Page 32 RAIN March/April 1985 Pacific Northwest BioregioffReport ' ... ! On a rare day of partial cfearing clouds separate to reveal tfte Maritime Nortliwest. On the east, the Cascade Range protects it from the thirsty Pfateau. On the west is tfte Pacific. Southward tfte Siskiyous . and Trinity Afps palisade tfte Maritime Northwest tl9ainst the 6are 6rown hi[[s amf 6urning pfains of California. Northward, tholl9h maritime · climate persists, agriculture ceases, turned 6ack &y mountains that rise fro~ tfte suif. Portland May Get Nicaraguan Sister City The Portland-Corinto Sister City Project is trying to establish an official sister city relationship between those two cities. Corinto is a port city of 26,000, which had its harbors mined last year and its fuel storage facilities destroyed in October 1983. The Portland City Council has scheduled a hearing for April 10 to discuss the sister city proposal. The week of April 3 through 10 has been dubbed Corinto Week by sister city project organizers. They will try to bring Corinto's mayor to Portland, and are planning a variety of other events. If the City Council approves the proposal, Portland will become the third Northwest city to establrsh sister city relations with Nicaraguan cities. The Washington cities of Port Townsend and Seattle have become sister cities to Jalapa and Managua, respectively. However, even if the proposal is not passed, Portland organizers say that they plan to carry on grassroots, people-to-people exchanges with Corin to. · For more information about the sister city projed, or to get involved in planning for Corinto week, contact the Portland-Corinto Sister City Project, 2249 East Burnside, Portland, OR · 97214; 503/230-9427. Green Politics Comes to Puget Sound Green Politics now has found formal exp_ression in the Puget Sound region. The Cascadia Green Alliance has setup ·an office in Seattle to help bring together individuafo and groups around a common set of values. These values include ecological and social resp'onsibility, nonviolence, grassroots democracy, and cooperative, community-based economic development. Green politics seeks to identify the root causes of current social and ecological problems, and to use this understanding to bring together groups working for peace, social justice, ecology, feminism, and other related causes. The Cascadia Green Alliance is currently gathering ideas and suggestions from the local community to help shape a common sense of purpose and vision. Once enough input is gathered, a mission statement will be drawn up, and interested parties will develop a plan, structure, and strategy to carry out the mission'. At the time of this writing (late January) the following schedule has been tentatively set for 1985: 0 Spring-People will research the state of the region. In May, panels of speakers will be l;>rought together to provide concise reports on the health of environmental, economic, social, political, and cu.ltural aspects of the region. This information will be compiled into a "state of the region report." 0 Summer-The focus will be on finding working models for creating a healthy and sustainable future for the region. Documenting the workable solutions will lead to for•mulating policy statements and action proposals. 0 Fall_.:. All of the preceding information and ideas will be brought together into a combined conference and celebration. The problems and possibilities in the region will be discussed and a plan for the future will be developed. Local activities will become part of larger n_ational efforts through participation in a-national founding ' event in late 1985. Suggestions for1986 have included developing a regional monitoring -system or "green report card," auditing local legislatures and other institutions using that system, and using this information to become a voice in local
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