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Read the full article from @thetyee.ca to learn more about how Recertified Furniture is changing the way we shop.
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Refurbishing old furniture is one way to keep it from ending up in the landfill. Recertified Furniture has built its business around this concept. It takes unwanted furniture from customers and businesses across Greater Victoria, B.C., repairs the pieces, and resells them at a discount to buyers.
An estimated 12 million tons of furniture in the United States are sent to landfills each year. Another 670,000 tonnes are thrown out in Canada.
“If it wasn’t for these fish I wouldn’t be here today. My people would have died off a long time ago. We can’t walk away from this and we will not walk away from this,” said Jeff Mitchell, of the Klamath Tribes.
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To us, home is a flowing system of relations that feed life in our bioregion.
In his book, "Is the River Alive?", Robert Macfarlane makes the case that, if rivers are alive, then everything upon which that river depends is also alive and sacred.
Read the book to learn more: buff.ly/Rb0Tbtc
Kipnuk, a community of about 700 people, are preparing for the potential relocation of their village. They have spent weeks, and countless hours, collecting votes from tribal residents in regards to moving the village.
Read the article to learn what's informing their decision: buff.ly/Kexj7at
Join our friend at the Tidelines Institute in the Southeast Alaskan wilderness, July 10-17, for an engaging course in environmental rhetoric.
This course is for ages 18+ who are passionate about the natural world and looking to develop their persuasive public speaking skills.
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The EPA wants to eliminate one of the few ways that tribes can protect their water.
If passed, the revision would dissolve one of the few tools tribes have to enforce treaty rights.
Read the full article from @grist.org: buff.ly/u9M3oYo
The virtual hour (video recording available in our bio) explores "bioregioning," how modern human societies can be more sustainable, successful, and meaningful when our political, cultural, and economic systems are organized within natural boundaries such as bioregions.
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What if all human societies saw themselves as part of nature?
Last October, we were moved by this simple yet profound question during a webinar, "Exploring Bioregioning" with Australian Earth Laws Alliance.
Read the article, originally featured in @highcountrynews.org, to learn more about recent land returns happening in Salmon Nation and in other parts of the U.S.
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California has helped fund other land returns, too, including nearly 900 acres bordering Yosemite National Park that were returned to the Southern Sierra Miwuk Tribe in December. In October, the Tule River Indian Tribe reclaimed 17,030 acres in the Central Valley.
Ancestral lands are being returned to tribes.
Last summer, 14,000 acres encompassing the Blue Creek watershed in northern California were returned to the Yurok tribe. This transfer was the largest tribal land return in the state’s history.
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Power outages are becoming a regular problem on the Colville Reservation in Washington.
Colville Tribes hope to eventually become self-sufficient and use only power generated on their homelands.
Read the article from @underscore-news.bsky.social to learn more: buff.ly/mDkll8q
Join us for a fun, engaging evening with the newest voices on our campaign team as they talk climate, conservation, forests and how they connect their work to the moment we’re in.
🕖️ Wednesday, February 25 | 7:00 P.M.
📍Heritage Hall, #Vancouver
Last year was an uphill battle for wild salmon conservation.
The 2026 Fish and Wildlife Program is one of the few remaining tools left to protect salmon, uphold Tribal treaty rights, and hold the Bonneville Power Administration accountable.
Sign the petition: buff.ly/56D1iIB
In December 2023, we partnered with @thetyee.ca, an award-winning independent online publication based in Vancouver, B.C., to produce a regular, solutions-driven series called “What Works.”
Take a look at the most-read stories of the series: buff.ly/zdbSZhU
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Read the article from the Revelator to learn how budget cuts are impacting the invaluable salmon restoration project on the Olympic Peninsula.
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However, budget cuts continue to undermine salmon restoration. In 2025, Olympic Park’s fisheries team was cut to five employees. Now, at the beginning of 2026, only one staff member, an intern, remains, due to budget cuts.
Over a hundred years later, advocacy by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and conservation groups led to the removal of two dams that had been blocking salmon's access to 90% of the river. Since then, the Olympic Peninsula has been regaining status as a salmon hotspot.
For centuries the Elwha River on Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula supported some of the West Coast’s most impressive salmon runs.
Watch this exciting new trailer for the upcoming film, “Running Wild: Return to the River,”
Narrated by Liam Neeson and produced in partnership with the Wild Salmon Center, this IMAX film will be released this spring.
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Oregon is facing a record-breaking snow drought.
If conditions don’t change soon, Oregon cities, aquatic wildlife, and wildfire season could all face challenges.
Read the full article from @opb.org to learn why scientists believe the snow drought is happening: buff.ly/BHi7gnk
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Magic Canoe has the stories to help you envision an equitable future. We share stories from changemakers who are putting their innovative and radical ideas into action. They're testing, thinking, playing, and creating to see what sticks. They’re showing us new ways to live in harmony with nature.
The reality is, we can dream of a better future all we want. But what actually transforms dreams into reality? Transformation happens when you know, concretely, what you're building toward.
With public lands consistently under threat, these days, a lot of people are:
- Overwhelmed
- Exhausted
- Confused about where to spend their energy
Mel Lehan wanted to bring a stream back to life again.
Tatlow Creek, had been buried near his home in Vancouver, British Columbia, for the past thirty years. But a couple of summers ago, Vancouver’s park board restored it.
Read the full article to learn more: buff.ly/wvS2i42
How are orca populations in the Salish Sea faring? We invite you to watch the short film “All Our Relations: Tribute to the Orca” to find out.
Indigenous communities' ancient kinship with orcas and salmon is essential to survival of these creatures.
Watch the film: buff.ly/0AS7rZI