Bioregionalism is a movement which aims to evade the political boundaries in the world so as to replace it with Bioregional boundaries. This idea on its wheels can help the world to slow down the influence of industrial modernization. The modern life style isolated human beings from the nature and as the result of it, each day Earth is facing enormous Environmental problems like Ozone depletion. This kind of life style is destroying the Eco-balance of the Earth. Bioregionalism- one of the Ecological movements flourishing now-a-days, to regain or to establish a relationship between human beings and nature. The Last Wave which portrays the natural system and sustainable way of living is analysed through the lens of Bioregionalism. This article works on some major Bioregional Ideas which the novel carries in its narratives. The Bioregional ideas like Place, Dwelling, Eco-Consciousness and Re inhabitation conveyed through the novel helps the fiction readers to have a better understanding about the interconnection between the human beings and nature.
Key words: Bioregionalism, Bioregion, watersheds, Place, Dwelling, Re-inhabitation, Eco-Consciousness.
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