ABSTRACT
Bioregionalism is a body of thought and related practice that has evolved in response to the challenge of reconnecting socially-just human cultures in a sustainable manner to the region-scale ecosystems in which they are irrevocably embedded. Over nearly twenty-five years this ambitious project of “reinhabitation” has carefully evolved far outside of the usual political or intellectual epicenters of our so-called civilization. In urban neighborhoods, in raincoast valleys, in prairie hollows and on semi-tropical plateaus bioregionalist communities have painstakingly and joyously learned the cultural and biophysical identity of their home territories-their bioregions. They have also worked to share the lessons of this hard-won experience, developing intersecting webs of bioregional connection that now stretch across the planet. The challenging goal of this survey is to briefly outline the remarkable history of bioregionalism.
