Doug flag
{{Short description|Unofficial flag of the Cascadia bioregion}}
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{{Infobox flag
| Name = Cascadian Flag
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| Image = Doug flag.svg
| Nickname = Doug flag
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| Proportion = 3:5
| Adoption = 1995
| Design = Horizontal triband of blue, white, and green, charged with a dark central silhouette of a single Douglas Fir tree
| Designer = Alexander Baretich
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The Doug flag, also referred to as the Cascadian flag{{cite web|last=Baretich|first=Alexander|title=The Cascadian Nautical Flag|date=August 14, 2015 |url=http://portlandflag.org/2015/08/14/the-cascadian-nautical-flag/|publisher=Portland Flag Association|accessdate=August 14, 2015}} or the Cascadia Doug flag{{cite web|title=The Cascadia Doug Flag|url=http://www.cascadianow.org/about-cascadia/our-flag/|publisher=CascadiaNow!|accessdate=August 26, 2015}} and nicknamed "Old Doug"{{cite web|last=Berger|first=Knute|title=Is Cascadia's train coming in?|url=http://www.discovery.org/a/10621|accessdate=August 26, 2015|publisher=Crosscut.com|date=May 12, 2009}} Note: Reprinted by the Discovery Institute. or simply "the Doug", is one of the primary symbols and an unofficial flag of the Cascadia bioregion, which roughly encompasses the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington, the Canadian province of British Columbia, and other parts of North America's Pacific Northwest. It was designed by Portland, Oregon native Alexander Baretich in the academic year of 1994–1995. It is named after the Douglas fir, featured on the flag.
Conception and description
The Doug flag was designed by Portland, Oregon native Alexander Baretich in the academic year of 1994–1995. He recalled:
{{blockquote|I designed the Cascadian flag, aka the Doug, way back in the mid-1990s when I was a graduate student studying in Eastern Europe. Though I totally love the people, cultures and landscape of Eastern Europe, I was deeply homesick for the forests of Cascadia, specifically the Willamette Valley forests I grew up around. One day as I sat on a hill with my companion, I had this vision of a flag where the Cascadian landscape came to mind. Prior to the design and its popularity, the idea of Cascadia–specifically the bioregion–was pretty much an abstract concept reserved for radical geographers and hip sociologists. The flag conveys something far more tangible than an abstract concept of demarcation of space; the flag captures that love of living communities in our bioregion. Unlike many flags, this is not a flag of blood, nor of the glory of a nation, but a love of the bioregion; our ecological family and its natural boundaries; the place in which we live and love.{{cite web|last=Baretich|first=Alexander|title=Symbolism of the Cascadian Flag|url=http://www.portlandoccupier.org/2012/06/22/symbolism-of-the-cascadian-flag/|publisher=The Portland Occupier|accessdate=August 26, 2015|date=June 22, 2012}}}}
According to the Cascadia Department of Bioregion, the flag symbolizes "the natural beauty and inspiration that the Pacific Northwest provides, and is a direct representation of the bioregion".{{cite web|title=Our Flag|url=https://cascadiabioregion.org/our-flag|publisher=Cascadia DOB|accessdate=June 10, 2022}}
The flag is a tricolor consisting of three horizontal stripes of blue, white, and green, charged with a single Douglas fir tree in the center. The blue stripe represents the sky, Pacific Ocean and Salish Sea, as well as the myriad of rivers in the bioregion including the Columbia, the Snake, and Fraser Rivers. The white represents clouds and snow and the green represents the region's countless fields and evergreen forests. The tree symbolizes "endurance, defiance and resilience against fire, flood, catastrophic change, and ever increasingly against the anthropocentric man". According to Baretich and CascadiaNow!, "all these symbols of color and images come together to symbolize what being Cascadian is all about."
