#bioregional — Public Fediverse posts

#RegenerativeAnthropology 2/2

It is pretty telling that “profit” ever made it there, accepted by everyone for so long as equal to people and planet in importance. A more regenerative approach, I suggest, is to remove profit completely and put in PLACE instead: place-based thinking, thriving communities, bioregions, ecologies. #Regeneration #Bioregional #Sustainability

« Those of us who have worked toward a more #bioregional order less dependent on global supply chains are validated. This disruption makes a compelling argument for getting off #fossil fuels and becoming more reliant on #local sources of energy and food. But being right doesn’t make it any easier. The best that can be said is that global disruption will push us more in a bioregional direction, but with much pain and death across the world. »

https://www.counterpunch.org/2026/03/25/the-iran-wars-global-disruption-points-to-a-bioregional-way-of-life/

#30daymapchallenge Day 27 "Boundaries": imagining a North America with countries, states, and counties replaced by nested watersheds at multiple scales. I used data from the CEC's North American Environmental Atlas to map the major watersheds of North America using a color palette, text style, and overall aesthetic inspired by 1950s era political maps.

#Geography #Cartography #GIS #Watersheds #Bioregional

We are excited to announce that we have four landscape groups operating in Cascadia weaving together regenerative projects in their area: Whatcom, Whidbey, S. Willamette Valley, and The Gorge! Learn more here and support their #bioregional work (under the "Landscapes" menu): https://regeneratecascadia.org/

Mapping Antarctica's Hidden Ice-Free Lands - A Blueprint For Conservation
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https://phys.org/news/2025-01-antarctica-hidden-ice-free-blueprint.html <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04424-y <-- shared paper / spatial dataset
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#GIS #spatial #inventory #mapping #Antarctic #ecosystems #wilderness #biodiversity #environmental #icefree #landcover #climatechange #humanimpacts #habitat #opendata #bioregional #abiotic #spatialmodel #biogeography #raster #model #modeling #spatialdata #futureproofing

Learn more about the agroecological practices happening at The Odd Gumnut Farm, where a group of permaculturists are on a mission for a more resilient and regenerative future for everyone!

Find out more
https://agroecologymap.org/locations/the-odd-gumnut-farm

Or use the Android App:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.agroecologymap

#agroecology #agroecologia #agroécologie #permaculture #permacultura #agroforestry #agrofloresta #agroforesterie #regenerative #community #foodsystem #organic #farm #bioregional #india #asia

I think part of the reason why it's so easy for bad faith actors, conspiracy theorists, and alternative agenda types to convince the average person that climate change is a hoax is because, for instance, in my area and many others, the changes are subtle. Aside from that horrific heat dome a couple of years ago, the type of weather we are seeing is actually not that unusual. When I was a little kid, (an undisclosed number of years ago) we normally got 4 or 5 ft. of snow. Then as my kids were very small and growing, we rarely got much snow for Christmas, a skiff that melted and then maybe 8 to 12 inches in January. Then, the snow load slowly increased again and then in Feb. of 2017 we got a 5 ft. snow fall over about 3 days. For at least a dozen years, 3 or 4 feet was usual. Now we are back to warmth and rain with El Nino. This winter will again be very little snow with a lot of cloudy, rainy days.

But here's the thing. The changes are very apparent if you are paying attention, if you garden, spend a lot of time outside, use phenology for the timing of planting, harvesting and make written notes. The drought is not just lack of rain, it is deep drying of the earth so that foundations of very old houses are shifting as the soil structure degrades. It is forests so dry they burn so fast and unabated and like last summer in one area, freakily burned silently. Forest fires that burn towns so suddenly, people have to run for their lives even with our modern equipment and communications. It is weird diseases I've never seen in the garden before like asters yellow, tree stress and disease that is slowly killing off our fir forests. It is massive lack of bugs and insects, not just pollinators but all kinds. Forty years ago, the only rats were in coastal areas, now inland up in the mountains, my whole area is infested with Norway and Roof rats, not just the usual pack rats. The Norway rats are taking over and it's a losing battle for many of us. And it's a complete lack of typical patterns that we use to count on, now the weird weather is rapid fire changing from one week to the next. Forecasts are less reliable even with much better equipment and methods.

People will argue until the flood waters have gone over their head whether it's man-made or not. But, at the end of the day, all we can do, should do, must do, is try to live lighter on the planet, take care of this precious land we live on, and provide as much education and knowledge that we have so that we can help the next generations as much as possible.

#ClimateChange #ClimateDisaster #Prepping #GetPrepared #Education #Knowledge #BioRegional

I'm looking for examples of companion planting using #nativespecies for #foodsystems and #ecological #restoration. The Three Sisters method of growing corn, beans, and squash together is an example from #indigenous North America. Are there other regional examples of native plants that can be grown together for mutual benefit? What about sea vegetables in #coastal settings?

