{"id":42268,"date":"2019-01-04T14:28:53","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T19:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=42268"},"modified":"2019-01-04T14:28:53","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T19:28:53","slug":"re-regionalization-bioregional-development-as-a-regenerative-pathway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=42268","title":{"rendered":"Re-regionalization: Bioregional development as a regenerative pathway"},"content":{"rendered":"

Re-regionalization: Bioregional development as a regenerative pathway<\/a><\/h3>\n

Based on an excerpt of the \u2018Ecological Design Dimension<\/a>\u2019 of Gaia Education<\/a>\u2019s online course in \u2018Design for Sustainability<\/a>\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

To relocalise effectively we need to map the productive potential of our regions and communities, including resource, material, waste and energy flows and identify threads and opportunities for relocalising production and consumption. How are we dependent on imports and what resources do we have in regional abundance?<\/p>\n

Apart from mapping data on the bio-productivity, hydrology, geology, climatology, and ecology of the region, to identify material and energy resources that can be sustainably used and regenerated locally or regionally, communities will also have to become clear what skills, knowledge, technology, infrastructures, and financing will be needed and how to put these resources in place. Creating and maintaining a high level of knowledge and skills within the region requires investment in education and innovation over the mid and long-term.<\/p>\n

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Map of the Cascadia Bioregion (Cascadia Institute<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Shifting local and regional economies towards increased local production for local consumption will only be achieved in complex multi-stakeholder integration processes with people taking a whole systems design perspective in a collaborative effort to create regional abundance. Such a transition will require skill, persistence and patience, yet it promises diverse and vibrant regional economies, resilient and thriving communities, and the protection and regeneration of regional bio-cultural diversity.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOral histories and historical research can offer fascinating insights into how people used to feed, employ and heat themselves. Clearly, not all of it is relevant and collecting reminiscences carries a danger of romanticising the past and devaluing the present, but there is much that can be learned.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2014 Rob\u00a0Hopkins<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Re-regionalization: Bioregional development as a regenerative pathway Based on an excerpt of the \u2018Ecological Design Dimension\u2019 of Gaia Education\u2019s online course in \u2018Design for Sustainability\u2019 To relocalise effectively we need to map the productive potential of our regions and communities, including resource, material, waste and energy flows and identify threads and opportunities for relocalising production […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,3,4,7],"tags":[23710,23712,23711,4944,20243],"class_list":["post-42268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-economics","category-energy-2","category-environment","category-survival-2","tag-bioregional-development","tag-ecological-design-dimension","tag-re-regionalization","tag-regeneration","tag-relocalisation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42268"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42269,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42268\/revisions\/42269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}