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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:

新湯憲章と教育的意義:Multiplanetary species 構想との対比からみる Reinhabitation の実践

By Kimiharu To | February 15, 2026

藤 公晴, 佐々木 豊志, 下條 真司, 後藤 欣司, 前田 済 青森大学付属総合研究所SDGs研究センター The Shin-yu Charter and Its Educational Significance: Practicing Reinhabitation in Contrast to the Multiplanetary Species Vision Kimiharu Fujii, Toyoshi Sasaki, Shinji Shimojo, Kinji Goto, Wataru Maeda Aomori University Research Institute for Comprehensive Studies, SDGs Research Center Abstract This paper examines the Shin-yu Revitalization Project, an off-grid outdoor educational facility located in Towada-Hachimantai National Park, […]

The Shin-yu Charter and Its Educational Significance: Practicing Reinhabitation in Contrast to the Multiplanetary Species Vision

By Kimiharu To | February 15, 2026

On 2/15/26 Kimiharu To sent this email along with his paper. Hi Judy, Sharing a small update with you.  I just submitted a paper dealing with Peter’s ‘ Reinhabitation’ and ‘Figures of regulation’. The content introduces and explains the meanings of the charter that was articulated for our small educational hut with natural hotsprings, located in the midst of the national park which you and Peter once visited.  Here is overview […]

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 […]