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Usage
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The Cascadian Flag is copyrighted by Alexander Baretich and his company the Cascadian Flag Cooperative, Inc.,{{cite web |title=Cascadian Bioregional Flag |url=https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=1&ti=1,1&Search%5FArg=cascadian%20bioregional&Search%5FCode=TALL&CNT=25&PID=IVyDTA_I0qw5QKnc2UQWPnLvXd0mQ&SEQ=20220228143931&SID=2 |website=US Copyright Office}} which claims to enforce protection of the ideals espoused by the flag's creator in its use.{{cite web |title=Statement of Copyright |url=https://cascadianflag.com/statement-of-copyright|website=Cascadian Flag|date=April 2, 2018 }}
Since its inception, Baretich's design has gained popularity and earned status as the unofficial flag of Cascadia. In 2014, Kelton Sears of Vice said the flag "has quickly become the dominant symbol of the nascent Cascadian identity", appearing on microbreweries' beer labels and at local events, including Portland Timbers games, gay pride parades, environmental protests, and activities affiliated with the Occupy movement.{{cite news|last=Sears|first=Kelton|title=The People Who Wouldn't Mind if the Pacific Northwest Was Its Own Country|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/we-went-to-a-festival-for-people-who-wouldnt-mind-if-the-pacific-northwest-was-its-own-country/|access-date=August 26, 2015|work=Vice|date=September 3, 2014}} The flag appeared for some time on boxes of beer from Phillips Brewing in Victoria, British Columbia.,{{cite web|url=https://phillipsbeer.com/whats-with-the-cascadian-flag-on-our-box|title=What's with the Cascadian flag on our box?|publisher=Phillips Brewing Company|accessdate=August 26, 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063832/https://phillipsbeer.com/whats-with-the-cascadian-flag-on-our-box|archivedate=March 4, 2016}} though this no longer appears to be the case. The Seattle-based folk band Fleet Foxes included the flag on the back of their 2011 studio album Helplessness Blues.{{cite web|last1=Petrusich|first1=Amanda|title=Fleet Foxes|date=May 9, 2011 |url=http://pitchfork.com/features/interviews/7960-fleet-foxes/|publisher=Pitchfork Media|accessdate=May 9, 2011}}
In 2015, Baretich expressed his hope that his designs "would not be used for hate, exploitation, and anything that goes against the values or principles of bioregionalism". Furthermore, he said, "In seeking out a bioregional flag, I believe that it's the bioregion that captures the artist—not the artist capturing the bioregion."
The flag featured as part of Seattle Sounders FC's 2021–2022 home jersey, being displayed on the back near the neckline.{{cite news |last=Hammond |first=Andrew |date=February 6, 2020 |title=For Evergreen: 2019 MLS Cup Champion Seattle Sounders debut a new kit for the 2020 season |url=https://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/article240028318.html |work=The News Tribune |location=Tacoma |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508063056/https://www.thenewstribune.com/sports/article240028318.html|archive-date=May 8, 2020|quote=Cascadia Flag-On the back of the jersey at the neck line, is an image of the Cascadia Flag. The flag is an image of a Douglas fir that represents British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon.}} {{subscription required}}
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.corvallisadvocate.com/2013/0926-oh-cascadia-what-are-you-exactly/ Oh, Cascadia!… What Are You, Exactly?] by Sally McCoy (September 26, 2013), The Corvallis Advocate
- [http://freecascadia.org/the-cascadian-flag-a-transformative-icon/ The Cascadian Flag: A Transformative Icon] by Alexander Baretich (November 10, 2014), Free Cascadia
- [http://oregonflagregistry.org/other/cascadia/ Bioregion of Cascadia], Oregon Flag Registry
- [http://blogs.seattletimes.com/uwelectioneye/2012/05/24/cascadianow_culture_not_secession/ CascadiaNow! advocates shift in culture, not secession] by Alicia Halberg (May 24, 2012), The Seattle Times
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160330115731/http://www.seattleweekly.com/home/954425-129/why-washingtons-state-flag-sucks The Washington State Flag Sucks] by Kelton Sears (August 26, 2014), Seattle Weekly
- [http://www.bendsource.com/Bent/archives/2013/01/24/solidarity-cascadia-around-town Solidarity! Cascadia Around Town] by Brianna Brey (January 24, 2013), The Source Weekly
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