Biomimicry Global Design Challenge’s Ray of Hope prize

Bioneers proudly hosted the announcement and awarding of Biomimicry Global Design Challenge’s inaugural $100,000 Ray of Hope Prize, a partnership between the Biomimicry Institute and the Ray C. Anderson Foundation to stimulate innovative biomimetic solutions to humanity’s greatest challenges. The 2016 Challenge focused on Biomimetic solutions to problems in our global food system.

The prize was announced by John Lanier, Executive Director of the Ray C. Anderson Foundation.

This speech was given at the 2016 National Bioneers Conference.

Standing Rock Update | Bioneers 2016

Standing Rock Update with Kandi Mossett, Dallas Goldtooth and Tara Houska.

This speech was given at the 2016 National Bioneers Conference.

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Xiuhtezcatl Martinez – Intergenerational Movement | Bioneers 2016 Short Clips Series

Watch his full talk here.

“Revolution is on the horizon, and youth are rising with the oceans to lead the movements that will shape our future”, says Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, a 16-year old Indigenous rapper, environmental activist (since age 6!) and the newest board member of Bioneers. He’s the award-winning Youth Director or Earth Guardians, a rapidly growing international organization of young activists, artists and musicians committed to protecting water, air, land and atmosphere. He organized many rallies, actions, demonstrations and events. He travels globally to speak about environmental and Indigenous issues, including at the United Nations with Robert Redford. He brings alive the unparalleled intergenerational movements emerging to save our planet, as youth globally join hearts and hands against some of the world’s most powerful industries to take a stand for the future and build resilient communities.

This speech was given at the 2016 National Bioneers Conference.

Bill McKibben – Standing Rock | Bioneers 2016 Short Clips Series

Watch the full talk here.

The most influential climate activist of our era, Bill McKibben, a founder of the extraordinarily effective 350.org grassroots campaign, describes the immense groundswell of global citizen engagement rising to challenge the “dirty” energy industry. Find out where we are scientifically and politically in the transformation to end our reliance on fossil fuels while lighting the pathways toward a clean-energy future.

This speech was given at the 2016 National Bioneers Conference.

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez – That Is What I Am Fighting For | Bioneers 2016 Short Clips Series

Watch his full talk here.

“Revolution is on the horizon, and youth are rising with the oceans to lead the movements that will shape our future”, says Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, a 16-year old Indigenous rapper, environmental activist (since age 6!) and the newest board member of Bioneers. He’s the award-winning Youth Director or Earth Guardians, a rapidly growing international organization of young activists, artists and musicians committed to protecting water, air, land and atmosphere. He organized many rallies, actions, demonstrations and events. He travels globally to speak about environmental and Indigenous issues, including at the United Nations with Robert Redford. He brings alive the unparalleled intergenerational movements emerging to save our planet, as youth globally join hearts and hands against some of the world’s most powerful industries to take a stand for the future and build resilient communities.

This speech was given at the 2016 National Bioneers Conference.

Bill McKibben – Give All That You’ve Got | Bioneers 2016 Short Clips Series

Watch the full talk here.

The most influential climate activist of our era, Bill McKibben, a founder of the extraordinarily effective 350.org grassroots campaign, describes the immense groundswell of global citizen engagement rising to challenge the “dirty” energy industry. Find out where we are scientifically and politically in the transformation to end our reliance on fossil fuels while lighting the pathways toward a clean-energy future.

This speech was given at the 2016 National Bioneers Conference.

Janine Benyus – Hippie Game Changer for Corporate Nonsense | Bioneers 2016 Short Clips Series

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Our species is finally turning toward other species for their embodied wisdom, borrowing these insights to solve challenges such as delivering nutrition in a way that nourishes both planet and people. Biomimicry author and visionary Janine Benyus shows how nature-inspired breakthroughs in agriculture are evolving from plant-focused “silver bullets” to system-savvy healing. She gives us a sneak preview of the amazing entries in the Biomimicry Global Design Challenge in food systems. She explores how the “democratization of invention” is growing more biomimetic – as teams turn to nature together, in massive parallel, to discover a multitude of wild ideas that work together as a system. Cooperation, naturally enough, is the best way to learn from life’s genius!

This speech was given at the 2016 National Bioneers Conference.

Vien Truong – Make Polluters Pay

This short is an excerpt of Vien Truong’s Bioneers Keynote address. Watch the full talk here.

Vien Truong, director of Green For All, has worked tirelessly to bring equity, social justice and climate justice to the frontlines of the environmental movement and public policy. She has been a central force in putting environmental justice at the center of California’s groundbreaking climate policy, legislation and cap-and-trade funding. Vien shares her wise perspectives on how to build a new clean-energy economy that brings prosperity and justice to low-income communities and communities of color.

Bren Smith – Restorative Ocean Farmers | Bioneers 2016 Short Clips Series

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Bren Smith, founder of GreenWave and winner of the 2015 Buckminster Fuller Challenge award, tells his personal story of ecological redemption. He dropped out of high school and became a commercial fisherman at age 14, but witnessed the destruction of the ocean firsthand. In a quest for a better way, he pioneered a revolutionary new model of harvesting bounty from the seas. He describes his innovative, practical design and future vision for “restorative 3-D ocean farming”. It restores ecosystems, mitigates climate change, creates jobs in a blue-green economy, and ensures healthy, secure local food for communities.

This speech was given at the 2016 National Bioneers Conference.