Ed Tick, the psychotherapist who has been working with survivors of war, violence and trauma for over 30 years, surveys the true extent and costs of modern technological warfare, its resulting spiritual and ecological crises and the possibility of healing individuals, nations and the planet through spiritual, cultural and community transformation. Introduction by Kenny Ausubel, CEO and Co-Founder of Bioneers.
This speech was given at the 2007 Bioneers National Conference.
The world-renowned Los Angeles muralist and community arts leader, Judy Baca, unleashes the power of public art to help transform society. Introduction by Nina Simons, President and Co-Founder of Bioneers.
This speech was given at the 2007 Bioneers National Conference.
LaDonna Redmond tells her very personal story of searching for answers in her struggle with her son’s food allergies and finding a need for the African-American voice in the food and farming industry. She also discusses the difficulty of finding healthy food in her neighborhood, linking food and racial justice.
This speech was given at the 2004 National Bioneers Conference.
Author and anthropologist Wade Davis showcases other ways of living and thinking through stunning photographs and personal stories from his world travels, highlighting the beauty and importance of diversity.
This speech was given at the 2001 Bioneers National Conference.
Peter Warshall, the late Co-Director of Dreaming New Mexico (DNM), discusses his work with DNM, a project focused on resilience and sustainable energy and food systems.
“The best university, the best college in the world, is to go into public office…That is an education that can not be taught inside any college.”
This speech was given at the 2012 Catalyzing a Resilient Communities Network Intensive, a supplement to the Bioneers National Conference.
Kristen Sheeran discusses her work with Ecotrust, a non-profit organization that fosters a more natural model of economics.
“The kind of change that were seeking in the work that we do, it’s systemic and transformative. We think that in order to address the crises that we are facing here in the 21st Century, we are going to need to be disruptive.”
This speech was given at the 2012 Catalyzing a Resilient Communities Network Intensive, a supplement to the Bioneers National Conference.
Kenny Ausubel, Co-Founder and CEO of Bioneers, discusses the keys to resilience.
“The first principle of resilience thinking is systems thinking. It’s all connected, from the web of life to human systems, and in essence it’s very simple, taking care of nature means taking care of people and taking care of people means taking care of nature. It means also watching for the seeds of new solutions that arise spontaneously as conditions change.
Resilience thinking also means moving to a much greater decentralization to provide backup against the inevitable failure of top-down command and control, too-big-not-to-fail systems. Think decentralized power grids, more localized food and water systems, economies. And the heart of resilience is really diversity, ecosystems that have sufficient diversity can rebound in the face of crisis and challenge.“
This speech was given at the 2012 Catalyzing a Resilient Communities Network Intensive, a part of the annual Bioneers Conference.
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Mycologist Paul Stamets shares the importance of his groundbreaking discovery about the importance of mushrooms for immune health in individual bees and entire colonies. This clip was taken from his full talk, available here.
Rebecca Moore is the Director of Engineering for Google Earth and the founder of Google Earth Outreach, which gives non-profits and public benefit organizations the knowledge and resources to visualize their cause and tell their story to hundreds of millions of people. As a Google software engineer, she leads Google Earth Engine, a huge collection of the world’s satellite imagery made available online with tools for scientists, independent researchers and individual countries who are developing applications for detecting deforestation and mapping land use trends. Rebecca shares her global vision in action, and how seeing the world from a Google Earth-eye view has changed her.
Introduction by Kenny Ausubel, Bioneers CEO and Co-Founder.
This speech took place at the 2011 Bioneers National Conference.
High schooler Alec Loorz discusses the power of youth to stop global warming. Introduction by scientist Dr. James Hansen. “I’ve spoken to thousands of young people…and I can tell you first hand that we get it…we have this inherent since of calling about climate change.”
This speech was given at the 2010 Bioneers National Conference. To learn more about Alec and his work, visit iMatter.
Through schools and businesses, Akom, Associate Professor of Africana Studies at San Francisco State University, works to engage low-income youth and communities to address the health-wealth gap. In the “toxic triangle” – from Berkeley to Oakland and across to Bayview-Hunters Point – life expectancy is 10-15 years shorter for African Americans, Latinos and Indigenous Peoples than for wealthier residents in the Bay Area. It’s not an achievement gap but an opportunity gap, and it stems from institutional privilege for whites.
It’s not an achievement gap but an opportunity gap, and it stems from institutional privilege for whites. - Antwi Akom on Eco-Apartheid Share on X
This speech was given at the 2013 Indigenous Forum, co-produced with the Cultural Conservatory, at the National Bioneers Conference.
Recap of youth programming in the Indigenous Forum at the 2015 Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, California. Video by Tailinh Agoyo.
Learn more about the Bioneers Indigenous Knowledge program here.
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