“The concept of fractal scale-linking is central to a vision of a bioregional Earth. Pioneering bioregionalist David Haenke speaks of bioregions as eco-holo-fractals, terminology that may seem esoteric – until you unpack it.
The first part of the term (eco) refers to bioregions’ natural and social ecologies – or “geographic terrains” and “terrains of consciousness” in the words of fellow bioregional progenitor Peter Berg – which applies at the scale of specific bioregions.
The second and third parts of the term refer respectively to bioregions’ holonic (simultaneously self-contained and a part of larger systems) and fractal (self-similar across scales) natures, applying both at and beyond the scale of specific bioregions.
… a bioregional approach toward regeneration of the entire Earth requires practitioners to adopt what we might call fractal consciousness – working synchronously at specific bioregional and cross-bioregional scales (all the way to the planetary or even cosmic scales).”
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