In this 40 minute lively interview, Rappahannock River Basin Commission Coordinator Eldon James discusses the Commission’s new initiative to use an economic development platform to restore the Rappahannock River and the Chesapeake Bay with Conserv Executive Director Michael Collins. Details about the agenda for the December 9 Symposium, Incentivizing Restoration through a Chesapeake Bay Economy, [...]

In the August 31 opening post of this series, we propose 10 pillars for the design and creation of new bioregional marketplaces for industrialized nations:

Creation-care ministries of faith and ethics communities
Biomimicry
Ecosystem health goal setting
Ecological footprinting
Holistic health care
Bioregionalism
Currency diversity
Ecosystem services
Sustainable macroeconomic theory
Whole system design and facilitation

In today’s post, we will discuss Pillar 6: Bioregionalism.  Conserv is [...]

In the weeks ahead, as we plan for the launch of the Rappahannock Exchange, we will offer up occasional briefings on the pillars of future bioregional markets to enhance ecosystem health of keystone environmental assets. These include:

Creation-care ministries of faith and ethics communities
Biomimicry
Ecosystem health goal setting
Ecological footprinting
Holistic health care
Bioregionalism
Currency diversity
Ecosystem services
Sustainable macroeconomic theory
Whole system design [...]