read the full article to learn more: buff.ly/OQkz0hE
October 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
One of Oregon’s largest transmission line projects finally began construction. However, PacifiCorp no longer plans to sell the power from the new line to its 805,000 customers. Instead, the power will likely go to a data center.
Read the full article to learn more: buff.ly/OQkz0hE
Read the full article to learn more: buff.ly/OQkz0hE
Join Economic Futures on November 4 - 6 in San Francisco for The Economic Futures Summit: Investing in Indigenous-Led Sustainability Solutions.
This conference is a first-of-its-kind, Indigenous-led gathering.
Register to attend: buff.ly/ABeXYJL
This conference is a first-of-its-kind, Indigenous-led gathering.
Register to attend: buff.ly/ABeXYJL
October 29, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Join Economic Futures on November 4 - 6 in San Francisco for The Economic Futures Summit: Investing in Indigenous-Led Sustainability Solutions.
This conference is a first-of-its-kind, Indigenous-led gathering.
Register to attend: buff.ly/ABeXYJL
This conference is a first-of-its-kind, Indigenous-led gathering.
Register to attend: buff.ly/ABeXYJL
Did you catch our latest newsletter? A few stories that especially resonated with our readers:
- The Wild 500-Year History of Capitalism
- A Photo Essay From the Great Bear, the Largest Coastal Temperate Rainforest on Earth
- The Future of Wildfire Recovery in Sisters, Oregon
buff.ly/LFNtERU
- The Wild 500-Year History of Capitalism
- A Photo Essay From the Great Bear, the Largest Coastal Temperate Rainforest on Earth
- The Future of Wildfire Recovery in Sisters, Oregon
buff.ly/LFNtERU
October 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Did you catch our latest newsletter? A few stories that especially resonated with our readers:
- The Wild 500-Year History of Capitalism
- A Photo Essay From the Great Bear, the Largest Coastal Temperate Rainforest on Earth
- The Future of Wildfire Recovery in Sisters, Oregon
buff.ly/LFNtERU
- The Wild 500-Year History of Capitalism
- A Photo Essay From the Great Bear, the Largest Coastal Temperate Rainforest on Earth
- The Future of Wildfire Recovery in Sisters, Oregon
buff.ly/LFNtERU
Join the First Nations Development Institute online tomorrow for the third webinar in their Co-Stewardship and Co-Management series.
Listen as three contributors discuss the proposed path forward for how to work together to care for Indigenous lands.
Sign up: buff.ly/HLGZOab
Listen as three contributors discuss the proposed path forward for how to work together to care for Indigenous lands.
Sign up: buff.ly/HLGZOab
October 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Join the First Nations Development Institute online tomorrow for the third webinar in their Co-Stewardship and Co-Management series.
Listen as three contributors discuss the proposed path forward for how to work together to care for Indigenous lands.
Sign up: buff.ly/HLGZOab
Listen as three contributors discuss the proposed path forward for how to work together to care for Indigenous lands.
Sign up: buff.ly/HLGZOab
Most Americans will never experience what the Kipnuk and Kwigillingok communities in Western Alaska have.
In the wake of Typhoon Halong they have lost not only their homes, their familial villages, but their traditional homelands.
Read more and watch a five minute video: buff.ly/VbT4TOO
In the wake of Typhoon Halong they have lost not only their homes, their familial villages, but their traditional homelands.
Read more and watch a five minute video: buff.ly/VbT4TOO
October 28, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Most Americans will never experience what the Kipnuk and Kwigillingok communities in Western Alaska have.
In the wake of Typhoon Halong they have lost not only their homes, their familial villages, but their traditional homelands.
Read more and watch a five minute video: buff.ly/VbT4TOO
In the wake of Typhoon Halong they have lost not only their homes, their familial villages, but their traditional homelands.
Read more and watch a five minute video: buff.ly/VbT4TOO
Roughly 12 million tons of plastic enter our oceans every year. Since 2021, The Ocean Legacy Foundation, in B.C., has collected 1,544 tons of plastic from oceans and shorelines.
Read how Ocean Legacy processes its salvaged plastic into Legacy Plastic: buff.ly/aApcKXg
Read how Ocean Legacy processes its salvaged plastic into Legacy Plastic: buff.ly/aApcKXg
October 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Roughly 12 million tons of plastic enter our oceans every year. Since 2021, The Ocean Legacy Foundation, in B.C., has collected 1,544 tons of plastic from oceans and shorelines.
Read how Ocean Legacy processes its salvaged plastic into Legacy Plastic: buff.ly/aApcKXg
Read how Ocean Legacy processes its salvaged plastic into Legacy Plastic: buff.ly/aApcKXg
Recently, the current U.S. administration withdrew from the Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement, putting wild salmon at increased risk of extinction.
