Bioregionalism is a political, cultural, and ecological system or set of views based on naturally defined areas called bioregions, similar to ecoregion s. Bioregions are defined through physical and environmental features, including Drainage basin watershed boundaries and soil and terrain characteristics. Bioregionalism stresses that the determination of a bioregion is also a culture cultural phenomenon, and emphasizes local populations, knowledge, and solutions. ref http trumpeter.athabascau.ca content v13.3 alexander.html Bioregionalism The Need For a Firmer Theoretical Foundation , Don Alexander, Trumpeter v13.3, 1996. ref 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 state 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 . ref http www.cascadiaprospectus.org 2010 02 cascadia the new frontier.php ref 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 ... Marriage of Deep Ecology and Bioregionalism, Environmental Values , vol. 16 3 313 332 ref ... Press, 1994. ISBN 0 88995 191 8 ref Relationship to environmentalism Bioregionalism, while akin to environmentalism ... berg.htm ref According to Peter Berg, bioregionalism is proactive , and is based on forming a harmony ... rise to national level Green Parties . In addition, bioregionalism spawned the sustainability movement. The tenets of bioregionalism are often used by green movements, which oppose political organizations ..., 2009. ISBN 978 0 9799194 8 0. Michael McGinnis, editor. Bioregionalism , Routledge, 1998. ISBN 0 415 ... movements de Bioregionalismus et Bioregionalism es Biorregionalismo fr Bior gionalisme it Bioregionalismo ... more details
Regionalism may refer to Regionalism politics Regionalism art Regionalism international relations Regionalism literature Critical regionalism architecture A word that is limited to a certain dialect See also Bioregionalism , regions defined by physical or environmental features disambig de Regionalisierung es Regionalismo fr R gionalisme ka nl Regionalisme ru sk Regionalizmus sv Regionalism ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2007 The Piedmont bioregion comprises the piedmont areas of North Carolina , South Carolina and northern Georgia U.S. state Georgia as defined by the principals of bioregionalism . Natural history Erosion of the piedmont plateau created iron oxide rich clay soils. Three general landforms exist. Flat ridges, Hillsides and, Floodplains. Each landform has its own Ecology. Local Currencies Empty section date July 2010 See also cascadia Bioregionalism Katuah bioregion coord missing Georgia U.S. state coord missing North Carolina coord missing South Carolina Category Ecoregions of the United States DEFAULTSORT Piedmont Bioregion US geo stub ... more details
local date May 2007 Katuah is a bioregion which comprises the mountain areas of North Carolina , South Carolina , Tennessee , southwestern Virginia , and northern Georgia U.S. state Georgia as defined by the principles of bioregionalism . It is named after a Cherokee Tsalagi name for the same region. See also Cascadia Piedmont bioregion External resources http katuahef.org katuahef.org Regional Earth First group Ecoregion stub Category Ecoregions of the United States ... more details
Multiple issues unreferenced May 2008 primary sources May 2010 original research May 2010 Deep map refers to an emerging practical method of intensive topographical exploration, popularised by author William Least Heat Moon with his book PrairyErth A Deep Map . 1991 . A deep map work most often takes the form of engaged Documentary film documentary writing of literary quality although it can equally well be done in long form on radio . It does not preclude the combination of writing with photography and illustration . Its subject is a particular place, usually quite small and limited, and usually rural. Some Who date May 2010 call the approach vertical travel writing , while others Who date May 2010 compare it to the eclectic approaches of 18th and early 19th century antiquarian topographers or to the psychogeography psychogeographic excursions of the early Situationist International . A deep map goes beyond simple landscape history based topographical writing &ndash to include and interweave autobiography, archeology , stories, memories, folklore , traces, reportage, weather, interviews, natural history , science, and intuition. In its best form, the resulting work arrives at a subtle, multi layered and deep map of a small area of the earth. In North America it is a method claimed by those interested in bioregionalism . The best known U.S. examples are Wallace Stegner s Wolf Willow 1962 and Heat Moon s PrairyErth 1991 . In United Kingdom Great Britain , the method is used by those who use the terms spirit of place and local distinctiveness . BBC Radio 4 has recently undertaken several series of radio documentaries that are deep maps. These are inspired by the sense of place work of the http www.commonground.org.uk Common Ground organisation. See also Cultural region Spirit of place Spiral Jetty DEFAULTSORT Deep Map Category Cultural geography Category Psychogeography ... more details
