About me

My name is Lansing Scott. I’ve been working in progressive/radical independent media since 1984, after graduating from Fairhaven College with a degree in “Social Ecology.” I aspire to “radical praxis,” that is, strategic political action based in a theoretical understanding of how our social systems function, seeking out root causes to our problems and creating deep, structural change.

I’m committed to building alternative institutions (or as I prefer to call them, “replacement institutions”) in those areas where current systems are failing us. My focus has been building independent media (various publications, including Eat the State!, Seattle Community Catalyst, the Portland Alliance, and Communities magazine) to counter corporate media’s distortions, as well as helping to build an independent political organization (was active in the Green Party between 1986-2005) to challenge America’s dysfunctional two-party system.

I am also very rooted in place, having lived my whole life in the Pacific Northwest, which I prefer to call the Cascadia bioregion (or more specifically, Pacific Cascadia — the land between the Cascade Range and Pacific Ocean, surrounding the Vancouver-Eugene urban axis). I look at American and international politics with an eye toward how we can respond where we are while strengthening our own bioregionally based culture and communities.

I offer freelance communications services under the name Catalytic Communications, specializing in print & web communications that help make a positive change in the world.