Please contact local organizers directly for more information about how you can participate in a conference near you. To find out more about the Beaming Bioneers Program, please visit our FAQ page.
Anchorage, Alaska
Baltimore, Maryland
Bloomington, Indiana
Boulder, Colorado
Bozeman, Montana
Carbondale, Illinois
Cleveland, Ohio
Detroit, Michigan
Grinnell, Iowa
Houston, Texas
Logan, Utah
Marion, Massachusetts
Salt Lake City, Utah
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Seattle, Washington
Spokane, Washington
Traverse City, Michigan
Turlock, California
Don't miss these events coming up following the October Conference:
November 2-4, 2007: Minneapolis / St. Paul, Minnesota
April 11-13, 2008: Atlanta, Georgia
Anchorage, AK
Website: www.sustainak.org
Contact: Terri Brown, terrib(at)artlover.com, 907.373.0909
The 4th Annual "Bioneers in Alaska: Creating Sustainable Communities" conference, sponsored by the Alaska Center for Appropriate Technology, will feature keynote speakers Catherine Austin Fitts, innovator of community-based economic justice and investment strategies; and Andy Lipkis, TreePeople founder, on sustainable urban watershed management. As a catalyst for year-round action, we will build momentum within several groups that sprouted at our previous conferences: Alaska Democracy Schools, working to rein in corporate power; the Biodiesel Cooperative; Foods for Thought, a non-GMO activist group; GAP, a garden assistance program, and AK Food, working for state legislation that supports local farmers. We will feast on local, organic food, meet the farmers, and connect in sessions ranging from social justice to holistic medicine to ecovillage development.
Baltimore, MD
Website: www.cultivatingchange.org
Contact: Pat Thomas, bioneers@cultivatingchange.org, 410.215.1706
Beaming Bioneers makes its way to Baltimore in 2007. Bioneers provides
a platform for networking people and organizing movements thus creating
solutions for the sustainability issues of today. Please join Baltimore
this October for Beaming Bioneers.
Bloomington, IN
Website: www.simplycsl.org
Contact: Steve Akers, spakers(at)indiana.edu, 812.855.1905
The fifth annual Bloomington Bioneers Conference will take place on the beautifully wooded campus of Indiana University in Bloomington. As the Bloomington Bioneers conference begins to take form for this fall, we find that this is a very exciting time for the Bloomington community, both for the university and the city as we examine and adopt best practices in regard to environmental sustainability. On January 8, 2007, a The recent Bloomington Environmental Quality Indicator (BEQI) report found that Bloomington is moving in the right direction but there is much work to be done. City government has acknowledged this reality and has taken bold initiatives: the formation of a Commission on Sustainability, signing on to the Mayor’s Climate Protection Agreement, and City Council resolutions in support of the Kyoto Protocol. Our city is blessed with an aware and proactive citizenry and numerous non-profit groups such as the Center for Sustainable Living and the new Caldwell Center for Culture and Ecology.
On the University campus, the Indiana University Task Force for Campus Sustainability was established in February 2007 and began its work in March. Join us this fall at the Bioneers conference as we explore the solutions and wisdom already present in our community and region.
Boulder, CO
Website: ecenter.colorado.edu/bioneers
Contact: CU Environmental Center, bioneers(at)colorado.edu, 303.492.8308
Bioneers comes to Boulder where the Rockies meet the High Plains – creating community opportunities for sharing, learning and action, and bringing together the region’s progressive ideas, people and organizations. The 5th annual Colorado Bioneers features the Green Living Expo; film, music and arts; networking; children’s eco-activities; and sessions and workshops addressing topics of regional importance. Sessions include relocalization strategies, ecosystem restoration, youth leadership, food and farming, business, ecological medicine, green building and new urbanism, environmental justice, teaching sustainability, health and labor. Produced by the University of Colorado Environmental Center in collaboration with numerous partner organizations.
Bozeman, MT
Website: www.bornnetwork.org
Contact: Dean Williamson, BORN Director, info(at)sunflowercenter.org, 406.586.3426
The 5th Annual Northern Rockies Bioneers Conference (NRBC) will take place at the Emerson Cultural Center in the heart of Bozeman. The NRBC will highlight 25 workshops including Sustainable Local Food Production, Water Use and Conservation, Children's Environmental-Based Education, Farms to Restaurants program, Sustaining Community events, and the Creative Arts and Community. We will celebrate with an Aerial Art Project, Reel 2 Real Film Festival, music, local farm meals, OPI credits for Montana teachers, and a lifetime of education and inspiration.
Carbondale, IL
Website: www.hbconference.org
Contact: Kris Schachel, sustain(at)siu.edu, 618.525.7900
The fourth Heartland Bioneers Conference is proudly presented by the Southern Illinois Center for a Sustainable Future, SIUC, the City of Carbondale, and other community partners. Our programming will include discussions and workshops to complement the satellite plenaries, our popular "Meet the Farmer" lunches, a concert/mixer, and a local garden tour. In addition, this weekend offers Vulture Fest (music, arts & crafts) in nearby Makanda, and the SIUC campus will be bustling for Saluki Family Weekend. We look forward to connecting again with our bioneer-ing friends, and welcome all newcomers to join us and drink from the well of hope and inspiration that is Bioneers.