#bioregional #ethnobotany #nutrition #permaculture #ecosystem #climatechange #bluecarbon #sustainability #askfedi

#FollowFriday hashtags to dig deeper into #sustainability:

#foodsystems
#permaculture
#regenerative
#bioregional
#nativespecies

#restoration
#ecologicalrestoration
#bioremediation
#ecosystemservices

#EnergyTransition
#activetransport
#activetransportation
#motornormativity
#Greenways

#SocialEcologicalSystems
#JustTransitions
#systemchangenotclimatechange

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"The role of humans in an #ecosystem" I quoted from the above video blurb. I asks myself, how many humans live daily & interact, intentionally & intimately, with a #bioregional / local, living, complex ecosystem? Which is to say an actual area of earth / ground / land, i.e. a place where plants grow in soil and contain / invite 'wild' things to participate in the Always Already A Fucking Fecund Miracle of Being?
Half? 1%?
Too few I fear.
Cooperate. Pull some Will together and get some earth to love, even if you have to keep it in a pot.
Practice starts somewhen. Now is good.
Make lists, & compare your lists with others. Where they match, potential happens. There's stuff to do everywhere. Make things happen. Not everyone can, so be kind.
Get help. Give back.
#permaculture

A little #thread about two subjects near and dear to me: #Bioregional #Planning, and #PublicLands

First off, to understand what’s going on with #demographic #migrant #trends in the #usa I’d encourage everyone to read “The Great Displacement: #ClimateChange and the Next #American Migration,” by Jake Bittle. Check the #map below to orient yourself to the #issue.
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#ClimateCrisis #Climate #redoubt #environment #environmentalism #nature #earth #rural #urban @grist

One of my goals is to localize my #Mexican #cooking - instead of importing a bunch of stuff that goes into "real" #MexicanFood, especially during the winter, I want to get better at working with what grows here in the #PNW. Winter squashes; mushrooms; leeks; pears and apples; fiddleheads; salmon; even localized veggies from other cultures like #Chinese or #Japanese veggies.

Anyone have any inspiration or #recipes?

#100MileDiet #LocalFood #SeasonalFood #Bioregional #SustainableFood #SlowFood

You've heard of the 100 mile diet, but what about the 100 mile house? Steven Martyn, author of The Roundhouse, tells me all about Bioregional Building and more on this week's episode of Tiny House Lifestyle Podcast.

https://www.thetinyhouse.net/steven-martyn/

#TinyHouses #BioRegional #TinyHouseLifestyle #TinyHouse #Cob #Podcast #Interview #TinyHouseLiving @tinyhouses

I make my own incense to use and sell in my shop. While I usually gather plants, berries and resins for this specific purpose, it is also a good use for the bits of plant material left over from other uses. It is respectful of the plant to use all the parts you have gathered and not waste anything. I use both wild and garden herbs, flowers, bark, resin, leaves and stalks. I use pine, fir, spruce, cedar, bark, cones, leaves and resin. I use flowers such as yarrow, lavender, rose and clover. I add crushed berries such as saskatoons, mahonia or elderberry as well as honey and mead for binding. Making my own incense 2 or 3 times per year is intensely satisfying and a spiritual way to honour the land. It is also a great alternative to buying incense and resins from countries on the other side of the world that are often from endangered species or exploited sources. While I do have a few from other places I have visited, namely Glastonbury, I use them only for very special occasions as I won't be replacing them when they run out. I was inspired by the Glastonbury incenses from Star Child (they use local ingredients) and the scent takes me right back to the Red Spring. I've now created new scent memories with my own blends used for special ceremonies and rituals right here.

#witch #WitchStuff #incense #bioregional #DYI #occult #LocallySourced #Yule #Bealtine #Midsummer

UPDATE: Artecology CoCreate™️, what is it and how does it sidestep ‘business as usual’ orthodoxy? https://www.artecology.space/blog
#cocreate #opensource #knowledgetransfer #workshop #training #bioregional #society #community #socialcapital #naturalcapital #culturalcapital

@jodmentum Thanks. I'm interested in all of this. My feeling is that the finances behind all of this will quickly eclipse what any one municipality or planning board can address. We're going to need a regional / bioregional approach. The way individual states came together during the pandemic to create "cross border bioregional treaties" (my phrase) is a good example. I think FEMA is too high level, and I think the UN is too general.

#bioregional
#bioregionalism
#ClimateResilience
#CoastalChange
#interstate
#treaty

I never posted an #introduction after migrating a couple weeks ago, so here goes:

I’m a home cook, amateur #foodhistory and #ecology/#sustainability researcher, and nascent blogger (URL in profile) interested in #vegan cooking and #bioregional/#local cuisines, as well as #rawfood, #fermentation, #foraging, #staplefoods, #bulkfoods, and #zerowaste. Also curious about how food culture gets mediated through print, digital, and manuscript mediums. However, my interests (+ideals) exceed my reality!

Wenn die Menschen sich doch nur so verhalten würden, wie sie es sich in Umfragen vorstellen können. 🤔

Zitat aus dem Artikel: "Die drei wichtigsten Maßnahmen, um die ernährungsbedingten Emissionen zu reduzieren, sind tatsächlich Umstellung auf eine sehr stark pflanzliche Ernährung. Reduktion der Abfälle, also so wenig wie möglich Nahrungsmittel wegwerfen. Und dann muss noch die Produktion so emissionsarm wie möglich gestaltet werden."
#govegan #bioregional #nowaste

https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/weltwirtschaft/wachstum-klimaschutz-degrowth-report-mainz-101.html

@kensanata I hope the pandemic experience will wake up a lot of people to the brittle nature of global supply chains, and increase interest in (non-nativist) #bioregional localism.