Stephanie Mills

Starting from and Staying with the Nature of Place

By Stephanie Mills | April 8, 2026

A presentation given by Stephanie Mills at the Circuit in Traverse City, Michigan, April 8, 2026 >>>>><<<<< Good evening! Thank you for coming out tonight to gather with other folks who care about the life and health of our waters and their watersheds. Thank you for being humans interested in what it might mean to start from and stay with the nature of place. My […]

Stephanie Mills’ Resources

By Stephanie Mills | April 8, 2026

Resources Four Essential Websites Articles and Videos Durable goods Two bioregionalist founders’ books: Three paradigm-shifters:

Starting From and Staying with the Nature of Place, Keynote Address

By Stephanie Mills | October 30, 2025

What is a bioregion and why should we care? Author of seven books tracing the whys and wherefores of environmentalism since the 1970s, Stephanie Mills revisits a familiar subject for her—the relationship of the human species to its habitats—and urges us to see where the real value is. This essay is based on a keynote address by the author given at the Freshwater Summit in […]