Raise the Stakes #24: Bioregional Directory & Map

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 the road. Planet Drum PULSE; Green City Report.

Bioregional Directory & Map

Editorial
The 1995 Bioregional Directory, Ocean Berg

Directory of Bioregions (Groups, Individuals & Publications)

• Pacific Coast
  • Aprovecho Research Center, contact: Dean Still, Cottage Grove, OR (News From Aprovecho)
  • Bay Area Action, contact: Peter Drekmeier, Palo Alto, CA (Action)
  • Bay Area Land Watch, contact: David Schooley, Brisbane, CA (Buckeye Newsletter)
  • Carter Readers, contact: Carter Brooks, San Francisco, CA
  • Cascadia Education Project, Inc., contact: Debra Giannini, Portland, OR (Cascadia Link)
  • Cascadia Institute, contact: David McCloskey, Seattle, WA (various publications)
  • Cascadia Planet, contacts: David Mazza & Debra Giannini, Portland, OR
  • The Catalyst Education Society (The New Catalyst/New Society Publishers), contact: Judith Plant, Gabriola Island, B.C., Canada (The New Catalyst/Bioregional Series)
  • Chinook Learning Center, contact, David Thompson, Clinton, WA (Flywheel)
  • The Cob Cottage Company, contacts: Michael Smith & Ianto Evans, Cottage Grove, OR (Cob and Earth Building Revival: A Reader)
  • Context Institute, contact: Kathryn True, Bainbridge Island, WA (In Context)
  • The District of Highlands, contact: Bruce Woodbury, Victoria, B.C., Canada (District of Highlands Community Newsletter)
  • Ecoforestry Institute Society, contacts: Doug Patterson & Alan Drengson, Victoria, B.C., Canada (International Journal of Ecoforestry)
  • The Ecostery Foundation of North America, contact: Alan Drengson, Victoria, B.C., Canada (Doc Forest and Blue Mountain Ecostery)
  • The Eden Project, contact: Timothy McClure, Glen Ellen, CA (The Eden Journal)
  • Environmental Protection Information Center, Inc., contact: Arleen Olson, Garberville, CA (Wild California)
  • EOS Institute, contact: Lynne Bayless, Laguna Beach, CA (Earthward Journal)
  • Fellowship for Intentional Community, contact: Betty Didcoct, Langley, WA (Communities Magazine; Communities Directory; FIC Newsletter)
  • Friends of Clayoquot Sound, contact: Paul Cienfuegos, Tofino, B.C., Canada
  • Friends of Santa Monica Mountains and Seashore, contact: Sue Nelson, Topanga, CA
  • Friends of the Trees, contact: Michael Pilarski, Bellingham, WA (Restoration Forestry; Third World Resource Guide)
  • The Geonomy Society, contact: Gary Flo, Fort Bragg, CA (The Geonomist)
  • Greater Ecosystem Alliance—Main Office, contact: Mitch Friedman, Bellingham, WA (Northwest Conservation)
  • Green City Project, contact: Judy Goldhaft, San Francisco, CA (Green City Calendar)
  • Green Party Political Association of British Columbia, no contact listed, Vancouver, B.C., Canada (Green Party News)
  • Growing Native Research Institute, contact: Louise Lacey, Berkeley, CA (Growing Native Newsletter)
