Malik Yakini – Food, Race and Justice

Malik Yakini, Executive Director of the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, explores how the current industrial food system that supplies most of our food creates inequities, based in part on the social construct we call “race.” He shares wise perspectives on addressing racism, thinking beyond the logic of capitalism and how we might create a more just, sustainable food system. Introduction by Greg Watson, Schumacher Center.

This speech was given at the 2015 National Bioneers Conference.

Jensine Larsen with Sister Zeph – Crowdsourcing the Feminine Intelligence of the Planet

World Pulse founder Jensine Larsen and Sister Zeph, an award-winning Pakistani digital crusader for girls’ education, illustrate how their global network is harnessing the power of digital communication into a powerful force for change by connecting women from more than 190 countries – including those reaching out using Internet cafés and cell phones from remote rural areas and conflict zones. Jensine shares her personal journey building World Pulse from a vision into a network now impacting over two million lives. She and Sister Zeph show us how we can participate in this soulful digital revolution to unleash the true feminine intelligence of the planet.

Introduction by Bioneers Co-Founder and President, Nina Simons. This speech was given at the 2015 National Bioneers Conference.

Junior Walk – Resistance and Youth Leadership in Coal Country

Junior Walk, a Brower Youth Award Winner, discusses his involvement with the Appalachian resistance to the coal mining industry and mountain-top removal. This speech was given at the 2015 Bioneers Annual Conference.

Since 1990, Bioneers has acted as a fertile hub of social and scientific innovators with practical and visionary solutions for the world’s most pressing environmental and social challenges.

To experience talks like this, please join us at the Bioneers National Conference each October, and regional Bioneers Resilient Community Network gatherings held nationwide throughout the year.

For more information on Bioneers, please visit https://bioneers.org and stay in touch via Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Bioneers.org) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/bioneers).

Bioneers 2015 Welcome and Opening Ceremony with Dean Hoaglin

Bioneers Founders Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons, with Executive Director Joshua Fouts welcome the attendees of 2015 Bioneers National Conference. Bioneers Indigenous Knowledge Program Director Cara Romero (Chemehuevi) recognizes the indigenous peoples present, followed by a beautiful opening ceremony by Dean Hoaglin (Coast Miwok).

Since 1990, Bioneers has acted as a fertile hub of social and scientific innovators with practical and visionary solutions for the world’s most pressing environmental and social challenges.

To experience talks like this, please join us at the Bioneers National Conference each October, and regional Bioneers Resilient Community Network gatherings held nationwide throughout the year.

For more information on Bioneers, please visit https://bioneers.org and stay in touch via Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Bioneers.org) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/bioneers).

Eriel Deranger – Reclaiming Our Indigeneity and Our Place in Modern Society

Eriel Deranger, a tireless, passionate activist for the rights of Indigenous people, Communications Coordinator of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN), a community of 1,200 people living downstream from the largest industrial project on the planet, the Alberta Tar Sands, has been on the frontlines of the global fight against the ravages of fossil fuel extraction. The ACFN’s resistance is a prime example of Indigenous resurgence in Canada, revealing how Indigenous peoples are shaking up how we do and see things and pointing the way forward for the protection, preservation and future governance of Mother Earth. Introduction by Clayton Thomas-Müller, Idle No More.

This speech was given at the 2015 Bioneers Annual Conference.

Tom Hayden – From the New Deal to a Green New Deal

In 2014, the legendary activist, progressive movement strategist and long time California State Senator Tom Hayden (1939-2016), gave a poignent, moving and incredibly prescient address as part of a Climate Leadership symposium that Bioneers hosted. In his remarks, Hayden delves into the history of the New Deal, the movements and drivers that presaged its development and the pressing need for a modern version, a Green New Deal, to be enacted to deal with climate change, the major existential crisis of our time. Pointing out the progress that California has made in many arenas, Hayden outlines the need for a movement that takes the road of justice, serves the needs of communities of color and labor, and realigns the political parties away from the funding and influence of the fossil fuel industry.

Hayden begins his presentation at 5:09 in the video.

Introduction by Bioneers Co-Founder and CEO, Kenny Ausubel.

This speech was given at the 2014 California Climate Leadership Summit. Explore all the talks from the summit here or download the free California Climate Leadership e-book.

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Henk Ovink: Water by Design

Henk Ovink is one of the world’s leading experts on sustainable, resilient coastal infrastructure. Ovink served as a Senior Advisor to the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force and is the Principal for Rebuild by Design while serving as the first ever Special Envoy for International Water Affairs for the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

Henk Ovink shares his vision of how we must change our entire culture to put water back into the center of our hearts and minds if we are to cope effectively with climate change, water crises, biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse, extreme weather events, and myriad environmental, economic, and sociopolitical crises. He illustrates how new approaches to design and politics are at the heart of a more resilient future.

Introduction by Paul Vosbeek, Founder of RealNewEnergy.

This speech was given at the 2015 Bioneers Annual Conference.

Sister Simone Campbell – Community: Healing for the 21st Century

Sister Simone Campbell is a poet, social justice attorney and one of the nation’s most influential faith-based progressive activists. She led the famous 2012 “Nuns on the Bus” tour to challenge Congressional budget proposals that radically slashed programs for the poor. She shares her vision of how we can heal our divisions and differences, create a renewed sense of community, and build a far
more just, peaceful, verdant and compassionate world. Introduction by Reverend Sally Bingham, Interfaith Power and Light.

This speech was given at the 2015 Bioneers Annual Conference.

Ben Knight: Self-Organizing Community Democracy for the Internet Age

Emerging in response to the need for a scalable way to make inclusive group decisions during the Occupy movement in 2011, Loomio, an activist-driven tech co-op, developed an open-source tool for democratic organizing now used by 80,000 people in 93 countries. Change-making communities, social movements and organizations have used it to make more than 25,000 decisions. In this digital world, Loomio is on a mission to empower communities and organizations everywhere to weave diverse perspectives into powerful collective action.

Introduction by Matthew Monahan, Namaste Foundation.

This speech was given at the 2015 Bioneers Annual Conference.

Lynnea Shuck – Youth Leadership | Bioneers

Lynnea Shuck, creator of the Junior Refuge Ranger Program and 2014 Brower Youth Award Winner, discusses her work with National Wildlife Refuges: Connecting Kids to Nature.

This speech was given at the 2015 Bioneers Annual Conference.

Since 1990, Bioneers has acted as a fertile hub of social and scientific innovators with practical and visionary solutions for the world’s most pressing environmental and social challenges.

To experience talks like this, please join us at the Bioneers National Conference each October, and regional Bioneers Resilient Community Network gatherings held nationwide throughout the year.

For more information on Bioneers, please visit https://bioneers.org and stay in touch via Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Bioneers.org) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/bioneers).

Paul Hawken – Project Drawdown

One of the most important thought leaders, activists and entrepreneurs of our era will illuminate the groundbreaking Project Drawdown. It’s the first systematic attempt to do the math on the most effective climate solutions and technologies that already exist, and the impact they would have if they scaled in a rigorous manner over the next 30 years. This coalition of NGOs, academics, scholars, scientists, businesses and government agencies has come together to measure the impact of 100 substantive solutions to mitigating carbon emissions to determine if, when and how we can achieve a year-to-year drawdown in the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere. The news is good.

Introduction by Kenny Ausubel, Bioneers Co-Founder and CEO.

This speech was given at the 2015 Bioneers Annual Conference. To learn more about Paul Hawken’s work, visit Project Drawdown.