What does Bioregional Governance Look Like?
Administration districts and self governing systems based on use, such as ecoregions, metro regions, watersheds, firesheds, energy production and consumption, population growth & transportation, emergency management, food production, carbon emissions, environment, soil, ecology, that together can create better systems for governance, equity and management, in which those most impacted by decisions, have a substantive say in decisions affecting their lives.
Economies that are local, bioregional, ethical, circular, and sustainable, fitting into a global supply chain in a way that uses responsible and accountable methods for extraction, production and manufacturing.
A focus on generational thinking and impact, rather than short term profit. A social contract that every generation of inhabitants and people within the Cascadia bioregion has a higher standard of well being and livability than the last.
Indigenous sovereignties and nationhood. Shared systems of stewardship on a bioregional level developed together with all of us at the table, truth and reconciliation, language, history and cultural revival programs, ground up representation in government and Land Back.
Growth of wild areas, green corridors, interconnected natural ecosystems and integration of nature into urban settings and human activities, rather than removed and apart from them. Responsible production of timber, agriculture and bioregional resources. Support for indigenous plants and ways of living, place appropriate technologies. Support for local and organic businesses, growers, manufacturers, and farms.
Resilience and Disaster Management. Growing stronger networks of mutual aid, preparation, food, training and energy production and reducing the impact of manmade or natural disasters or emergencies. Decentralized and community managed energy production based on renewable and local resources, water catchment and filtration and food production.
Disaster preparedness, bioregional resilience and emergency management.
Place appropriate and inclusion of indigenous technologies and ways of living.
Energy independence based on renewable resources.
Policies that are data driven backed by financially transparent, peer reviewed research and policy.
Access to fact based, transparent, community driven news reporting.
Net negative carbon impact.
