Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The belief that social organization and environmental policies should be based on bioregions rather than on arbitrary political boundaries.
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- noun The belief that naturally-defined
regions (bioregions orecoregions ) should be the basis of political or cultural identity
Etymologies
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Examples
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An actor and playwright with the San Francisco Mime Troupe and a co-founder of the Diggers in the '60s, he also founded Planet Drum Foundation, an ecological, educational nonprofit, and became internationally recognized as a leading advocate for a concept known as bioregionalism.
SFGate: Top News Stories Chronicl rhurwitt@sfchronicle.com (Robert Hurwitt 2011
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A corollary concept, and one that supports sustainable design, is that of bioregionalism - the idea that all life is established and maintained on a functional community basis and that all of these distinctive communities (bioregions) have mutually supporting life systems that are generally self-sustaining.
Sustainable Design Update » Blog Archive » The National Park Service on Sustainability 2007
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Notions of bioregionalism, local economies, village self-governance, and extended family units are parts of our heritage that resonate strongly today as we seek creative ways out of the mess left in the wake of Hurricane Bush.
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Peter Berg and Judy Goldhaft became more deeply involved in the ecology movement, helping to develop the concept of bioregionalism: the idea that human political boundaries should follow the borders of ecological systems, in order to facilitate sustainable interaction with the environment.
Manhood in the Age of Aquarius: Masculinity in Two Countercultural Communities, 196583 2007
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During his life he spoke out against the Mexican War and the subjugation of Native America, and campaigned in favor of bioregionalism and the protection of animals and wild areas, but the political issue that roused his indignation more than any other was slavery.
Henry David Thoreau Furtak, Rick Anthony 2008
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If this last claim is correct, then the radical activist need not, after all, look for philosophical support in radical, or countercultural, theories of the sort deep ecology, feminism, bioregionalism and social ecology claim to be.
Environmental Ethics Brennan, Andrew 2008
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Further, given its emphasis on local self-sufficiency and the virtue of life in small communities, a question arises over whether bioregionalism is workable in an overcrowded planet.
Environmental Ethics Brennan, Andrew 2008
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Mr. Berg developed the concept of bioregionalism and founded Planet Drum after attending the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Environment in Stockholm.
SFGate: Top News Stories Chronicl rhurwitt@sfchronicle.com (Robert Hurwitt 2011
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Stephanie Mills reflects on the failures of the ecology movement and offers her last best hope -- bioregionalism.
Chicago Reader 2010
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Supporting the ideal of bioregionalism, sustainable measures such as renewable energy, sustainable food systems, and community development are integrated at the local level.
WN.com - Articles related to Food & agriculture - June 9 2010
qms commented on the word bioregionalism
By bioregionalism's grace
Our maps will display a new face.
The borders it draws
Scorn language and laws.
It's nature that outlines a place.
February 6, 2017