Indigenous Forum – Indigenous Women on the North-South Frontlines of Earth Protection (part 2) | Tom Goldtooth, Crystal Lameman, Faith Gemmill, Clayton Thomas-Muller, and Eriel Deranger

Hosted by Tom Goldtooth (Dine’/Dakota) of the Indigenous Environmental Network. With indigenous women from the North: Crystal Lameman (Beaver Lake Cree Nation) of Idle No More, on current threats from pipelines from the Canadian Tar Sands; Faith Gemmill (Gwich’in), of REDOIL (Resisting Environmental Destruction On Indigenous Lands), on the history of oil and gas development in Alaska and expansion plans for offshore drilling; and witnesses Clayton Thomas-Muller (Mathias Colomb Cree Nation) and Eriel Deranger (Athabaskan Chipewyan First Nation) with Idle No More.

Recorded Sunday, October 19, 2014 at the National Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, California.

Is Earth Full? Holistic Population Solutions in a Growing World | Suzanne York, Shannon Biggs, Rucha Chitnis, and William Ryerson

By 2050, there will be 9 billion people. The good news is there are empowering population initiatives around the world improving lives and protecting the environment. Hosted by Suzanne York, Program Director/Senior Writer, Institute for Population Studies. With: Shannon Biggs, Director of Community Rights, Global Exchange; Rucha Chitnis, India Program Director, Women’s Earth Alliance; William Ryerson, founder/President, Population Media Center.

Recorded Saturday, October 18, 2014 at the National Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, California.

People’s Earth Tribunals and Community Bills of Rights: Mobilizing for Community…

What if ecosystems could sue for violating the rights of nature in places like Alberta’s tar sands or Fukushima? What if communities could write new laws that place their rights above corporate interests? Come find out about the first international Rights of Nature Tribunal and local California Community Bills of Rights, and how you can participate. Hosted by Shannon Biggs, Community Rights director, Global Exchange. With: Vandana Shiva, founder/Director, Navdanya; Pennie Opal Plant, Idle No More/Gathering Tribes; Robin Milam, Administrative Director, Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature; Osprey Orielle Lake, co-founder/Executive Director, Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network; Prajna Marcus, Bay Area Rights of Nature; Linda Sheehan, Executive Director, Earth Law Center.

Recorded Sunday, October 19, 2014 at the National Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, California.

Resilient Landscapes, Climate-Smart Conservation: The Art and Science of Restoring the World We Want

Learn how insights from avian, aquatic and terrestrial science can help us recreate resilient land and seascapes. Hosted by Mary Ellen Hannibal, award-winning author of The Spine of the Continent: The Race to Save America’s Last, Best Wilderness. With: Wendell Gilgert, Working Lands Program Director, Point Blue Conservation Science, focused on nature-based, climate-smart conservation solutions; and Robin Grossinger, historical ecologist who directs the “Resilient Landscapes” project at the San Francisco Estuary Institute, guiding adaptive landscape-level restoration strategies in California.

Recorded Sunday, October 19, 2014 at the National Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, California.

Solutions from the Underground: Mushrooms as Planetary Healers | Paul Stamets

Visionary mycologist Paul Stamets, founder, Fungi Perfecti, author of landmark books including Mycelium Running, explores the leading edges of his research and current applications using fungi for restoring the biosphere and human health.

Recorded Friday, October 17, 2014 at the National Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, California.

Photo credit: By Dusty Yao-Stamets – Personal correspondence, CC BY 3.0,

Watering Down: Water Management Strategies for Climate Change

From rangeland to metropolis, these brilliant innovators are watering down, developing ground-breaking water management strategies for a climate changed world.  Hosted by Sarah Newkirk, Coastal Project Director, Nature Conservancy, developing natural infrastructure solutions for coastal resilience (Sarah begins at 1:01:45) with Andy Lipkis, founder/president, TreePeople, biomimicking forest watersheds for climate-resilient cities and water supplies (Andy begins at 2:30); Courtney White, co-founder, Quivira Coalition, building bridges among ranchers, conservationists, public land managers, scientists and citizens for economic and ecological resilience on working landscapes (Courtney begins at 36:00).

Recorded at the 2014 National Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, California.

Your Brain On Water

Hosted by marine biologist Wallace “J.” Nichols, research associate, California Academy of Sciences; co-founder, OceanRevolution.org; author of Blue Mind. New ways of understanding our relationship with the world’s oceans and the ability of healthy waters to provide health, happiness and creativity will be considered by a panel of athletes, scientists, artists, and adventurers. With: Kevin Weiner, post-doctoral fellow, Stanford University and Director of Public Communication, Institute for Applied Neuroscience; Nik Sawe, doctoral candidate, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, Stanford University; and Andi Wong, Teaching Artist, Rooftop Alternative K-8 School.

Recorded Sunday, October 19, 2014 at the National Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, California.

The Frontlines of Greening Educational Systems: Achieving Environmental Literacy for All

Schools, colleges, and universities can become community models for sustainability, inspiring innovation and teaching environmental literacy for the next generation. Learn from leaders and practitioners how to achieve political, financial, and student success. Hosted by Deborah Moore, founder, Green Schools Initiative. With: David Orr, renowned eco-educator and author, Senior Adviser to the President of Oberlin College; Jennifer Seydel, Executive Director, Green Schools National Network; Nik Kaestner, Sustainability Coordinator, and Elishama Goldfarb, Environmental Literacy Specialist, San Francisco Unified School District.

Recorded Saturday, October 18, 2014 at the National Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, California.

The Choir and Beyond: Media and Social Change

How are media innovators propelling social change by reaching out to diverse constituencies and across political divides? Hosted by Jeremy Kagan, award-winning filmmaker, USC professor and founder of Change Making Media Lab. With: Bryan Welch, Publisher and Editorial Director, Ogden Publications (Mother Earth News, Mother Earth Living, Utne Reader) Arisha Michelle Hatch, Managing Director of Campaigns, ColorOfChange.org; John S. Bracken, Director of Media Innovation, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

Recorded Friday, October 17, 2014 at the National Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, California.

Re-Localizing the Food System

Three leading innovators show how to transform the food system to expand local economies and nurture vibrant community cultures. Hosted by Arty Mangan, Director, Bioneers Restorative Food Systems program. With: Michael H. Shuman, expert on community economics, author of Local Dollars, Local Sense; Severine v T Fleming, farmer, activist, filmmaker, founder of Greenhorns; Karen Brown, Creative Director, Center for Ecoliteracy.

Recorded Friday, October 17, 2014 at the National Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, California.

What’s Good for Life Wins: The Biomimicry Scientific Revolution | Janine Benyus, Jason McClennan…

Bathing suits modeled on sharkskin that win the Olympics. Low-energy display screen based on peacock feathers. Nature has done everything human societies want to do technologically – without mining the past or mortgaging the future. Acclaimed author, naturalist and biomimicry leader Janine Benyus uncorks a mind-boggling bouquet of breakthrough innovations that, like nature, create conditions conducive to life. The astonishing work of biomimics Stephen Dewar, Jason McLennan and Bob Hawkins in this genuine scientific revolution shows why preserving nature and biological diversity is our best survival strategy.

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