  • R.S. Hinton & Associates, contact: Steve Hinton, Portland OR
  • Institute for Deep Ecology, contact: Tara Strand-Brown, Occidental, CA
  • Institute for Sustainable Forestry, contact: Jude Wait, Redway, CA (Forestree News)
  • International Working Group/Greens, contact: Juan Tomas Rehbock, San Francisco, CA
  • Ish River Country, contact: Jim Riley, Langley, WA (Island Independent)
  • Kachemak Heritage Land Trust, contact: Barbara Seaman, Homer, AK (Kachemak Heritage Landmarks)
  • Mattole Restoration Council, no contact listed, Petrolia, CA (Mattole Restoration Newsletter)
  • Mendocino Environmental Center, contacts: Betty & Gary Ball, Ukiah, CA (MEC Newsletter)
  • News From Native California, no contact listed, Berkeley, CA
  • Old Mill Farm, contacts: Chuck & Petra Hinsch, Mendocino, CA
  • Oregon Tilth, contact: Yvonne Frost, Tualatin, OR (In Good Tilth)
  • Orlo, no contact listed, Portland, OR (Bear Essential)
  • Planet Drum Foundation, contact: Judy Goldghaft, San Francisco, CA (Raise the Stakes)
  • Rainforest Action Network, contact: Cherise Miller, San Francisco, CA (World Rainforest Report)
  • Redwood City Seed Company, contacts: Craig & Sue Dremann, Redwood City, CA (Catalogue of Useful Plants)
  • Redwood Coast Environmental Law Center, contact: Nat Bingham, Mendocino, CA
  • Regeneration Resources, contacts: Bob Glotzbach & Gena VanCamp, Glen Ellen, CA (various publications)
  • San Geronimo Valley Planning Group, contacts: Debra Dadd-Redalia & Ron Thelin, Forest Knolls, CA
  • Sanctuary Forest, Inc., contact: Rondal Snodgrass, Whitethorn CA
  • Sandy Bar Ranch, contacts: Mark & Blythe, Orleans, CA (News from Sandy Bar)
  • Santa Cruz Mountains Biodiversity Institute, contact: Fred McPherson, Boulder Creek, CA (Santa Cruz Mountains Bioregion—Share Ware)
  • Santa Cruz Mountains Bioregional Development Group, contact: Jim Keller, Santa Cruz, CA
  • Trees Foundation, contact: Tracy Katelman, Redway, CA
  • Turtle House Institute, contact: David Hormel, Sebastopol, CA
  • White Crane Press, contact: Robert Barzan, San Francisco, CA
  • Wild Forest Review, no contact listed, Portland, OR
  • Wild in the City, contact: Nancy Morita, San Anselmo, CA
  • Zopilote Association, contacts: Michael Smith & Ianto Evans, Cottage Grove, OR
• Individuals
  • Jeb & Sandy Breyhouse, Los Angeles, CA
  • Mike Carr, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
  • Paul Cienfuegos, Tofina, B.C., Canada
  • Donald Dean, Mendocino, CA
  • Richard Gustafson, Orinda, CA
  • Tracy Katelman, Redway, CA
  • Steven R. Krolik, San Francisco, CA
  • Patrick Mazza, Portland, OR
  • Pam McCann, Berkeley, CA
  • Susan B. Nelson, Los Angeles, CA
  • Becky Price-Hall, Bayside, CA
  • Roger Pritchard, Berkeley, CA
  • Juan Tomas Rehbock, Oakland, CA
  • Jeff Smith, Portland, OR
  • Jim & Judy Tarbell, Mendocino, CA (Ridge Review)
  • Kevin Wolf, Davis, CA

