Navigating Our Future
Discovering the path to a thriving future in the Salish Sea Bioregion
Navigating Our Future is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) initiative grounded in the Salish Sea bioregion of northwestern Washington State and southwestern Canada.
We exist to help people make sense of the converging ecological, social, economic, and democratic challenges shaping our shared future — and to explore life-affirming paths forward grounded in whole systems thinking, place, and care for life.
Rather than promoting a single viewpoint or solution, Navigating Our Future curates and publishes trusted knowledge, stories, and perspectives that help communities:
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understand what is happening across interconnected systems
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see how local experience connects to regional, national, and global dynamics
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explore what it means to protect, restore, and regenerate life in place
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ect, restore, and regenerate life in place
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Through articles, Wisdom Hubs, Resource Guides, and community-informed storytelling, Navigating Our Future brings together insights from local practitioners, Indigenous knowledge holders, scientists, economists, civic leaders, and systems thinkers.
Our focus is not quick answers, but convergent sensemaking — helping people see patterns that are already emerging, and widening the lens so more of us can understand what is at stake and what thoughtful action might look like.
About The Navigating Our Future LIFE Series
We are building Navigating Our Future as a living community resource — one that grows through shared stewardship.
Our content is curated, but never finished. We invite readers to help us improve accuracy, expand coverage, and surface overlooked voices and initiatives so this resource can better serve communities across generations.
While our work is rooted in the Salish Sea bioregion, the questions we explore — about resilience, responsibility, and the future of life on Earth — are shared far beyond it.