Commitment 7: Region

The region is often an easily identified geographical area with a population of 1 to 5 million people. Knowing that a country can be as small as only 50,000 people a region is often an administrative boundary that helps a country or continent to apply numerical standards/appraisals of comparison for management and financial aid.

On a global basis the region is a useful unit of comparison for continents be it in a developing or developed area. Comparative regions will really come into their own as each continent develops its own united countries.

A region often has a strong natural identity and commitment due to its traditions, language or dialect and topography.

7.1 A region often has its own natural identity and, at 1 to 5 million people, provides a useful means of comparison at the national, continental and global level.

7.2 At a regional level, large areas of natural terrain can be protected, restored and enhanced.

7.3 On a regional basis, air and river pollution can be monitored, compared and controlled to help stabilize the global climate.

7.4 All waste should be recycled for remanufacturing or as compost or fuel for combined heat and power generation.

7.5 The transition from non-renewable fuels to renewable fuel may usefully be coordinated at a regional level.

7.6 Most food needs can be provided on an organic basis at a regional level, greatly reducing transport demands.

7.7 All energy needs can be gradually provided in each region by way of solar power from sun-light/sun-heat/wind/wave energy, supported by hydropower, heat extraction, and renewable crop fuels.

7.8 River, canal and rail networks are to be developed for public transport using green renewable fuels.

7.9 All trading is to be fair-trading backed by ethical funding.

7.10 The natural and built heritage of a region should be developed with a strong emphasis on alternative green life-styles, regional materials crafts and skills.

Just over 500 years ago Copernicus advocated that the Earth
is not still but rotates about its own axis as it orbits the Sun.