From Oil Age to Soil Age
By John Thackara, Doors of Perception
To put it another way: modern citizens today use more energy and physical resources in a month than our great-grandparents used during their whole lifetime.
Tag: bioregionalism
Biennials and System Change
By John Thackara, Doors of Perception
Why do so many expos, festivals and biennials promise to change the world for the better – only to end up as trash?
Should We Move to Bioregionalism?
By James Bernard Quilligan, P2P Foundation
“It’s time to consider that bioregional self-sufficiency—the principle of meeting human needs within the constraints of resource areas—is really what leads to democracy and prosperity.”
From Watersheds to Mountains, What If We Based Our Borders on Nature?
By Rachael Stoeve, YES! magazine
Bioregionalism is one possible vision of a future that works for people and for the Earth.
Limits of Resilience
By John Thackara, Doors of Perception
Resilience – ‘the capacity to bounce back’ ... is a desirable condition. The trouble is that a lot of people perceive resilience...to be a new variety of risk management that gives them the opportunity to carry on with business-as-usual.
Venice: from gated lagoon to bioregion
By John Thackara, Doors of Perception
Rather than being protest-based, like the mainstream environmental movement (and most of Venice’s heritage groups), bioregionalism promotes an active harmony between human culture and the natural environment. It emphasises solutions that are based on local populations, knowledge, and solutions – not on global markets.