Northland Sustainable Solutions and the Macalester Sustainability Office presented
Northland Bioneers Conference
Saturday, November 12, 2011
The Bioneers Conference is a leading-edge forum presenting breakthrough solutions for people and planet. Explore the forefront of positive change in a day of deeply inspiring keynote talks and workshops.
"Bioneers literally changed my life. The speakers aren't just dreamers; they're actually making the world a better place. And they gave me courage to try to do the same." - Suzanne Croft, Sustainability Coordinator, City of Spokane, WA
Check the Conference Schedule to design your program from this year's presentations!
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Friday, November 4, 7-9 PM
Wisdom Ways Center for Spirituality presented the World Film Premier of "Journey of the Universe" with Bioneers Speaker Mary Evelyn Tucker
We know of at least 100 billion galaxies in the universe. Here is a new vision of the role we humans play in the intricate web of life.
Location: Jeanne d'Arc Auditorium, St. Catherine University
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The Bioneers Conference Kick-off Free Film Festival took place October 22, 2011 :
Natalia Greene, President of CEDENMA, The Rights of Nature: An Idea Whose Time Has Come What if nature were a subject with the rights to "exist, flourish, and evolve?"
Anim Steel, Director of National Programs at The Food Project, The Real Food Challenge A campaign to re-direct $1 billion of college food purchases away from industrial agriculture towards local, fair, sustainable and humane sources.
Dayna Baumeister, business catalyst, educator, researcher, and design consultant, Life's Operating Manual, Biomimicry breakthroughs using ecological design and nature-inspired technologies that emulate nature’s profound design sophistication.
Three Plenaries from the 2011 National Bioneers Conference were shown at the John B. Davis auditorium, lower level of the Macalester College Campus Center, 1600 Grand Ave., St. Paul, MN 55105.
Read more about what happened at the 2010 conference..
Watch videos from the 2010 conference
Additional materials provided by local presenters at the 2010 Conference.
Bioneers Conferences inspire a shift to live on Earth in ways that honor the web of life, each other and future generations.
Check out upcoming sustainability events on the NextStep Calendar.
The Northland Bioneers is one of twenty Bioneers Conferences. Check them out.
"Bioneers literally changed my life. The speakers aren't just dreamers; they're actually making the world a better place. And they gave me courage to try to do the same." - Suzanne Croft, Sustainability Coordinator, City of Spokane, WA