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beezneez  ·  3973 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Forget State Lines — This Map Shows You How America is Really Divided - PolicyMic

People simply started writing.

You can start with Ernest Callenbach's Ecotopia. That's a favorite among people who self-identify as Cascadian. It's a bit dated, I think, and most of the ideas in there many would reject.

Then in the 90's David McCloskey gave the idea some academic legitimacy. http://paulenelson.com/2013/11/17/david-mccloskey-on-cascadi.../

A few flags were designed, and I think most people have agreed on this one: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ae/Flag_of_C...

Nowadays the idea has entered the arena of sports, particularly soccer: http://www.thecascadiacup.com/

In our case, 'raising awareness' was really just publishing zines, running an info booth at events, being politically active or at least present at (usually) leftist protests and having meetings. I wonder if there is an enclave of Front Range thinkers whom I should get in contact with...