Green politics sidebar expanded all Green Theory in international relations is a sub field of international relations theory which concerns international environmental cooperation. ref http www.oup.com uk orc bin 9780199298334 dunne chap13.pdf ref Liberal institutionalism The majority of scholarly literature in international relations approaches environmental problems from a liberal institutionalist perspective focusing on international environmental regimes. There is a relationship between Globalization and Environment which is among the forces behind the birth of green theory. However a unified theory is missed. Green IPE This field studies the impact of IPE international political economy and it has been widely accepted as an area within IR theory. The strongest protesters of such irregular emigration movements are the ecofeminists who tend to gather once a month to hold non peaceful and noisy demonstrations. Normative and Cosmopolitan One aspect of Green IR theory is normative theorising such as bioregionalism . Security Studies see Ecological security Green IR approaches have challenge traditional approaches to security in international relations. This has included the concept of environmental security which has involved the securitization of environmental threats. See also Ecofeminism Ecocentrism Sustainable development The Coming Anarchy Further reading General reading Robyn Eckersley Eckersley, Robyn 2010 Green Theory in International Relations Theories Discipline and Diversity . Dunne, Tim. Kurki, Milja. Smith, Steve eds. Oxford Oxford University Press Volger, John 2008 Environmental Issues in The Globalization of World Politics An Introduction to International Relations . Baylis, John. Smith, Steve. Owens, Patricia. eds. Oxford Oxford University Press Patterson, Matthew 2009 Green Politics in Theories of International Relations . Burchill, Scott et all. Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillian Steans, Jill. Pettiford, Lloyd. Diez, Thomas. 2004 Introduction to Inter ... more details
Whitney Smith is an artist and activist working in a variety of fields, including music, publishing, performance art and theatre. ref NOW Magazine, July 9 15, 1987, Ted Mumford, Society mines wild culture. ref He is best known for his work as the publisher and editor of The Journal of Wild Culture . Smith founded the Society for the Preservation of Wild Culture , the Big Steam Band, and Charlatan Tours a walking collective . He co founded Shadowland Theatre , EarLick, and Suitcase Theatre. He also worked extensively in journalism for various magazines and as a writer broadcaster for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. ref Toronto Star, Oct. 23, 2003, Geoff Chapman, Jazzman knows how to improvise , p. G5. ref Many aspects of Smith s career have involved a component of social activism, mostly with a focus on municipal and environmental politics, bioregionalism, community economic development or popular education. ref Globe and Mail, Sept 7, 1988, June Callwood, Sunday morning landscape readings cultivate food for thought. p. A2. ref He currently lives in Toronto, Canada. References See Wikipedia Footnotes on how to create references using ref ref tags which will then appear here automatically Reflist External links Categories Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Smith, Whitney ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Smith, Whitney Category Articles created via the Article Wizard Category Year of birth missing living people Category Living people Category People from London Category British performance artists ... more details
