bioregionalism

American  

[bahy-oh-ree-juh-nl-iz-uhm] / ˌbaɪ oʊˈri dʒə nlˌɪz əm /

noun

1. the belief that human activity, including environmental and social policies, should be based on ecological or geographical boundaries rather than economic or political boundaries.

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Other Word Forms

• bioregionalist noun

Example Sentences

Several experiments in bioregionalism at large scales are underway, although most remain somewhat top-down in their governance.

From Scientific American

The public intellectuals, the Green party, the big NGOs: all these people, from a tradition founded on localisation, degrowth, bioregionalism and a fierce critique of industrial capitalism, were on board with a multinational trading bloc backed by the world’s banks, corporations and neoliberal politicians.

From The Guardian