The Cascadia Poetry Festival is an international event which seeks to bioregionally animate & culturally construct Cascadia by gathering writers, artists, scientists and activists to collaborate, discover and foster deeper connection between all inhabitants and the place itself.

The second Cascadia Poetry Festival is scheduled for May 2-4, 2014, at Seattle University. Details are forthcoming. Information on Cascadia I (2012) is here.



The Cascadia Poetry Festival Advisory Board is listed here.



David McCloskey of the Cascadia Institute is a Consulting Faculty Member.

David McCloskey is a long-time bioregionalist. He taught Sociology, Ecology, and Geography

at Seattle University for many years. Known as “the Father of Cascadia,” he has spoken,

organized, and written widely on Cascadia & the Bioregional Vision. He made the first maps

of “Cascadia” & “The Ecoregions of Cascadia,” and is currently working on “The Bioregions

of Western North America.”

In search of the spirit of place, he has also compiled an anthology of

Cascadian Poetry in 4 movements: “Mountains, Rivers, Sea, and Sky.”

He retired in 2004, and moved back home to Eugene to remodel

the family homestead, and run the Cascadia Institute.