The Bosaw s Biosphere Reserve in the northern part of Nicaragua is a hilly tropical forest designated in 1997 as a UNESCO biosphere reserve . At approximately 20,000 km 2 million hectares in size, the reserve i.e. nucleus plus buffer zone comprises about 15 of the nation s total land area making it the second largest rainforest in the Western Hemisphere , after the Amazon Rainforest Amazon in Brazil . ref http www.abc.net.au rn scienceshow stories 2006 1718459.htm Science Show 19 August 2006 Bosawas Bioreserve Nicaragua Bot generated title ref Bosaw s is largely unexplored, and is extremely rich in biodiversity . History The Bosaw s Biosphere Reserve evolved from the Nicaraguan Revolution Sandinista revolution . The subsequent Chamorro government set aside three large reserves, Bosaw s being the largest, with its nucleus comprising approximately 7 of Nicaragua s total land area the rest constitutes the reserve s buffer zone . After the creation of Bosaw s it was considered a violation of right of the region s constitutional guaranteed territorial autonomy , of which the Sandinista government granted two autonomous regions of the Atlantic coast for governance purpose. ref name BR cite book author McGinnis, Michael D. title Bioregionalism publisher Routledge location New York year 1999 pages 176 177 isbn 0 415 15444 8 oclc doi ref Bosaw s overlaps the homelands of two of Nicaragua s indigenous peoples, the Sumo people Sumos and the Miskito people Miskito , in an area which is rich in natural resources, most notably timber and gold . ref name BR About 130,000 inhabitants practice subsistence farming within the boundaries, about 35,000 of them indigenous Miskito and Sumo people. Etymology The name is derived from three natural features the Bocay River , Mount Saslaya and the Waspuk River . It includes all of Nicaragua s Saslaya National Park . The Cordillera Isabella cross the reserve area, and the Coco River R o Coco forms the northern border, the political border ... more details
Sansei Yamao 1938 28 August 2001 Japanese people Japanese poetry poet . ref name International cultural studies http ci.nii.ac.jp naid 110004674802 en A return to nature The life history of Mr. Sansei YAMAO , International cultural studies , Vol. 10 2004 12 25 , pp. 195 220, Yokohama City University, ISSN 13458531. jp icon ref Sansei Yamo was born in Tokyo in 1938. He studied western philosophy at Waseda University , but dropped out before graduation. In the latter half of the 1960s, he and his companions Nanao Sakaki and Tetsuo Nagasawa started a commune called The Tribe Buzoku Buzoku lang en tribe , with an aim to change society. In 1973, he went on a pilgrimage to India and Nepal with his family for a year. Upon returning to Japan , he moved with his family in 1977 to a ghost village on Yaku Shima, an island located in the south of Japan, famous for the Japanese Joumon cedar, which lives for several thousand years. He began to build a village at Shirakawa mountain. He wrote poetry and prose, and farmed his field there until his death. He visited his old friend poet Gary Snyder in the spring of 1997 at Snyder s house in the Sierra Nevada U.S. Sierra Nevada . In 1966 Sansei Yamao had initially met Snyder, who travelled to Japan to receive his first Zen training in Kyoto . At that time, Sansei Yamao and Gary Snyder traversed the Ominesan mountain range in Nara, which is known as the Shugend mountain, together for a week. After Snyder went back to the United States USA , while Sansei went to India and then subsequently moved to Yaku Shima, the two had not been in contact with each other. Therefore, when Sansei Yamao met Gary Snyder again in 1997, he was surprised to learn that Snyder s recent emphasis was bioregionalism , because he, too, had been thinking about very similar things for 20 years. He said, The earth is just a region, a region is just the earth. citation needed date January 2008 The year following their second meeting, ... more details
Infobox political party country Galicia party name Land Party name native Partido da Terra party logo colorcode 00A550 president Francisco Paradelo leader1 title Secretary General leader1 name Jo m Evans Pim foundation 25 July 2011 ideology direct democracy , green politics , ruralism , reintegrationism , Cooperative cooperativism position headquarters Rianxo , Galiza international Converg ncia Lus fona european colours blue and green seats1 title seats1 seats2 title seats2 seats3 title seats3 seats4 title seats4 The Land Party or Earth Party lang pt Partido da Terra , IPA pt p tido d t r pron , is a Galicia Spain Galician political party established in 2011. Party platform The party platform party s platform encompasses six types of sovereignty Popular sovereignty citizen sovereignty , which calls for a political reform based on direct democracy , incorporating advanced proposals of participatory democracy territorial sovereignty, where a localism localist administrative reform that builds upon Communalism political philosophy communalism , libertarian municipalism and cellular democracy is proposed food and energy sovereignty, calling both for food sovereignty through local