• Pacific Mountains
  • California Indian Basketweavers Association, contact: Sara Greensfelder, Nevada City, CA (CIBA Newsletter)
  • Columbia River Bioregional Education Project, no contact listed, Oroville, WA (Columbiana)
  • Save Mount Shasta, A Project of the Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center. Contact: Michelle Berditschevsky, Mount Shasta, CA
  • Yalakom Community Council & Yalakom Ecological Society, contact: Eleanor Wright, Lillooet, B.C., Canada
• Individuals
  • George McKinley, Ashland, OR

• Basin and Range
  • Community Information Resource Center, contact: Thomas H. Greco, Tucson, AZ
  • Environmental Design Concepts, contact: Scott Pittman. Santa Fe, NM
  • Greener Pastures Institute, contact: William L. Seavey, Pahrump NV (Rural Property Investor)
  • Native Seeds Search, contact: Kevin Dahl, Tucson, AZ (The Seedhead News)
• Individuals
  • Gordon Solberg, Radium Springs, NM

• Rocky Mountains
  • Arapahoe Glacier Bioregional News, contact: Jhym Phoenix, Nederland, CO
  • The Boulder Barter Network, contacts: Jhym & Pam Phoenix, Boulder, CO
  • The Great Bear Foundation, contact: Matt Reid, Bozeman, MT (Bear News)
  • Greater Ecosystem Alliance—BC Desk, contact: Candace Batycki, Nelson. B.C., Canada
  • Sierra Club—Upper Columbia, contact: Easy, Spokane, WA (Rapids)
  • Slocan Valley Watershed Alliance, contact: Sylvia Hammond, Winlaw, B.C., Canada (Community Guide to the Forest: Ecology, Planning and Use)
  • Southern Slocan Valley Community Exchange, contact: Joel Russ, Winlaw, B.C., Canada (SSVCE Newsletter)
• Individuals
  • Ms. Day Star, Winlaw, B.C., Canada

• Mexican Cordillera
  • Arcorredes, contact: Paola Willis, Coyoacan del Carmen, Mexico
  • Huehuecoyótl AC, contact: Albert Ruz Buenfil, Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico (Las Voces de Huehuecoyótl)
  • Kalpulli Koakalko AC (Four Arrows of Mexico), contact: Francisco Jimenez, Coacalco Estado de Mexico, CP, Mexico
• Individuals
  • Pam McCann, Pocutla, Oaxaca, CP, Mexico
  • Ernesto Nesh, Tepoztlán, Morelos, Mexico

• Colorado Plateau
  • Colorado Plateau Ecology Alliance, contact: Joe Constantine, Flagstaff, AZ (Plateau Perspectives; Datewatch)
  • Kivaki Press, contact: Shona Holmes, Durango, CO (various publications)
  • San Miguel Greens, contact: Art Goodtimes, Norwood, CO
  • Sheep Mountain Alliance, contact: Cameron Brooks, Telluride, CO (Sheep Mountain Alliance Journal; Talking at Ewe)
  • Way of the Mountain Center, Dolores LaChapelle, Silverton, CO (Way of the Mountain Newsletter)

• Great Plains
  • Deep Ecology Group, Unitarian Universalist Society, Jane Clow, Waterloo, IA
  • Kansas Area Watershed Council, contact: Caryn Goldberg, Dan Bentley, Ken Lassman, Lawrence, KS (Well, Well, Well)
  • Realistic Living, contacts: Gene & Joyce Marshall, Bonham, TX (Realistic Living—A Journal on Ethics and Religion)
  • San Antonio Bioregional Research Group, contact: Pleas McNeel, San Antonio, TX
  • Texas Through Time Living History Museum, contact: Pleas McNeel, San Antonio, TX
  • Unison, contact: John McMurphy, Dallas, TX (Points of Light)
  • West Plains Academy, contacts: Linda & Bryce Stephens, Jennings, KS
  • Zendik Farm and Ecolibrium Alliance, contact: Arol Wulf, Bastrop, TX (Zendik Farm Tribe; Statement of Revolution)
• Individuals
  • Patricia Allison, Blanco, TX
  • Chen Atkins & Shey Pinsof, Bastrop TX
  • Caryn Goldberg & Ken Lassman, Lawrence, KS
  • Mark Larson, Lawrence, KS
  • John McMurphy & Jeff Davis, Dallas, TX
  • Robert Southworth, Blanco, TX

• Ozark Plateau
  • Ozark Area Community Congress, contact: David Haenke, Brixey, MO (Talking Oak Leaves)
  • Ozark Regional Land Trust, contact: Gregg Galbraith, Carthage, MO (Annual Ozark Calendar)
  • The Water Center, contact: Barbara Harmony, Eureka Springs, AR (Aqua Terra: Water Concepts for the Ecological Society; We All Live Downstream)
• Individuals
  • Jacqueline Froelich, Eureka Springs, AR
  • Jim Kuhel, Leslie, AR

