The Big ONE
Are you Ready for a Culture Change?
The Big ONE is our movement representing a tectonic shift in our thinking about our sustainability. The Big ONE project is designed by a collection of San Francisco Bay Area non-profit organizations and community members. The project peaks every year in June, as a two-day non-commercial free event in Golden Gate Park focusing on solutions-oriented communit ...learn more
GROUP DETAILS
Created: Dec 18, 2007
Updated: Nov 27, 2009
Membership: Open To Apply
Semi-Private
2009 Bioregionalism Project
Access Privileges
The Blue Mountains Permaculture Network has as one of its projects the preparation of a Bio-regionalism Register, to acknowledge the existing work towards sustainability of local individuals, groups, businesses and council departments, and also to facilitate communication among them with the aim of more combined action e.g. in community education.
BIO-REGIONALISM is a political, cultural, and environmental system based on naturally-defined areas called bio-regions or eco-regions.
Bio-regions are defined through physical and environmental features, including watershed boundaries and soil and terrain characteristics. Bioregionalism stresses that the determination of a bio-region is also a cultural phenomenon, and emphasises local populations, knowledge, and solutions.
In the present situation of accumulating crises across Earth we may want to:
- advocate the support of sustainable local businesses
- sponsor more sustainable local employment opportunities
- lobby for more effective public transport
- help to create organic food gardens in homes and schools
- engage in community education projects on all of the above.
Our
first challenge has been defining our bio-region. There are three
political areas (according to Local, State and Commonwealth Government
boundaries), and two ecological areas (according to National Park and
World Heritage Area boundaries). The most useful defined area from the
point of view of potential self-sufficiency and environmental
sustainability is probably that shown on the tourist map of Blue Mountains - Lithgow and Oberon and click on Travel Guide (its a PDF).
Start by reading Towards a Bio-Regional Food Security Alliance and then also checkout the Bioregional Register - Second Draft Jan 2009 Both of these files are listed under "Interesting Articles - Wikis" on this site.
What do you think? Any suggestions / amendments welcome. All BMP members are invited to make any corrections, additions etc at any time, or contact lizzieconnor with details you want added.
Lizzie Connor
