Welcome to the interactive map / blog of the 2013 Cascadia Sustainability Field School. We are a group of UVic geography students traveling down the coast from Victoria, BC to San Francisco, CA meeting with community groups, First Nations, planners, academics and others grappling with the pressing social, ecological, economic and cultural challenges in our region.

Our trip to the Oregon Coast was reinvigorating to say the least; the overall consensus of our trip to the coast was that it was well-timed downtime, was great to get out of the city, and be able to decompress for a few days. As we wound the coastline on our way to Seaside, looking around at the group on the bus (aside from the few green faces), you could see the big city tension melting away. It was a well-needed rest that allowed us to study and focus on the goals of our field school, as well as gain a new perspective of the region of Cascadia.

Dispatches from Fremont, Earth: Fremont was Lenin and the Troll, Pike Place, P-Patches, the most delicious pie, and Paseo sandwiches; it was hacky-sac circles with Fremont locals, the Ballroom and the Dubliner, Gasworks park, and $2 Pabst Blue Ribbon.  Our expectations were not disappointed, the rumors were true, Fremont is truly somewhere to “let your inner sprite come out and play…a neighbourhood of year-round unexpected and unconventional entertainment”. 

Our field school blog continues... The day began with a long bus ride out to Sooke in the wonderful sunshine. Without too much harm done by the bendy road, we made our way to the T’sou-ke First Nations reserve. Upon our arrival, we were greeted by Andrew Moore who brought us into the main building.