Bioregions: the real agenda 21

During the 90’s I was inspired by Local Agenda 21. LA21 came into being when the Rio Earth Summit called on the world’s local authorities to take centre stage and fulfil the second part of the famous aphorism: “think global,

Climate Change and Behaviour change

  I am wrestling with a question Angus Hardie, director of Local People Leading (LPL), posed online a few weeks ago. For a number of years I have been involved in this unique Scottish organisationon, an alliance of national networks

The honeycomb pattern – good for urban bioregions

A reply to my nest-pattern post by an American friend living in an urban environment prompted me to think what patterns would be applicable to urban situations. Emma told me she was wrestling with the nest pattern in terms of

Biosphere reserves: a possible model for bioregions?

I am reviewing various models which might be pertinent when it comes to us defining  bioregions here in Scotland and across the UK.  I have looked at landscape zoning, and now turn my attention to Biosphere reserves: a UNESCO initiative.