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Planet Drum (the Foundation)
Planet Drum Foundation was founded in 1973 to provide an effective grassroots approach to ecology that emphasizes sustainability, community self-determination and regional self-reliance. Planet Drum developed the concept of a bioregion as a whole "life-place" with unique requirements for human inhabitation. The term refers both to geographical terrain and a terrain of consciousness — to a place and the ideas that have developed about how to live in that place. Bioregionalism promotes positive "living-in-place" activities as essential for long-term sustainability. People who understand their bioregions are able to restore and maintain them. Planet Drum encourages and supports local organizations and individuals to find sustainable practices for living in their bioregions, and identifies cultural diversity as an integral component of biodiversity.

Planet Drum was one of the first ecological organizations to recognize the importance, on an increasingly urbanized planet, of developing sustainable cities. In 1999, the Mayor of Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador, invited Planet Drum to help implement their 1999 EcoCity Resolution. Planet Drum’s ongoing EcoCity projects include: revegetation of hillsides, recycling & composting, green construction, and bioregional education classes. International volunteers work with Planet Drum on these projects.

Planet Drum has produced over fifty publications, hundreds of workshops & presentations, and numerous community organizing events in North and South America, Europe, Japan, China, and Australia. The Foundation sponsors projects and activities related to ecology education, watershed consciousness, restoration ecology, green cities, sustainable agriculture, and renewable energy. Planet Drum Foundation is organized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.

Planet Drum's Vision
To place ecological concerns at the philosophical and practical center of human society for continuing sustainable inhabitation on this planet. Humans must recognize their place within nature — “rights of nature” balanced with “human rights”. It is essential that humans support the ecosystems that sustain them.

Mission Statement
To promote awareness of sustainable strategies for human inhabitation of the earth based on the individual bioregions where people live.

The Planet Drum/Mickey Hart Connection
Prior to 1991, Mickey Hart approached Peter Berg, Founder of Planet Drum Foundation, for permission to use the name "Planet Drum" for a series of concerts and a book. Mr. Berg granted permission and subsequently began to use the term "Foundation" with the nonprofit’s name to distinguish it from Mr. Hart’s projects. Since 2007, after the agreement ended, any use of the term "Planet Drum" should only be associated with the bioregional educational activities of Planet Drum Foundation (which holds U.S Trademark no. 1959491, registered 05 March 1996 for the mark "Planet Drum").