The beloved Oakland-based Destiny Youth Performance Company rocks the house yet again. This performance was given at the 2015 National Bioneers Conference.
Youth Leadership: Naelyn Pike
The extraordinary 16-year-old Chiricahua Apache activist from San Carlos, AZ, co-leads the Apache Stronghold group to defend her people’s sacred sites, tribal sovereignty, culture and language.
This speech was given at the 2016 National Bioneers Conference.
Eve Ensler: Coconut
Eve Ensler – Coconut: A New Performance Piece of a Mystical Journey into a Woman’s Body.
Globally renowned playwright and activist Eve Ensler performs one act from her new “Fruit Trilogy”. Coconut is mesmerizing and provocative edge-walking that explores a woman’s mystical journey into her body. Eve is the creator of “The Vagina Monologues”, perhaps the most performed play in history, as well as the founder of the immensely impactful V-Day movement, which seeks to end violence against women and girls globally. As an author-artist-activist, she has fearlessly explored women’s oppression, empowerment and emancipation with unparalleled intensity and influence.
Introduction by Nina Simons, Co-Founder of Bioneers.
This speech was given at the 2016 National Bioneers Conference.
Passing Through: Farming Fields of Dreams
Our food and farming systems may top the list of the most destructive abuses of land in history. What needs to change? What models are there to guide us? Visionary organic farmer, food system entrepreneur and award-winning writer/photographer Michael Ableman reflects on what it will take to restore healthy thriving lands and a functional and equitable food system with access for all. How will we feed the world’s growing population and provide access to healthy food? As locavores know, the answers hit close to home.
Janine Benyus on Planting the Seeds of Solution
Janine Benyus, a frequent Bioneers speaker, discusses how each of us holds a piece of the puzzle to healing Mother Earth.
Tom B.K. Goldtooth on The Sacredness of Mother Earth
Tom B.K. Goldtooth, a prominent indigenous and social change activist, contrasts common Western beliefs with those of the indigenous peoples. He shares that indigenous people know that it is “our sacred responsibility is to safeguard and protect this world.”
The National Bioneers Conference – Changing the Story
Bioneers is inspiring a shift to live on Earth in ways that honor the web of life, each other, and future generations. The annual conference brings together people from all walks of life to connect and envision and develop a brighter future.
Paul Hawken on the Meaning of Wild
Visionary author Paul Hawken shares his understanding of the word “wild,” emphasizing its positive attributes and contrasting it with what he sees as truly “crazy.”
“We see wild like, oh, its crazy or something like that…wild means original, it means innate.”
john a. powell on Beloved Community
john a. powell (spelled with lowercase), head of the UC Berkeley Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, explains what Martin Luther King Jr.’s concept of Beloved Community really means.
Sandra Steingraber on Banning Fracking
Biologist and author Sandra Steingraber explains how the town of Dryden, New York banned fracking and stood up against pro-fracking interests.
Nikki Henderson on Community and Food
Nikki Henderson (now Nikki Silvestri), founder of People’s Grocery in Oakland, CA, explains how we can use food to create conversation and community.
“One of the things I love about food is that it is grounding. It calls for presence.”
Rachel Bagby – Think… Act Globally
Rachel Bagby, performance artist, author, and poet, demonstrates how singing together is good for your wellbeing.
This performance took place at the 2013 Bioneers National Conference.