Bioneers 2007 Afternoon Sessions Categorized by Areas of Interest*
*Please note: Many sessions have strong connections to more than one, or even several, of the domains listed below. In some instances, we have listed them in more than one place. There are really no boundaries to the work of these bioneers. We're all connected.
Ecological Design
Gimme Shelter: Green Building in an Age of Mega-Cities and Meta-Collapse (B1) Fri. 4:30 pm
Clean Tech Comes of Age (A7) Fri. 2:45pm
The Biomimicry Revolution: Imitating How Nature Does It (A11) Sat. 2:45 pm
From Bangalore to the Bay Area: Mapping for the Sustainable City and Countryside of the Future (B10) Sat. 4:30 pm
Alternative Futures: Scenario Planning for a Precarious World (A25) Sun. 2:45 pm
Restoring Our Ecosystem
No Nukes or Green Nukes? The Debate over Global Warming and Nuclear Power (A8) Fri. 2:45pm
Saving People and Place: Collaborative Conservation Strategies (A12) Sat. 2:45 pm
The Ocean Revolution (A22) Sun. 2:45 pm
The Lives and Fates of Earth’s Animals (B18) Sun. 4:30 pm
Food Activism: Food Fights from Frankenfoods to Organic Sub-Standards (B22) Sun. 4:30 pm
Food & Farming
Building Local Living Economies and Successful Social Ventures (A2) Fri. 2:45pm
Cultivating the Land and the Narrative (A5) Fri. 2:45pm
Food, Labor, and Justice: Fair Wage Farming (A13) Sat. 2:45 pm
Seed Exchange (C1) Sat. 6:30
Farmers and Chefs Reception (C2) Sat. 6:30 pm
Community Food Sovereignty (A23) Sun. 2:45 pm
Food Activism: Food Fights from Frankenfoods to Organic Sub-Standards (B22) Sun. 4:30 pm
Environmental Education
From Ecovillages to Ecocities (A1) Fri. 2:45pm
Education for a Sustainable World (B12) Sat. 4:30 pm
Ecological Medicine
Herb Walk with Kami McBride (A9) Fri. 2:45pm
Creating Health, Jobs and Justice (A15) Sat. 2:45 pm
Parkinson’s,Asthma,Infertility,Learning Disabilities & Autism:What’s the Environment Got to Do with It? (A16)Sat 2:45 pm
Herb Walk with Kami McBride (A19) Sat. 2:45pm
Staying Healthy in an Unhealthy World (A27) Sun. 2:45 pm
Independent/Alternative Media
Hotfrog Presents: Writing the Revolution (A6) Fri. 2:45pm
Mother Jones Presents: Investigate This! (B5) Fri. 4:30 pm
Alternet Presents: Social Media Activism/Web 2.0 Networking for Change (A24) Sun. 2:45 pm
Social & Environmental Activism
Building Local Living Economies and Successful Social Ventures (A2) Fri. 2:45pm
Race, Class and Power: Structural Analysis and Fairness – Parts 1+2 (A3 + B5) Fri. 2:45pm + 4:30 pm
Becoming Guardians for Future Generations (A4) Fri 2:45 pm
Hotfrog Presents: Writing the Revolution (A6) Fri. 2:45pm
Building & Bridging Youth Movements (Y1) Fri. 2:45pm
Girls Gone Mild? Reclaiming Feminism’s Radical Edge (B7) Fri. 4:30 pm
Social & Environmental Activism (cont’d)
Eco-Art Strategies: Towards a Culture of Sustainability (B8) Fri. 4:30 pm
Theatre of the Oppressed Training – Theater for Change-Makers (Y2) Fri. 4:30 pm
Saving People and Place: Collaborative Conservation Strategies (A12) Sat. 2:45 pm
Food, Labor, and Justice: Fair Wage Farming (A13) Sat. 2:45 pm
Wounds to Warriors: Healing the Trauma of Social Violence and War (A14) Sat. 2:45 pm
Creating Health, Jobs and Justice (A15) Sat. 2:45 pm
Parkinson’s, Asthma, Infertility,Learning Disabilities & Autism:What’s the Environment Got to Do with It? (A16) Sat. 2:45 pm
Mainstreaming Hope through Popular Media (A17) Sat. 2:45 pm
Moving in the Movement: Using Dance & Theater for Social Change (Y3) Sat. 2:45 pm
Women Re-Imagining the World (B9) Sat. 4:30 pm
Art and Social Change (B11) Sat. 4:30 pm
A Conversation at the Crossroads: Race, Power and Restorative Justice (B13) Sat. 4:30 pm
Social and Environmental Justice through Donor Activism (B15) Sat. 4:30 pm
Elections as Metaphors: Broad Organizing Opportunities and Stories of Culture (Y4) Sat. 4:30 pm
Caroline Casey Presents: In Trickster We Trust (C3) Sat. 8 pm
Voices from the Global South (A20) Sun. 2:45 pm
Social Entrepreneurs: The Angels Made Me Do It (A21) Sun. 2:45 pm
Community Food Sovereignty (A23) Sun. 2:45 pm
Alternet Presents: Social Media Activism/Web 2.0 Networking for Change (A24) Sun. 2:45 pm
Building Successful Campaigns: Interactive Problem-Solving (A26) Sun. 2:45 pm
Fierce Grace: Six Women Organizers Talk about Gender and Social Change (B17) Sun. 4:30 pm
