Bioregionalism

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Dedication......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Illustrations......Page 8
Contributors......Page 9
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Foreword......Page 13
1 A rehearsal to bioregionalism......Page 16
References......Page 24
Introduction......Page 28
From counterculture to place-based bioregional culture......Page 29
Tentative expression......Page 30
The spread beyond community of origin......Page 36
Coalescence and the inspiration of a vocabulary......Page 37
Attraction of a literary, intellectual and artistic vanguard......Page 39
Articulation as a unified theory informed by practice......Page 40
Expression of methods of applied practice......Page 41
Regional and continental congress......Page 42
Exploration of a broad intellectual history......Page 43
Extension to include social/spiritual definition......Page 47
Connection/integration with other social changemovements......Page 48
Broadening into a body of teaching......Page 50
Attempting a synthesis......Page 51
A future of promise......Page 53
Bibliography......Page 54
3 Place......Page 58
Notes......Page 70
References......Page 72
4 Boundary creatures and bounded spaces......Page 76
Boundaries of mechanical life......Page 77
Bioregions as self-organizing systems......Page 86
Toward a restoration of the self in a bioregionalorganization......Page 90
Bibliography......Page 92
5 Bioregional possibilities inVermont......Page 96
The natural scene......Page 97
Recent bioregional initiatives......Page 99
Uncovering Vermont’s bioregional “layers”......Page 102
Concluding thoughts......Page 109
Notes......Page 110
References......Page 112
6 Bioregionalism, civil society andglobal environmental governance......Page 116
Local resources, local regimes......Page 117
From global to the local......Page 121
Governance and the environment......Page 122
Global civil society and environmental governance......Page 125
Conclusion......Page 129
Notes......Page 131
Bibliography......Page 132
7 Toward a cosmopolitan bioregionalism......Page 136
Ecological and cultural diasporas......Page 137
Pluralistic identity and multiple personas......Page 139
The perceptual foundations of a bioregional sensibility......Page 140
Cosmopolitan bioregionalism for perceiving global change......Page 145
Bibliography......Page 147
8 Climate-change policy from abioregional perspective......Page 148
Some bioregional characteristics of the climate-changeproblem......Page 149
Natural and social system relevance and constraints......Page 151
International organization activities......Page 153
Otherinternational activities......Page 155
Moving toward a bioregional approach......Page 156
A focus on national efforts: The case of the United States......Page 157
Improving a bioregional approach......Page 159
Conclusions......Page 161
Bibliography......Page 165
9 Combining science and place-based knowledge......Page 172
The social and cultural conditions of science and place......Page 174
Science and place-based knowledge combined......Page 178
Conclusion......Page 182
Bibliography......Page 183
10 Addressing the conservationconundrum in Mesoamerica......Page 186
The conservation conundrum in Mesoamerica......Page 188
The overlap of protected areas, indigenous homelands andresource concessions......Page 189
Sacred places: The case of the Maya Forest......Page 190
Preserving homelands: The case of the Mosquitia Corridor......Page 191
Experiments in bioregionalism: The Mesoamerican laboratory......Page 193
The lens of the ancient Maya: Advancing bioregional policy......Page 197
Conclusion......Page 198
Bibliography......Page 200
11 The role of education and ideology in the transition from a modern to a more bioregionally-oriented culture......Page 206
Characteristics of the ideology that underlies high-statusknowledge......Page 208
Low-status knowledge, cultural bio-conservatism andbioregionalism......Page 212
Educational implications......Page 215
Conclusion......Page 218
References......Page 219
Restoration and the mimesis of nature......Page 220
Two paths of ecological restoration......Page 222
Bioregional restoration and community-building1......Page 227
The value of shared service......Page 230
The long path home: Working to cooperate with the land......Page 234
Bibliography......Page 236
Index......Page 238