Hi Bioneer,
We’re excited to give you a first peek at what you can expect at our 34th annual Bioneers Conference! Don’t forget to sign up for alerts to receive a 15% discount code, ready for you to use when registration opens in early January. (Already signed up for alerts? Your discount code will arrive shortly.)
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As we roll into next year’s conference, the big wheels of massive change are turning. Since 1990, the Bioneers Conference has served as a trellis on which a visionary movement of movements has grown and grown together around authentic “solve-the-whole problem” solutions.
Climate disruption bears down daily, and there’s a widely felt awakening that it’s going to crash the economy and bring civilization to its knees. Meanwhile, the movements of the past decade for liberation, justice, and multicultural democracy are swelling to challenge the populist and neo-fascist forces underwritten by plutocratic elites.
Bioneers is about a revolution from the heart of nature and the human heart. Never has it been more vital that we come together around the council fire to share what we’ve learned, link arms, fill our hearts and vision, and align ourselves to prevail for the long haul.
We invite you to join forces with the Bioneers community of leadership in this time when we’re all called upon to be leaders. As David Orr says, “Hope is a verb with its sleeves rolled up.” |
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Read the full introduction to Bioneers 2023 here. |
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OUR FIRST CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS |
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| Judy Baca, one of the most renowned “engaged” artists of the last half century, who, among her countless achievements and plethora of participatory, community-based artworks around the world, created over several decades with the help of over 400 community youth and artists the Great Wall of Los Angeles, the largest communal mural project in the world. |
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| Rebecca Solnit, one of our nation’s most influential writers, thinkers, historians and activists, author of 20+ books, including: Orwell’s Roses; Recollections of My Nonexistence; Hope in the Dark; Men Explain Things to Me; A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster; and A Field Guide to Getting Lost. |
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| Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal, Chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, one of the most effective political figures in the country who has been an indispensable vital force pushing for social justice-oriented policies in Washington. |
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| Casey Camp-Horinek, Councilwoman and Hereditary Drum-keeper of the Women’s Scalp Dance Society of the Ponca Nation of Oklahoma is a longtime activist, world-renowned campaigner for Environmental Justice, as well as an actress and author. |
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| Danny Kennedy, with a long background in eco activism, has become one of the nation’s leading figures in clean-technology entrepreneurship and the capitalization of the transition to a “green” economy. Co-founder of solar energy companies, Powerhouse and Sungevity, he is currently Managing Director of the California Clean Energy Fund. |
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| Bryant Terry, an award-winning chef, educator, and author renowned for his activism to create a healthy, just, and sustainable food system, is: Editor-in-Chief of 4 Color Books (an imprint of Penguin Random House and Ten Speed Press); Co-Principal and Innovation Director of the Zenmi creative studio; and Chef-in-Residence at the Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) in San Francisco. His most recent (2021) and 6th book, Black Food was among the most widely critically acclaimed food-related books of recent years. His other books include: Vegetable Kingdom, Afro-Vegan, and Vegan Soul Kitchen. |
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| Laura Flanders, one of the pre-eminent progressive journalists and media figures in the country, is the host and executive producer of The Laura Flanders Show, which airs on PBS stations nationwide. She is an Izzy-Award winning independent journalist, a bestselling author (including of: Blue Grit: Making Impossible, Improbable, and Inspirational Political Change in America and Bushwomen), and a recipient of the Pat Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award from the Women’s Media Center. |
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PRE-CONFERENCE GUIDED TOURS |
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On Wednesday, April 5, we’ll welcome registrants to join us for two pre-conference East-Bay social justice-themed guided tours, designed for Bioneers attendees. Each tour will include site visits, presentations by experts, and specially-themed lunches.
Bay Area Green Tours expedition will showcase several cutting-edge socially conscious urban farming and food production projects in the East Bay.
Ethnic Ties Travel tour will celebrate the vibrant cultural history and ever-developing landscape of the East Bay as a hub of social justice activism.
Stay tuned ... registration opening soon! |
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THANKS TO OUR LOCAL PARTNERS |
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We are proud to be partnering in wide range of ways with several vital, locally based organizations this year, including: Many others to be announced soon!
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