Planet Drum Activities

Publishing (Informational materials for deepening bioregional awareness)

Discovering your Life-Place: A First Bioregional Workbook leads readers to a new appreciation of their relationships with local natural systems through a practical, hands-on map-making exercise. The book is an exciting way to teach local ecology and natural science in either urban or rural areas for all ages.

A Green City Program for the San Francisco Bay Area and Beyond has an easily accessible format: it describes the present situation, agendas for short and long term changes, "fables" for how changes might occur and "visions" of what a Green City anywhere would be like. 

Reinhabiting a Separate Country is a collection of essays, natural history, biography, poems, and stories revealing Shasta Bioregion (Northern California) as a distinct area of the planetary biosphere. It has served as a model for indigenous collections in New York, the Ozarks, and the Rocky Mountains, among other places. 

Wild in the City is a poster-map comparing a view of the natural geography of San Francisco before colonization with a present-day street map to show what features could be restored. 

Shasta Bioregion Map with descriptions of natural zones within Northern California. 

Envisioning Sustainability is a collection of essays by Peter Berg.

Eco-Bahia Calendar 2010 has lovely photos from the work and the area in Ecuador where Planet Drum's Eco-Ecuador Project is done. 

Planet Drum's bi-annual review, Raise the Stakes, presented thought-provoking essays on issues ranging from restoration ecology to the greening of cities for 20 years. A "Circles of Correspondence" section described the activities of bioregional groups. See the Publications page for listings.

Lectures, Seminars, Workshops & Performances

Staff members present talks and conduct seminars and workshops on bioregional topics for community, college and activist groups. Workshops teach participants to identify their bioregion through awareness of natural features and includes map-making activities.

Bioregionally based story-telling and performances are also available.

Networking

Planet Drum provides networking services to start and assist bioregional groups, to provide resources and expertise, and to put people who are interested in particular subjects in touch with each other.

Library Resources

Our San Francisco office contains a unique archive of journals that relate ecological thinking to society, politics, and culture. It is open to members, researchers and others.