Rainforest Action Network Presents: Deposing King Coal, Drilling Down on Fossil Fools (B21) Sun. 4:30 pm
Food Activism: Food Fights from Frankenfoods to Organic Sub-Standards (B22) Sun. 4:30 pm
Story-Based Strategy: Interventions and Actions to Change the Culture (B23) Sun. 4:30 pm
Eco-nomics/Social Entrepreneurship + Green Business
Building Local Living Economies and Successful Social Ventures (A2) Fri. 2:45pm
Clean Tech Comes of Age (A7) Fri. 2:45pm
The Biomimicry Revolution: Imitating How Nature Does It (A11) Sat. 2:45 pm
Social and Environmental Justice through Donor Activism (B15) Sat. 4:30 pm
Voices from the Global South (A20) Sun. 2:45 pm
Social Entrepreneurs: The Angels Made Me Do It (A21) Sun. 2:45 pm
Inside/Outside: The Social Ecology of Corporate Accountability (B19) Sun. 4:30 pm
The Arts
Hotfrog Presents: Writing the Revolution (A6) Fri. 2:45pm
Eco-Art Strategies: Towards a Culture of Sustainability (B8) Fri. 4:30 pm
Theatre of the Oppressed Training – Theater for Change-Makers (Y2) Fri. 4:30 pm
Mainstreaming Hope through Popular Media (A17) Sat. 2:45 pm
Moving in the Movement: Using Dance & Theater for Social Change (Y3) Sat. 2:45 pm
Women Re-Imagining the World (B9) Sat. 4:30 pm
Art and Social Change (B11) Sat. 4:30 pm
Caroline Casey Presents: In Trickster We Trust (C3) Sat. 8 pm
Crossing the Threshold: Indigenous Artists Bridging Divides (B20) Sun. 4:30 pm
Story-Based Strategy: Interventions and Actions to Change the Culture (B23) Sun. 4:30 pm
Indigenous Knowledge
Becoming Guardians for Future Generations (A4) Fri. 2:45 pm
Grandmothers Council (A10) Fri. 2:45 pm
Saving People and Place: Collaborative Conservation Strategies (A12) Sat. 2:45 pm
Cycles of Continuous Creation: 13 Indigenous Grandmothers (A18) Sat. 2:45 pm
Original Instructions: Perspectives from First Peoples (B14) Sat. 4:30 pm
Grandmothers Council (B16) Sat. 4:30 pm
Crossing the Threshold: Indigenous Artists Bridging Divides (B20) Sun. 4:30 pm
Women’s Leadership
Indigenous Visionary Plant Traditions (B6) Fri. 4:30 pm
Girls Gone Mild? Reclaiming Feminism’s Radical Edge (B7) Fri. 4:30 pm
Creating Health, Jobs and Justice (A15) Sat. 2:45 pm
Parkinson’s, Asthma,Infertility,Learning Disabilities & Autism: What’s the Environment Got to Do with It? (A16) Sat. 2:45 pm
Cycles of Continuous Creation: 13 Indigenous Grandmothers (A18) Sat. 2:45 pm
Women Re-Imagining the World (B9) Sat. 4:30 pm
Social and Environmental Justice through Donor Activism (B15) Sat. 4:30 pm
Staying Healthy in an Unhealthy World (A27) Sun. 2:45 pm
Grandmothers Council with Bioneers Youth (A28) Sun. 2:45 pm
Turning Inspiration into Action: An Open Space Workshop for Youth – Parts 1 + 2 (Y5 + Y6) Sun. 2:45 and 4:30 pm
Fierce Grace: Six Women Organizers Talk about Gender and Social Change (B17) Sun. 4:30 pm
Inside/Outside: The Social Ecology of Corporate Accountability (B19) Sun. 4:30 pm
Nature, Culture & Spirit
Race, Class and Power: Structural Analysis and Fairness – Parts 1+2 (A3 + B5) Fri. 2:45 pm + 4:30 pm
Becoming Guardians for Future Generations (A4) Fri 2:45 pm
Grandmothers Council (A10) Fri. 2:45 pm
Indigenous Visionary Plant Traditions (B6) Fri. 4:30 pm
Wounds to Warriors: Healing the Trauma of Social Violence and War (A14) Sat. 2:45 pm
Cycles of Continuous Creation: 13 Indigenous Grandmothers (A18) Sat. 2:45 pm
A Conversation at the Crossroads: Race, Power and Restorative Justice (B13) Sat. 4:30 pm
Original Instructions: Perspectives from First Peoples (B14) Sat. 4:30 pm
Grandmothers Council (B16) Sat. 4:30 pm
Farmers and Chefs Reception (C2) Sat. 6:30 pm
Caroline Casey Presents: In Trickster We Trust (C3) Sat. 8 pm
The Ocean Revolution (A22) Sun. 2:45 pm
Grandmothers Council with Bioneers Youth (A28) Sun. 2:45 pm
The Lives and Fates of Earth’s Animals (B18) Sun. 4:30 pm
Youth Leadership
Building & Bridging Youth Movements (Y1) Fri. 2:45pm
Theatre of the Oppressed Training – Theater for Change-Makers (Y2) Fri. 4:30 pm
Moving in the Movement: Using Dance & Theater for Social Change (Y3) Sat. 2:45 pm
Elections as Metaphors: Broad Organizing Opportunities and Stories of Culture (Y4) Sat. 4:30 pm
Grandmothers Council with Bioneers Youth (A28) Sun. 2:45 pm
Turning Inspiration into Action: An Open Space Workshop for Youth – Parts 1 + 2 (Y5 + Y6) Sun. 2:45 and 4:30 pm
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