food consumption and sustainable agriculture and a Self sufficiency self sufficient sustainable living with the application of appropriate technology economic sovereignty, proposing community based economics including some Cooperative cooperativist elements of distributism and green economics social sovereignty, introducing a communitarianism communitarian ethics of care and cultural sovereignty, emphasizing Galiza s Atlantic and Lusophony Lusophone connections, linguistic reintegrationism and bioregionalism . ref Um partido para os tempos que a venhem, os do decrescimento , Alexandre Banhos Campo, in http pglingua.org opiniom 3810 um partido para os tempos que ai venhem os do decrescimento http www.partidodaterra.net bases ref History and Elections The Partido da Terra held its founding ... more details
December, 1991. http www.brontaylor.com environmental articles pdf Taylor Bioregionalism Ethics.pdf Bioregionalism An Ethics of Loyalty to Place . Landscape Journal , 19 1&2 50 72, 2000. http www.brontaylor.com ... 283 29.pdf Earth and Nature Based Spirituality From Earth First and Bioregionalism to Scientific ... more details
that include Deep Ecology , Ecofeminism , Social Ecology , and Bioregionalism . Deep Ecology is attributed ... both socially and economically. ref name Long Bioregionalism is a philosophy that focuses on the practical ... more details
Dablink This article describes natural biological communities. See Environment of California for a description of human habitat adjustments. File Joshua trees.jpg thumb upright Mojave desert in Joshua Tree National Park The ecology of California is diverse it is considered to span six biogeographic ecoregion provinces or ecoregions ref cite web title Ecological Subregions of the United States url http www.fs.fed.us land pubs ecoregions index.html first1 W.H. last1 McNab first2 P.E. last2 Avers year 1994 ref Coastal Chaparral Forest and Shrub , Dry Steppe , Coastal Steppe, Mixed Forest, and Redwood Forest , Sierran Steppe Mixed Forest Coniferous Forest , Coastal Range Open Woodland Shrub Coniferous Forest Meadow , and American Semi Desert and Desert . Botanists generally consider the California chaparral and woodlands, Sierra Nevada forests, Central Valley grasslands, Northern California coastal forests, and Klamath Siskiyou as a single California Floristic Province , which does not include the deserts of eastern California, which belong to other floristic provinces. Many Bioregionalism Bioregionalists , including poet Gary Snyder , identify the central and northern Coast Ranges, Klamath Siskiyou , the Central Valley, and Sierra Nevada as Alta California or the Shasta Bioregion. The ecoregions Semi desert and desert main Deserts of California California s high mountains block most moisture from reaching the eastern parts of the state, which are home to California s Deserts and xeric shrublands desert and xeric shrub ecoregions. The low desert of southeastern California is part of the Sonoran desert ecoregion, which extends into Arizona and parts of northern Mexico . Southern California s high deserts constitute the Mojave desert ecoregion, which has affinities to the Great Basin shrub steppe , which covers California s Owens Valley and Modoc Plateau , as well as most of neighboring Nevada . Coastal chaparral File Chaparral1.jpg thumb California montane chaparral and ... more details
inspiration to the Green movement Green , Bioregionalism bioregional , Fourth World , Decentralization ... foreward See also Anarchism Bioregionalism City state Decentralization Human scale Plaid Cymru Secession ... more details
of the system in times of crisis. ref name Kovel Critique of bioregionalismBioregionalism , a philosophy ... of Bioregionalism , in Goldsmith, E., and Mander, J. eds , The Case against the Global Economy , Sierra ... Kirkpatrick Sale Sale cites the Bioregionalism bioregional living of Indigenous peoples of the Americas ... Americans held land in commons , rather than private property &ndash thus, for eco socialists, bioregionalism ... response of the capitalist State polity state would be to people constructing bioregionalism . ref ... wood burning city. Kovel also questions Kirkpatrick Sale Sale s insistence on Bioregionalism ... more details
decentralism , bioregionalism , ref Walter Truett Anderson Anderson, Walter Truett . http motherjones.com ... publications sale 83.html Mother of All An Introduction to Bioregionalism , E. F. Schumacher Society ... for the study of radicalism v002 2.2.versluis01.html See also Bioregionalism Decentralization Human ... more details
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