A bioregion is an living mosaic and area defined area smaller than a biogeographic realm but larger than an ecoregion or an ecosystem, and is defined along watershed and hydrological boundaries using physical...
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What is Bioregionalism?
Bioregionalism is a vision of a future that works for people and for the Earth. For the majority of human history, people have lived bioregionally. Bioregionalism is a movement, an ethic and idea that has been growing...
The Basic Litmus Test for a Bioregion
Does it Bioregion? Picture shared by David McCloskey – Cascadia Institute. There can be many different determinants, ideas and definitions for what a bioregion is or isn’t – but above all else –...
Bioregional Mapping: Defining Terms, Scale & Purpose
Bioregional Maps Bioregional mapping is process for creating maps that that set cultural and geographic information into natural boundaries and borders, rather than anthropocentric lines removed from context of place...
Letting Cascadia Emerge
Look at a map of the earth from space. Find where you live, your watershed, your bioregion…. sit and look at it… what shapes do you notice? what features? How does that impact or change where you live (the...
Why Bioregionalism?
A bioregional manifesto of place, identity and privilege. Look around you. Look to the TV, to news articles. To maps, and road maps and atlases. Listen to the talk of our politicians, our legislators. To the heated...
Becoming a Bioregionalist: A Life Long Journey
Stop for a moment, and envision the world that you would want to live in, if all reality were stripped away. A world free of exploitation, where people lived happily, their needs met and in balance with their...
What is a circular economy?
What is a Circular Economy? What makes an economy bioregional? In this article we explore the potential benefits and pitfalls circular economics.
The Size of a Bioregion
How big is a bioregion? How is it's scale defined? In this article, we jump into just what makes a bioregion.
Bioregional Boundaries
“While there are few straight lines in nature, there are many definite and powerful edges—various ecotones, watershed divides, climatic zones, fault-lines and scarps. Careful attention should be given to such...
