Planet Drum staff contribute a wide variety of reports and writeups to the organizational website.
Bioregional Directory & Map: A listing of more than 200 bioregional groups and publications in the Northern Americas as well as in Europe and Australia. This issue is a useful way to find bioregionally-minded groups and individuals in your area. Also included is a centerfold map of the represented bioregions of the Northern Americas produced by Steven Holloway. Perfect for bioregional organizers or contacts on […]
“Planning A Sustainable Future” September 15-18, 1994 (Thursday thru Sunday) Location: Mendocino County. Redwood Coast. Mendocino Woodlands Camp, on the Little North Fork of Big River, off Mendocino -Little Lake Road (County Road 408). Conference: The focus is on the unique ecosystem of the coastal forests, watershed and fisheries, where the land and the ocean interact. Discussions will cover: bioregional issues, explore our cultural heritage, […]
Things That Really Work: A Bioregional Tool Kit: Chronicles some of the tools and practices that have proven to be effective when bioregionally conscious individuals apply them to their lives. Articles include, Teach Local; Peter Berg’s Putting ‘Bio’ in Front of Regional; Making a Garden of Consequence; and Where Poems Come From: An Interview with Jerry Martien. Also included is a Circles of Correspondence section […]
Earth Day 1994
Food as Place: Bioregional Agriculture: This issue focuses on agriculture as a multinational business and provides alternatives which directly relate to bioregionalism. Methods and benefits of locally-grown foods and gardens. Features include A Garden Growing Wild; Eating Our Teachers: Local Food, Local Knowledge; and Linking Plant Homelands and Human Homelands. Juan-Tomas Rehbock’s report on organic agriculture in Argentina, book reviews, Circles of Correspondence and Planet […]
Bioregional Culture: A look at several unique bioregions in the articles within this issue, from India to Silverton, Colorado. What bioregionalism means to different people and its significance in determining one’s own place. Circles of Correspondence: Oak Ridges Moraine, Aquaterra, Mexico, Intertribal Indian Park. Reads & Reads, Green City Report, Planet Drum Publications. Bioregional Culture EditorialBioregional Culture, Drawing to Scale, Marie Dolcini Circles of Correspondence […]
Earth Block 1993
Planet Drum’s exhibit at Earth Block Carnaval 1993 displaying Nancy Morita’s San Francisco: Wild in the City Map
Eco-Governance II: Anatomy of the Shasta Bioregional Gathering: An in-depth survey and exploration of the first Shasta Bioregional Gathering in northern California from conception to realization including highlights, participant reports and musings. Also samples bioregional gathering observations/outlines from Toronto’s first Bioregion Week and the fifth TIBC held in Kerrville, Texas. Inspirational accounts and provocative critiques of the bioregional movement, questioning rhetoric and processes of congressing. […]