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(February
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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, or ecoregions. 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 Ñ with
phrases such as "the politics of place" and "terrain of
consciousness" appearing in bioregionalist writings Ñ and places emphasis
on local populations, knowledge and solutions.[1]
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The
term appears to have originated in work by Peter Berg and Raymond Dasmann in the early 1970s.[2]
The
bioregionalist perspective opposes a homogeneous economy & consumer culture
because that culture ignores a dependency on the natural world.
Those
taking a bioregionalist perspective
seek to:
▪ Ensure that the
boundaries which demarcate political regions match those which demarcate
ecological, or bio-regions.[3]
▪ Become familiar with
the unique ecology
of the bioregion.
▪ Eat local food where possible.
▪ Use local materials where possible.
▪ Cultivate native plants
of the region.
▪ Live sustainably in a way that
is specifically tailored to the bioregion. [4]