Bioregionalism
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Bioregionalism is a term used to describe an approach to political, cultural, and environmental issues based on naturally-defined regional areas, consistent with the concept of bioregions. These areas are usually based on a combination of physical and environmental features, including watershed boundaries and soil and terrain characteristics. Bioregionalism stresses that the determination of a bioregion is also a cultural phenomenon, with phrases such as "the politics of place" and "terrain of conciousness" appearing in bioregionalist writings, and places emphasis on local populations, knowledge and solutions."[Bioregionalism: The Need For a Firmer Theoretical Foundation]", Don Alexander, Trumpeter v13.3, 1996.
The term appears to have originated in work by Peter Berg and Raymond Dasmann in the early 1970s."Reinhabiting California", Peter Berg and Raymond Dasmann, The Ecologist 7, no. 10 (1977)
See also
- Biological footprint
- Grassroots democracy
- Cascadia
References
Bibliography
- Reinhabiting A Separate Country: A Bioregional Anthology of Northern California, edited by Peter Berg, San Francisco, Planet Drum, 1978. ISBN 0937102008.
- Bioregionalism, edited by Michael McGinnis, Routledge, 1998. ISBN 0415154456.
- Dwellers in the Land: The Bioregional Vision, Kirkpatrick Sale, Random House, 1985. ISBN 0820322059 (University of Georgia Press, 2000).
- A Place in Space: Ethics, Aesthetics, and Watersheds, Gary Snyder, Counterpoint, 1995. ISBN 1887178279
- LifePlace: Bioregional Thought and Practice, Robert Thayer, University of California Press, 2003. ISBN 0520236289
External links
- [Planet Drum Foundation] website.
- [North American Bioregional Congress website]
- [Putah-Cache Bioregion Project] - interdisciplinary research and educational project at UC Davis.
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