PRESS AND MEDIA AT THE BIONEERS CONFERENCE 2008

It's not too late to cover the Bioneer 2008 conference. If you missed this year's exciting events, DVDs and CDs of the plenaries and workshops are available at our online store.

Award-winning journalist and thinker Naomi Klein was just one of this year's exciting speakers at the 2008 Bioneers Conference. In 2008, with over 3,000 in attendance onsite and 7,500 more at our satellite locations around the country, members of the press from all over the world, including the U.K. and Japan, came to follow stories and report from this leading edge event at the Marin Conference Center. These included print and web publications, radio stations, and feature/television film crews. In attendance were the likes of Reuters, Orion, and The Nation, along with Democracy Now!, Utne, and Common Ground to name just a few. Dozens of articles have already been written about the conference in San Rafael including Worldchanging.com, Treehugger.com, and Le Monde.

For more press and media information, contact:

• Aaron Leventman: aleventman AT bioneers.org
• 1-877-BIONEER or (505) 986-0366 ext 140
• Fax: (505) 986-1644

SATELLITE CONFERENCES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY

In 2008, Bioneers partnered with eighteen communities to produce Beaming Bioneers Satellite Conferences. An estimated 8,000 people attended conferences in cities across the country - from Anchorage, Alaska to Portland, Maine. The majority of these events took place the same weekend as Bioneers, featuring a live-via-satellite presentation of the national plenary addresses from California coupled. By linking these renowned speakers with local sessions, topics and experts on the ground, Beaming Bioneers Satellite Conferences inspire a potent 'global-local' approach towards solving local and regional problems. Over 80 print publcations, radio stations, and websites from all over the country covered the various satellite events in 2007.

See http://beaming.bioneers.org for a list of sites and descriptions of their events.

WHAT IS THE BIONEERS CONFERENCE?

For nineteen years, the annual Bioneers Conference has helped to galvanize many writers, biologists, educators, architects, farmers, economists, public servants, scientists, business people, artists, gardeners, chefs, and activists whose work spans many fields and cultures. Together, they offer a dynamic vision for restoring the Earth, combining ecological approaches with social, spiritual and political strategies.

WHO PRODUCES BIONEERS?

Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons produce the conference with strong participation from a gifted team. Among these are J.P. Harpignies, former program director of the New York Open Center.

For more information on the Bioneers' founders, go to:

Kenny Ausubel

Nina Simons

CONTACT

For more press and media information, contact:

• Aaron Leventman: aleventman AT bioneers.org
• 1-877-BIONEER or (505) 986-0366 ext 140
• Fax: (505) 986-1644

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