A conference starting in Vancouver today explores the similarities among residents of Cascadia. Scholars, pollsters, environmentalists and others will discuss how we relate to the region's geography and our "spirituality, ecology and social transformation."
This is how the organizers describe it:
One focus will be on how public life is developing differently in the continental Pacific Northwest because of the region's cultural openness, signified by a record low level of devotion to formal religion. The flip side of this phenomenon is an unusually passionate interest in "spirituality," including reverence for nature.
The event is all day today and Friday at Simon Fraser University. Call 604-291-5855 for more details.