• Great Lakes
  • Auto-Free Ottawa, contact: Lucy Segatti, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Auto-Free Zone)
  • City of Toronto Task Force to Bring Back the Don, contact: Dalton Shipway, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Bring Back the Don)
  • Cress Spring Farm, contact: Roger Eischens, Blue Mounds, WI
  • Eco-City Cleveland, contact: David Beach, Cleveland Heights, OH (Eco-City Cleveland Journal)
  • Friends of the Buffalo River, contact: Lynda Schneekloth, Buffalo, NY (FBR Newsletter)
  • Living Earth Institute of the Great Lakes, contact: Michael Dowd, Ann Arbor, MI
  • The Nature Conservancy: The Mighty Acorns Project, contact: Diane Reckless, Chicago, IL
  • Oak Ridges Bioregion Network, contacts: Christopher Lowry, Whitney Smith, Ray Tomalty, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (ORBnet)
  • Save the Prairie Society, contact: Valerie Spale, Westchester, IL (Prairie Roots)
  • Singing Wolf Center, contact: Kristi Cowles, Lake Geneva, WI
  • Thumb Bioregional League, contact: Fred Fuller, Yale, MI
  • Turtle Island Office, contact: Beatrice Briggs, Blue Mounds, WI (Voice of the Turtle)
  • Tuscarawas Bioregional Council, contact: Jerry Welch, Akron, OH (Turtle Talk)
  • Western Pennsylvania-Eastern Ohio Earth Literacy Network, contact: Gene Wilhelm, Slippery Rock, PA
  • Wild Onion Alliance, contact: Beatrice Briggs, Chicago, IL (downWind)
• Individuals
  • Bill Collins, Rochester Hills, MI
  • John R. Fisher, Lakefield, Ontario, Canada
  • Turns-To-The-East, Genoa City, WI
  • Margaret Wooster, Buffalo, NY

• Mississippi River Valley
  • Delta Greens, contacts: John Clark & Camille Martin, New Orleans, LA (Delta Greens Quarterly)
  • Dreamtime Village, contacts: Miekal And & Ellizabeth Was, LaFarge, WI (Dreamtime Talkingmail)
  • Library for Sustainable Living, contact: Carol Wallitt LeMay, Fairfield, IA
  • Mesechabe, contacts: John Clark & Camille Martin, New Orleans, LA
  • South Abita Neighborhood Association, contact: Stephen Duplantier, Abita Springs, LA
  • Yahara Watershed Education Network, contact: Jim Lorman, Madison, WI

• Ohio River Basin
  • Central Ohio River Basin Bioregional Congress, contact: Leif Haggland, Bloomington, IN (Congress Proceedings)
  • Hoosier UNCED Watch (Indianapolis), contact: Doug Mason, Indianapolis, IN (Indianapolis Peace & Justice Center Newsletter)
  • IMAGO, contact: Jim Schenk, Cincinnati, OH (IMAGO News)
  • Michaela Farm, contact: Sr. Anita Brelage, Oldenburg, IN (Michaela Farm Newsletter)
  • Open Ground/Cultural Rec-Creations, contact: Don Boklage, Harrodsburg, KY (Open Ground)
  • Protect Our Woods, contact: Bob Klawitter, Paoli, IN (Protect Our Woods)
  • Sunrock Farm, contact: Frank Traina, Wilder, KY (Pollen: Journal of Bioregional Education)
  • Sustainable Systems Program, contact: Larry Patrick, Slippery Rock, PA (The Alternator)
  • Western Pennsylvania-Eastern Ohio Earth Literacy Network, contact: Rev. George R. Dalton, Slippery Rock, PA
• Individuals
  • Kari Norborg Carter, Centerville, OH
  • Richard Cartwright, Oldenburg, IN
  • Bob Klawitter, Dubois, IN
  • Doug Mason, Bloomington, IN
  • Mary Meyer, Oldenburg, IN
  • Ed Paynter, Indianapolis, IN
  • Janette Shetter, Bloomington, IN
  • Sarah A. Stevenson, Slippery Rock, PA
  • Christina A. Snyder, Cincinnati, OH

