National Water Center, Eureka Springs, Arkansas
National Water Center, Eureka Springs, AR
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Bioregional Focus
The National Water Center, has been active in the Bioregional Movement since 1980. The National Water Center coordinates the Water Committee of the Bioregional Movement.
Bioregionalism, an emerging way of thinking and being in the world, values the local and the regional and sees the revitalization of places, people and local cultures as the only sure way of healing ourselves, our culture, and the planet.
Rooted in ecological wisdom, the bioregional movement encompasses all our relations: with the earth, with all other life forms, and with each other. Bioregionalism values ideas and skills, traditions and innovations, stories and ceremonies that help us craft a life according to the attributes of our specific place. It’s a sustainable vision to help us, each to each, map out how we need to live in our places, with each other, and in concert with the more-than-human life that shares our planet and keeps us alive.
Some North American Bioregional Water Committee Reflections
by Barbara Harmony
Water and Bioregionalism
by David Haenke
The Salmon Circle
by Frasier Lang
Cool Clear Water . . . An Unlimited Supply?
by Denise M. Sammons
www.planetdrum.org - Planet Drum was founded in 1973 to provide an effective grassroots approach to ecology that emphasizes sustainability, community self-determination and regional self-reliance. In association with community activists and ecologists, Planet Drum developed the concept of a bioregion: a distinct area with coherent and interconnected plant and animal communities, and natural systems, often defined by a watershed.
www.kawcouncil.org:80/ - The Kansas Area Watershed Council, founded in 1982, is one of the oldest bioregional groups on the continent.
www.ozarkareacommunitycongress.org - OACC | Ozark Area Community Congress - The Ozark Area Community Congress (OACC) is the first and longest-standing bioregional congress on Earth. The Congress first convened in the Ozark hills in 1979.
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