Join Save Our Wild Salmon for a virtual advocacy action hour to learn how to take collective action to defend salmon recovery. buff.ly/MqNrXFA
Join Save Our Wild Salmon for a virtual advocacy action hour to learn how to take collective action to defend salmon recovery. buff.ly/MqNrXFA
October 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Recently, the current U.S. administration withdrew from the Resilient Columbia Basin Agreement, putting wild salmon at increased risk of extinction.
Join Save Our Wild Salmon for a virtual advocacy action hour to learn how to take collective action to defend salmon recovery. buff.ly/MqNrXFA
Join Save Our Wild Salmon for a virtual advocacy action hour to learn how to take collective action to defend salmon recovery. buff.ly/MqNrXFA
For the first time in North America, wastewater is being harnessed for energy in Vancouver B.C.’s Olympic Village.
The sewage from homes is heated up and is turned into gas. That gas is used to heat clean water that is piped back into the nearby buildings.
Read more: buff.ly/q6io2FN
The sewage from homes is heated up and is turned into gas. That gas is used to heat clean water that is piped back into the nearby buildings.
Read more: buff.ly/q6io2FN
October 24, 2025 at 3:00 AM
For the first time in North America, wastewater is being harnessed for energy in Vancouver B.C.’s Olympic Village.
The sewage from homes is heated up and is turned into gas. That gas is used to heat clean water that is piped back into the nearby buildings.
Read more: buff.ly/q6io2FN
The sewage from homes is heated up and is turned into gas. That gas is used to heat clean water that is piped back into the nearby buildings.
Read more: buff.ly/q6io2FN
Season 7 of the Scene On Radio podcast traverses the 500-year history of capitalism.
In this season: capitalism, the world’s dominant economic system is on trial. The episodes tell the story of how people with power built and shaped capitalism over time.
Listen to episode one: buff.ly/x2SRv9j
In this season: capitalism, the world’s dominant economic system is on trial. The episodes tell the story of how people with power built and shaped capitalism over time.
Listen to episode one: buff.ly/x2SRv9j
October 24, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Season 7 of the Scene On Radio podcast traverses the 500-year history of capitalism.
In this season: capitalism, the world’s dominant economic system is on trial. The episodes tell the story of how people with power built and shaped capitalism over time.
Listen to episode one: buff.ly/x2SRv9j
In this season: capitalism, the world’s dominant economic system is on trial. The episodes tell the story of how people with power built and shaped capitalism over time.
Listen to episode one: buff.ly/x2SRv9j
Want to save trees? Put some sugar in your printer.
Social Print Paper uses sugar cane to make printing and copy paper. Read more about Social Print Paper's sugar sheet making process and how they're shaping the future of paper: buff.ly/wVRnxxt
#MagicCanoe
#RecycledPaper
#PaperMill
#BCBusiness
Social Print Paper uses sugar cane to make printing and copy paper. Read more about Social Print Paper's sugar sheet making process and how they're shaping the future of paper: buff.ly/wVRnxxt
#MagicCanoe
#RecycledPaper
#PaperMill
#BCBusiness
October 22, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Want to save trees? Put some sugar in your printer.
Social Print Paper uses sugar cane to make printing and copy paper. Read more about Social Print Paper's sugar sheet making process and how they're shaping the future of paper: buff.ly/wVRnxxt
#MagicCanoe
#RecycledPaper
#PaperMill
#BCBusiness
Social Print Paper uses sugar cane to make printing and copy paper. Read more about Social Print Paper's sugar sheet making process and how they're shaping the future of paper: buff.ly/wVRnxxt
#MagicCanoe
#RecycledPaper
#PaperMill
#BCBusiness
A mass evacuation of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok residents is underway in Western Alaska.
On October 12th, Typhoon Halong struck and displaced thousands in Western Alaska.
View the full photo essay on our website – linked on our profile.
buff.ly/UKjd3ZE
Article and photos by @alaskabeacon.com.
On October 12th, Typhoon Halong struck and displaced thousands in Western Alaska.
View the full photo essay on our website – linked on our profile.
buff.ly/UKjd3ZE
Article and photos by @alaskabeacon.com.
October 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
A mass evacuation of Kipnuk and Kwigillingok residents is underway in Western Alaska.
On October 12th, Typhoon Halong struck and displaced thousands in Western Alaska.
View the full photo essay on our website – linked on our profile.
buff.ly/UKjd3ZE
Article and photos by @alaskabeacon.com.
