Actor, director and activist Danny Glover explains his view on social movements. This speech (of which a clip is featured) took place at the 2013 National Bioneers Conference.
“It’s gonna take us stepping out, not knowing, stepping further, not just where the system itself allows us to step out, but beyond where the system allows us to step out.”
Lyla June Johnston and Desirae Harp, The White Buffalo Souldiers, perform an original song about unity and togetherness. This performance took place at the 2013 Bioneers Annual Conference.
“This is the reconciliation of blood-lines, skin tones, and histories. Only by forgiving one another and acknowledging the atrocities, honoring the womb and living out the prophecies. Only then can we begin to heal our relationship with this sacred turtle island.”
Three bioneers, including Co-Founder Nina Simons, discuss women’s leadership. These talks (of which short clips are featured) took place at the 2013 Annual Bioneers Conference.
“We can call each other into healing and strength and greater leadership, not only with our voices and our listening, but also with our eyes, with our dreams and intuition, and with the insight of our inner-vision.” -Nina Simons
Multimedia artists Alixa Garcia and Naima Penniman, the duo behind Climbing PoeTree, present their original spoken word poetry.
“I wonder if the sun debates dawn
some mornings
not wanting to rise
out of bed
from under the down-feather horizon
if the sky grows tired
of being everywhere at once
adapting to the mood
swings of the weather…”
This performance was given at the 2013 Bioneers Annual Conference.
Find out more about Alixa Garcia and Naima Penniman and how you can engage with their campaigns and efforts by visiting Climbing PoeTree.
Janine Benyus, Jason McLennan, and David McConville describe how our lives are related to nature and ecological design. These speeches (of which clips are shown) took place at the 2013 Bioneers Annual Conference.
“The universe matters, because we are the universe mattering.” -David McConville
This leading young change-maker turned entrepreneur is showing how, in this generation, we can shift from fossil fuels to a world 100% powered by clean energy, and we can do it in a way that makes all of us richer, healthier and happier. The only way it will happen is if we get involved and take power into our own hands. Solar Mosaic, the company he co-founded, is employing revolutionary crowdfunding techniques to democratize investment opportunities and spread distributed energy.
This speech was presented at the 2013 Bioneers National Conference in San Rafael, CA.
Visionary media innovator Joshua Fouts calls this time “The Imagination Age.” From sudden revolutions in the Middle East to “unimaginable” natural and human made technological and economic disasters, our world is in a state of radical transformation and readjustment. At the same time, powerful new media are emerging that could presage a hopeful new global culture and economy. Joshua illuminates how extraordinary new tools — virtual worlds, games and the worldwide web — can leverage global cultural empowerment and educational reform, amplified by creativity, collaboration, art and music.
This speech was presented at the 2011 Bioneers National Conference.
Lynne Twist, Co-founder of The Pachamama Alliance, Atossa Soltani, the Executive Director of Amazon Watch, and Franco Viteri, President of the Governing Body of Indigenous Nationalities of the Ecuadorian Amazon (GONAE), share the situation of the Ecuadorian Amazon and the indigenous people who inhabit it.
“Four percent of the population are the guardians of eighty percent of the world’s biodiversity. And that is no coincidence.” -Atossa Soltani
Joanna Macy, recipient of the 2013 Bioneers Lifetime Contribution Award, discusses the joy of life. This speech was given at the 2013 Bioneers Annual Conference.
“We are one planet people, and we can only be one planet people if we honor all of our differences.”
Can art and activism help unravel the cultural underpinnings of violence against women? In this presentation, Eve Ensler speaks on the importance of translating powerful private stories into unstoppable public movements. In 1998, Eve co-founded V Day, a movement to end violence against women and girls around the world.
This presentation was given at the 2007 Annual Bioneers Conference, and is part of the Everywoman’s Leadership Collection, Vol. 1.
To realize our full potential and co-create new directions for our planet, we need to change the frame. Media, arts and culture provide powerful tools for public dialogue. Mallika Dutt shares her organization Breakthrough’s journey of transforming hearts and minds to build cultures that respect dignity for all.
This talk was given at the 2010 Bioneers Annual Conference and is part of the Everywoman’s Leadership Collection, Vol. 1.
Attorney Mari Margil chronicles the game-changing work to recognize the Rights of Nature in law. Whereas now nature is considered property subject to private property law, the Rights of Nature legal framework enshrines the right of nature “to exist, persist and thrive.” Margil invokes the Dr. Seuss classic, The Lorax, who asks, “Who will speak for the trees?”
This talk was presented at the 2009 Bioneers Annual Conference.
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