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(Click to enlarge) Seeing the Genesee–Finger Lakes as a Living Bioregion To look at the Genesee Finger Lakes Bioregion through a bioregional lens is to stop seeing it as a set of counties, cities, or tourist destinations and begin seeing it as a living system—shaped by ice and water, animated by human cultures, altered by […]
Building bioregional intelligence is the practice of developing a “terrain of consciousness”—a collective ability for communities to see, think, and act as part of their local ecological systems. It shifts focus from arbitrary political borders to natural boundaries like watersheds, soil types, and climate patterns to organize human activity regeneratively. Core Components of Bioregional Intelligence […]
We begin by acknowledging that we gather on the ancestral lands of the Haudenosaunee and other Indigenous peoples who have cared for this land for countless generations. We acknowledge the suffering and displacement they have endured, and we recognize the ongoing challenges they face. At the same time, we celebrate their wisdom, their deep relationship […]
The framework we have described for assessing the health of the Genesee Finger Lakes Bioregion was developed and enhanced using AI — ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grammarly, to mention a few. Is this legitimate? Is it useful? This article uses AI to address these questions. To begin with, ChatGPT alerts us to something that a wise […]
From Arch Merrill, Land of the Senecas (n.d., but appears to be from the 1950s): “In 1677 a Dutch trader, Wentwork Greenhalgh, set out from Albany with a party on horseback and visited the four Seneca towns. Here is how he described them: ‘Canagaro lies on the top of a great hill and contains 150 […]