On October 12th, Typhoon Halong struck and displaced thousands in Western Alaska.
View the full photo essay on our website – linked on our profile.
buff.ly/UKjd3ZE
Article and photos by @alaskabeacon.com.
What would an Indigenous Law of the Sea look like?
Inspired by the Māori law of the sea in New Zealand, Wáahlaal Gíidaak envisions a more expansive document that spans geographies and nationalities.
Read the @grist.org interview with Gíidaak about her ocean advocacy work: buff.ly/wzzO88s
Inspired by the Māori law of the sea in New Zealand, Wáahlaal Gíidaak envisions a more expansive document that spans geographies and nationalities.
Read the @grist.org interview with Gíidaak about her ocean advocacy work: buff.ly/wzzO88s
October 20, 2025 at 10:00 PM
What would an Indigenous Law of the Sea look like?
Inspired by the Māori law of the sea in New Zealand, Wáahlaal Gíidaak envisions a more expansive document that spans geographies and nationalities.
Read the @grist.org interview with Gíidaak about her ocean advocacy work: buff.ly/wzzO88s
Inspired by the Māori law of the sea in New Zealand, Wáahlaal Gíidaak envisions a more expansive document that spans geographies and nationalities.
Read the @grist.org interview with Gíidaak about her ocean advocacy work: buff.ly/wzzO88s
Stories have the power to transform how we see the world and our place in it.
Sign up for our twice-monthly newsletter to receive a steady flow of inspirational narratives about people working to care for and protect Salmon Nation:
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Sign up for our twice-monthly newsletter to receive a steady flow of inspirational narratives about people working to care for and protect Salmon Nation:
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October 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Stories have the power to transform how we see the world and our place in it.
Sign up for our twice-monthly newsletter to receive a steady flow of inspirational narratives about people working to care for and protect Salmon Nation:
buff.ly/tStjk0P
Sign up for our twice-monthly newsletter to receive a steady flow of inspirational narratives about people working to care for and protect Salmon Nation:
buff.ly/tStjk0P
Stretching 250 miles along the coast of British Columbia, it’s the largest intact coastal temperate rainforest on Earth!
In our latest Story Immersion, travel through Perry’s photos and words to learn about this fragile ecosystem.
Take a look at the full photo essay: buff.ly/rznlTtt
In our latest Story Immersion, travel through Perry’s photos and words to learn about this fragile ecosystem.
Take a look at the full photo essay: buff.ly/rznlTtt
October 17, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Stretching 250 miles along the coast of British Columbia, it’s the largest intact coastal temperate rainforest on Earth!
In our latest Story Immersion, travel through Perry’s photos and words to learn about this fragile ecosystem.
Take a look at the full photo essay: buff.ly/rznlTtt
In our latest Story Immersion, travel through Perry’s photos and words to learn about this fragile ecosystem.
Take a look at the full photo essay: buff.ly/rznlTtt
A Vancouver, B.C. landmark is getting a dramatic retrofit to cut emissions.
To understand the largely hidden science experiment that Science World is close to finishing, read the full article and watch the seven-minute clip: buff.ly/NWrvQvX
#ScienceWorldVancouver
#LowEmissions
#Retrofit
To understand the largely hidden science experiment that Science World is close to finishing, read the full article and watch the seven-minute clip: buff.ly/NWrvQvX
#ScienceWorldVancouver
#LowEmissions
#Retrofit
October 15, 2025 at 4:31 PM
A Vancouver, B.C. landmark is getting a dramatic retrofit to cut emissions.
To understand the largely hidden science experiment that Science World is close to finishing, read the full article and watch the seven-minute clip: buff.ly/NWrvQvX
#ScienceWorldVancouver
#LowEmissions
#Retrofit
To understand the largely hidden science experiment that Science World is close to finishing, read the full article and watch the seven-minute clip: buff.ly/NWrvQvX
#ScienceWorldVancouver
#LowEmissions
#Retrofit
Cairnspring Mills, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR), and tribal partners are reshaping the future of flour.
Cairnspring Mills is expanding with a new facility on the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
Learn how the mill is improving food sovereignty: buff.ly/3u8T2No
Cairnspring Mills is expanding with a new facility on the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
Learn how the mill is improving food sovereignty: buff.ly/3u8T2No
October 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Cairnspring Mills, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR), and tribal partners are reshaping the future of flour.
Cairnspring Mills is expanding with a new facility on the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
Learn how the mill is improving food sovereignty: buff.ly/3u8T2No
Cairnspring Mills is expanding with a new facility on the Umatilla Indian Reservation.
Learn how the mill is improving food sovereignty: buff.ly/3u8T2No