Xiuhtezcatl Martinez and Itzcuauhtli Roske-Martinez Perform with Jasi Sikora | Bioneers 2015

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez and Itzcuauhtli Roske-Martinez perform their original activist hip-hop with Jasi Sikora, all part of the Earth Guardians. This performance was given at the 2015 National Bioneers Conference.

Shannon Dosemagen – How the BP Oil Spill Inspired a New Citizen Science Model

Shannon Dosemagen will describe how communities worldwide are being equipped to use new tools to redefine expertise and mobilize local intelligence to protect public health and ecosystems. As Co-Founder/President of the multiple award-winning New Orleans-based Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science, she helped launch the Public Lab in response to the BP oil spill. Today it’s a groundbreaking platform and resource for citizen science environmental activism nationally and internationally.

Introduction by Joshua Fouts, Bioneers Executive Director.

To learn more about Shannon’s work, please visit The Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science.

This speech was given at the 2015 Bioneers Annual Conference.

Agricultural Solutions to Climate Change – produced by Bioneers

Welcome to Agricultural Solutions to Climate Change, produced by Bioneers.

Rancher John Wick of the Marin Carbon Project and Renata Brillinger of CalCAN (California Climate and Agriculture Network) talks about the role of carbon in farming and ranching systems

John Wick, the co-founder of the Marin Carbon project, is a California rancher working with UC Berkeley developing carbon-farming practices that help sequester carbon in rangeland soils, benefitting the climate and increasing soil fertility. He shares ideas in the policy realm on how agriculture can play an important role as a solution to climate change.

Magic Moments from the 2015 National Bioneers Conference | Bioneers

The National Bioneers Conference showcases living examples of the world that the World itself wants – and the dreamers, shapers, makers, organizers, thinkers and doers who are leading the charge.

At Bioneers 2015, speakers and workshops shared a common thread of calling on each of us to use our unique gifts to heal the world.

But Bioneers can’t do it alone—your partnership is essential.

A new world is emerging and your support is critically important. You make this new world real.

A little goes a long way: Contribute once a month and you can make a huge difference. Give as little as the price of a weekday lunch—$10. That becomes $120 a year!

Or make a one-time gift as we come to the end of 2015 and the beginning of a brand new year. Consider it your tax-deductible investment in our common future – in a brighter future for everyone!

Make your gift in support of Bioneers today at: https://bioneers.org/donate

For more information on Bioneers, please visit https://bioneers.org. Please join our mailing list (https://bioneers.org/subscribe), stay in touch via Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Bioneers.org) and follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/bioneers).

Thank you for being a part of our community!

Why Annie Leonard Supports Bioneers

Annie Leonard, Executive Director of Greenpeace USA, creator of the Story of Stuff and longtime Bioneer, shares one of the best explanations of why you should support Bioneers we’ve ever heard. We were humbled – she really believes in us!

If you agree with Annie that “having hope is the ultimate form of resistance,” please join her and support Bioneers as a monthly contributor or a one-time donor at any amount. It all adds up to help Bioneers soar.

Make your gift now at https://www.bioneers.org/donate/

Consider it your tax-deductible investment in our common future – in a brighter future for everyone!

For more information on Bioneers, please visit https://bioneers.org. Please join our mailing list (https://bioneers.org/subscribe), stay in touch via Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/Bioneers.org) and follow us on Twitter (https://twitter.com/bioneers).

Thank you for being a part of our community!

What Is the Bioneers Indigenous Forum?

The Bioneers Indigenous Forum takes place at the annual Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, California. It is a sovereign, Native-led space, dedicated to Indigenous programming and designed to address the most pressing issues facing Indigenous communities through in-depth conversations with leaders from diverse Native backgrounds.

See the full videos and listen to award-winning radio show episodes featuring visionary Indigenous voices in our unique and powerful Indigenous Forum Media Collection: https://bioneers.org/indigenous-forum

Video co-produced and filmed by the Cultural Conservancy. Camera and sound recording by Mateo Hinojosa. Editing by Dylan McLaughlin and Cara Romero.

Just Us For Food Justice | Bioneers

Bioneers and Rooted in Community National Youth Network (RIC) convened the annual Just Us for Food Justice program to fuel the mind, body, and spirit of youth activists, as well as strengthening their skills in creative messaging, holistic leadership, and movement building practices.

Facilitated in 2015 by Gerardo Marin, Beto Fuentes, and Verenice Portela of RIC, the program worked with the theme “Resilient Roots, Rising Action” using the 5 Elements of Hip-Hop as a vehicle for social change.

In this interview, Verenice Portela shares her views on food justice.

Interview and editing by Arty Mangan.
Most photos by Jan Mangan.
Additional photos by Seth Rothman and Arty Mangan

Learn more at https://bioneers.org

Bioneers 2016 Alixa Garcia, Climbing PoeTree: How to Stand In Your Unshakable Truth

Bioneers 2016 speaker and performer, Alixa Garcia of Climbing PoeTree shares poetry and insight regarding race, privilege, compassion, love and standing in your unshakable truth. We caught up with Alixa in New York City.

Bioneers 2016 Alixa Garcia, Climbing PoeTree: A Platform to Discuss Race, Power & Awarness

Alixa Garcia of Climbing PoeTree spoke and performed at Bioneers 2016 about how to unite and push boundaries, the power of the Bioneers platform and the need to lift the veil. We caught up with Alixa in New York City before the conference.