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One scheme of potential North American bioregions. The band of colour represent transitional biotones.
Bioregionalism is a philosophy that suggests that political, cultural, and economic systems are more sustainable and just if they are organized around naturally defined areas called bioregions, similar to ecoregions. Bioregions are defined through 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, and emphasizes local populations, knowledge, and solutions.[1][example needed]
Bioregionalism is a concept that goes beyond national boundaries—an example is the concept of Cascadia, a region that is sometimes considered to consist of most of Oregon and Washington, the Alaska Panhandle, the far north of California and the West Coast of Canada, sometimes also including some or all of Idaho and western Montana.[2] Another example of a bioregion, which does not cross national boundaries, but does overlap state lines, is the Ozarks, a bioregion also referred to as the Ozarks Plateau, which consists of southern Missouri, northwest Arkansas, the northeast corner of Oklahoma, southeast corner of Kansas.[3]
Bioregions are not synonymous with ecoregions as defined by bodies such as the World Wildlife Fund or the Commission for Environmental Cooperation; the latter are scientifically based and focused on wildlife and vegetation. Bioregions, by contrast are human regions, informed by nature but with a social and political element. In this way bioregionalism is simply political localism with an ecological foundation.
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^"Cascadia: The New Frontier". Cascadia Prospectus. February 12, 2010. Archived from the original on March 12, 2012. Retrieved November 8, 2012.
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2013. "Bioregionalism". Department of Bioregion. Retrieved May 20, 2021. Aarsand, Ingeborg Husbyn (2013). "Imagining Cascadia: Bioregionalism as Environmental...
vision as the original bioregionalism focus. Currently a One Planet Living communities is being built in Brighton. Bioregional currently[when?] has around...
"Interpreting Bioregionalism: A story from many voices" (PDF). Bioregionalism, 1999: 13–43 – via PDF. Parsons, James J. (1985). "On "Bioregionalism" and "Watershed...
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Aberley (2005). "Interpreting bioregionalism: A story from many voices" (PDF). In Michael Vincent McGinnis (ed.). Bioregionalism. London and New York: Routledge...
localisation and decentralisation, proposing forms of municipalism, bioregionalism or a "return to nature" as possible alternatives to the state. Before...
region also has a marginal, but growing independence movement based on bioregionalism and a Cascadian identity. The Cascadian flag has become a popular image...
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...
Charities and pressure groups Ashden Award Bioregional Campaign against Climate Change Centre for Alternative Technology National Energy Action Stop Climate...
bioregion – Climate Archived 10 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine by Bioregional Assessments from the Australian Government. Retrieved 11 April 2021....
crisis. Bioregionalism, a philosophy developed by writers like Kirkpatrick Sale who believe in the self-sufficiency of "appropriate bioregional boundaries"...
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77 Lindholdt, Paul (2015). Explorations in Ecocriticism: Advocacy, Bioregionalism, and Visual Design Ecocritical Theory and Practice. Lexington Books...
environmentalism that include deep ecology, ecofeminism, social ecology and bioregionalism. Deep Ecology is attributed to Arne Naess and is defined as "a normative...
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trade in the entire Hudson Bay basin, an area called Rupert's Land. Bioregional political organization today includes agreements of states (e.g., international...
millennia which has predictable outcomes. He argues that a form of bioregionalism, the bioregional state, is required to deal with political corruption in present...
Mexico Press. ISBN 978-0-8263-6160-8 Arrellano, Juan Estevan. 1997. "La Querencia: La Raza Bioregionalism." New Mexico Historical Review 72: 31-37. v t e...
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similar to Joel Garreau's The Nine Nations of North America. Bible Belt Bioregionalism Cascadia (independence movement) Ecotopia Jesusland map Political culture...
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production. These principles, on a broader scale, underpin the concept of a bioregional economy. Sustainable living is fundamentally the application of sustainability...
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