• Atlantic Mountains
  • Carantouan Greenway, contact: Destiny Kenal, Waveryly, NY
  • The Center For Reflection on the Second Law, contacts: James & Mary Berry, Raleigh, NC (CFRSL newsletter)
  • Center for Regional Alternatives/Piedmont Bioregional Institute, contact: W.L. “Billy” Cummings, Pittsboro, NC
  • Compost Patch, Inc, contact: Charles Leiden, Altoona, PA (Compost Patch Ideas)
  • Cumberland-Green Bioregional Council, contact: Eric Lewis, Nashville, TN (Greenlight)
  • The Farm Ecovillage Training Center, contact: Patrick Gibbon, Summertown, TN
  • Gaia Education Outreach Institute, contact: Bruce Kantner, Temple, NH (GEOLetter)
  • Genesis Farm, contact: Miriam MacGillis, OP, Blairstown, NJ (Genesis Farm Newsletter)
  • Ithaca Money, no contact listed, Ithaca, NY
  • Katúah, contact: David Wheeler, Whittier, NC (Katúah: Bioregional Journal of the Southern Appalachians)
  • Katúah Permaculture Institute, contact: Chuck Marsh, Leicester, NC
  • Morning Star Center for Human Development and Spiritual Awakening, contact: JoAnn Jones, Bethlehem, PA (Grassroots Journal)
  • Natural Rights Center, contact: Albert Bates, Summertown, TN (Natural Rights)
  • New Land Trust, Inc., contact: Damian Gormley, Saranac, NY (New Land Ethic Review)
  • Northern New England Bioregion Project, contact: Tom DeVries, Concord, NH
  • Permaculture Connection: Southwest Permaculture Network News, contact: Lee Barnes, Waynesville, NC
  • Save Inc.; Greens USA, contacts: Joris Rosse & JoAnn Jones, Bethlehem, PA (Grassroots Journal)
  • Share the Dream Community Farm Project at Ash Grove Organic Farm, contact: Dori Green, Corning, NY
  • Short Mountain Sanctuary, contact: Stevie Kendall, Liberty, TN (RFD: A Country Journal for Gay Men Everywhere)
  • Southern Appalachian Eco-Alliance, contact: Dan Cartledge, Fletcher, NC
  • The Swan Conservation Trust, contact: Michael Lee, Summertown, TN (Call of the Swan)
  • Three Rivers Project, contact: John Van Lierde, South New Berlin, NY (Three Rivers Communicator)
  • TRANET, no contact listed, Rangeley, ME
  • Western North Carolina Alliance, contact: Mary Kelly, Ashville, NC (Accent)
  • Wild Earth, John Davis, Richmond, VT (Wild Earth Magazine)
• Individuals
  • W. Forrest Altman, Semora, NC
  • Lee Barnes, Waynesville, NC
  • Roy Chamberlin, New Berlin, NY
  • Walt Franklin, Rexville, NY
  • Myles Jakubowski, Baxter, TN
  • Tad Montgomery, Montague, MA
  • Marnie Muller, Leicester, NC
  • Leith Patton, Nashville, TN
  • Milo Pyne, Nashville, TN
  • Brian Tokar, Calais, VT

• Atlantic Coast
  • American PIE (American Public Information on the Environment), contact: Brad Easterson, Marlborough, CT (American PIE)
  • Earth Environmental Group, contact: Jean Gardner, New York, NY (various publications)
  • The Ecologist, no contact listed, Cambridge, MA
  • Grandmother Speaks, contact: Red Moon Song, Silver Springs, MD
  • The Green Web, contacts: David Orton & Helga Hoffmann, Pictou County, N.S., Canada (Green Web Bulletin)
  • Hug the Earth Publications, contact: Kenneth Lumpkin, Pequannock, NJ (Hug the Earth, A Journal of Land and Life)
  • Institute for Bioregional Studies, contact: Phil Ferraro, Prince Edward Island, Canada
  • Learning Alliance, contact: David Levine, New York, NY (Learning Alliance Catalog)
  • Reinhabit the Hudson Estuary, contacts: George Tukel & Jerry Mueller, New Paltz, NY
  • The Westchester Land Trust, contact: Alice Bamberger, Bedford Hills, NY (Spaces)
• Individuals
  • Caroline Cutroneo, Staten Island, NY
  • Rev. Margaret S. Ennis (Maggie), Woodbridge, VA
  • Coco Gordon, New York, NY
  • Gary Lawless & Beth Leonard, Brunswick, Gulf of Maine, ME

