ABSTRACT
While a thorough analysis of the changes that would be necessary to actually move from a world order based on the dominant development paradigm to a world order based on a bioregional paradigm is beyond the scope of this book, a broad outline can nonetheless be offered. Three initial points must be made, however. First, while it is possible to make proposals for change, such proposals cannot be imposed in a top-down fashion but rather must emerge through a process of inclusive deliberation in which all who are affected have the right to participate. Second, there is no single path to a bioregional future but rather many paths, with room for different communities to consider how to best achieve more symbiotic relations with their local bioregions. Third, there is no single strategy for implementing change which can be recommended above all others; rather, we need to be working on transformations at a variety of levels and in a variety of ways.
