Membership is $150 for an individual, $350 for a nonprofit organization. The Council of the Great Lakes Region is a binational, non-profit corporation that seeks to deepen the United States-Canada relationship in the Great Lakes region by creating stronger, more dynamic cross-border collaborations focused on finding new ways of harnessing the region’s economic strengths and …
I wrote to Judy Goldhaft of Planet Drum Foundation in September 2021: The idea of creating bioregional councils is not a new one, but it takes on new importance in the context of the present crisis of modern civilization. Our existing governance structures, even the democratic ones, are typically based on political boundaries and are …
https://planet-drum.net/ The social revolutionary thinker, writer, ecologist, environmental activist and founder of Planet Drum Foundation died on July 28, 2011 after a sudden case of pneumonia complicated by his bout with lung cancer. Peter Berg was an unforgettable personality for anyone who made his acquaintance over the past several decades.
Planet Drum The original voice of bioregionalism, founded by Peter Berg in San Franciso in 1973, and still going strong. Currently run by Judy Goldhaft. Defines a bioregion as “a distinct area with coherent and interconnected plant and animal communities, and natural systems, often defined by a watershed. A bioregion is a whole “life-place” with …
Bioregionalism is not a new idea. Arguably, all civilizations prior to our own have lived bioregionally, adapting themselves to local conditions and trading within a limited biogeographic region. Modern civilization is the first to “go global,” creating extensive and often fragile supply chains in the effort to maximize profit. Modern nation-states are also bounded by …
See http://gfl.bioregionals.org
glc.org Seems like Fisheries is the common theme, however, if they’re taking care of the lakes for fish, whatever they’re doing probably benefits the land, too, and they consider the coastal lands to be part of their work. Their sites (and Fisheries site, which they link to, lists projects. It could be a source of …