• Australia
  • Permaculture International, contact: Steve Payne, South Lismore, NSW, Australia (Permaculture International Journal)
  • Urban Ecology Australia, contact: Cherie Hoyle, Adelaide, SA, Australia (various publications)
  • Yarra Yarra Bioregional Network, contacts: Cam Walker & Natalie Moxham, Fitzroy, VIC, Australia (Inhabit)

• Europe
  • ADELLOCSAN “Associació per a la defensa dels llocs sagrats ancestrals”, contact: Miguel-Didac Piñero Costa, L’Escala, Catalunya, Spain (Butlletί)
  • Alternativa Verda, contact: Josep Puig, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain (L’Alternatiu)
  • Cornish Nationalist Party, contact: Dr. James Whetter, Cornwall, UK (The Cornish Banner/An Baner Kernewek)
  • Earth Village Network, contacts: Ishi & Sarah Crosby, JG Katijk, Netherlands (Earth Village Connector)
  • The Ecologist, no contact listed, Dorset, UK
  • EURES Institute for Regional Studies in Europe, contact: Beatrice Magnus-Wiebel, Freiburg, Germany
  • Frontiere, contact: Eduardo Zarelli, Bologna, Italy
  • Lato Selvatico Newsletter, contact: Giuseppe Moretti, Portiolo, Mantova, Italy
  • Munich 2000 Carfree (Műnchen 2000 Autofrei), contact: Klaus Naumann, Munich, Germany
  • Permaculture Association, contact: Steven Read, Devon, UK (Permaculture Magazine)
  • Sev-Slunákov-Elesun Foundation, contact: Michal Bartos, Olomouc, Czech Republic
  • “T” Laboratorio Sulla Differenza, contacts: Marco DeBernardo & Daniela Esposito, Rome, Italy
  • Tribú dell’ Arcobaleno Fiammeggiante, Associazione Culturale, contact: Gino, Napoli, Italy (La Raccolta)
  • World Information Service on Energy, contact: Michel Ligthart, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Wise News Communique)
• Individuals
  • Franco Beltrametti, Riva SV, Switzerland
  • Maurizio Castellucci, Cesena, Italy
  • Stefan Hyner, Brűhl/Romrhof, Germany
  • Klaus Naumann, Munich, Germany
  • Josep Puig/Boix, Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain

• Pacific Islands
  • Harmonious Earth Research, contact: Marianne Scott, Kihei, HI
  • Sahabat Alam Malaysia (Friends of the Earth) contact: Ahmad Kamal, Penang, Malaysia (Environmental News Digest)
• Individuals
  • Mr. S.M. Mohd Idris, Penang, Malaysia

• Other Continents
  • Auroville Village Action Group, contact: Bhavana, Tamil Nadu, India (Auroville Today)
  • Biorama Trust, contact: Ramanna, Tamil Nadu, India
  • Environmental Liaison Centre International, contact: Robert Sinclair, Nairobi, Kenya
  • Monkey Bay Wildlife Sanctuary, contacts: Matthew Miller & Marga Waals, Belmopan, Belize (Monkey Business)

Plus:

• Alphabetical Index
• Zip & Postal Code Index

Green City Report by Sabrina Merlo
Green City/urban sustainability activities in the SF Bay Area.

Planet Drum Pulse by Debbie Hubsmith
Stake Raisers and Planet Drum adventures in and out of the office.

Graphics

• Bioregions Map (front page)
• Graphics: 5 animals (The 1995 Bioregional Directory)
• Planet Drum Staff (photo)
• Represented Bioregions of North America (map) (centerfold), cartography and design 1995, Olkos Work Arts – Steven R. Holloway
• Graphic: Forest, mountains, river (Zip & Postal Code Index)

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