Cleveland, OH
Website: www.urban.csuohio.edu/forum/bioneers
Contact: Nancy King Smith, bioneers(at)roadrunner.com, 216.523.7330
Great Lakes Bioneers--Cleveland will build on the excitement and energy of the Bioneers conference in California and the other Great Lakes sites to connect the environmental, social justice, health and spiritual networks in Northeast Ohio, communicate about and celebrate the work already taking place, and serve as inspiration and a catalyst for new relationships and collaborations to improve the communities of the region.
Detroit, MI
Website: www.sustainabledetroit.org/bioneers
Contact: Gloria Rivera, IHM, river1143(at)sbcglobal.net, 313.843.0802
Welcome to our 3rd Annual Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit Conference at Marygrove College. We are proud to connect the richness of the national bioneers plenary speakers with our local talent through field trips, workshops, music, dance and theater.
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Grinnell, IA
Website: www.gotoplanb.net/bioneersconference
Contact: Rich Dana, Imagine Grinnell, rich(at)gotoplanb.net, 319.530.6051
The Bioneers Conference returns to Iowa in 2007 with a new "beaming" site in Grinnell. The first annual "Tallgrass Bioneers Conference" will take place in this beautiful, historic prairie town, centrally located for visitors from across the Midwest.
The Tallgrass Bioneers conference will feature live plenary speakers and workshops on a range of topics from renewable energy and sustainable farming to art, design and social activism. Live music, local foods, walking tours of restored prairie and cycling events on our extensive bike trails will augment the conference sessions.
We hope to bring folks together from across the region to build a sense of community, to discuss environmental and social issues, and to inspire action. It's a great opportunity to learn, share ideas, and have a great time!
Houston, TX
Website: www.blackwoodland.org/bioneers
Contact: Cath A. Conlon, Blackwood Land Institute: cathbkwood(at)aol.com, 832.721.4711
Texas Bioneers enters its 5th year in Houston, organized by Blackwood Educational Land Institute and a committee of enthusiastic partners. Our interest is in deepening our relationships with the Bioneers headwaters and our community at large. We will be sharing locally grown organic foods, Mountain Valley Water, and awesome stories. The conference will be held the on the campus of Emerson Unitarian Church, a LEEDS certified building. Session topics include energy conservation, biodiesel, permanent land protection, green building, an earth dance, holistic health, sowing the seeds of sustainability. We will highlight many workshops including sustainable community design, Farms to restaurants, environmental education and our playgrounds, sustainable business practices and more. We will all participate in a traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony. Many youth scholarships will be available! CEU's are available for our Texas teachers and professionals.
Logan, UT
Website: extension.usu.edu/bioneers
Contact: Jim Goodwin, jgoodwin(at)ext.usu.edu, 435.757.2352
The 4th annual Utah Bioneers conference will be held at Utah State University (USU) in Logan, with additional satellite conferences at two to three USU regional campuses: Salt Lake City, Brigham City and Vernal. Dr. Cheryl Charles, president of the Santa Fe based Children and Nature Network will be one of our two Utah Bioneers keynote speakers. Their “Leave No Child Inside” campaign fits nicely with children and nature, one of our major themes this year. Some 15 workshops range from children and nature, clean air and water; healthy families; food security; sustainable communities; celebrating diversity – fostering unity; and growth and transportation. A recent Utah Bioneers attendee told us, “The Utah Bioneers was an inspiring mix of information and passion.” We know the feeling, and are excited to be further expanding our Bioneers coverage in the state this year!
Marion, MA
Website: www.connectingforchange.org
Contact: Desa Van Laarhoven, Marion Institute, dvanlaarhoven(at)marioninstitute.org, 508.748.0816
The 3rd Annual Bioneers by the Bay: Connecting for Change conference – presented by the Marion Institute – is being held on the campus of UMASS Dartmouth. This event will bring together many environmentalists and social justice innovators such as Van Jones, Simran Setthi, Diane Wilson, Bill McKibben, Bobby Kennedy and many more. Our presenters will deliver their meaningful messages in the morning and in the afternoon we will break out into workshop sessions. Approximately 800 attendees per day will gather from across the East Coast to embrace, share, brainstorm, network, heal, learn, teach, celebrate, recharge and connect for change. We will collaborate with one another about practical solutions to the specific challenges we face here in the northeast and the world at-large.
Salt Lake City, UT
Website: www.westminstercollege.edu/bioneers
Contact: Westminster College Environmental Center, bioneers(at)westminstercollege.edu, 801.832.2805
Bioneers is coming to Salt Lake City. Bioneers SLC will be one of two Utah Beaming Bioneers sites this year, and will be hosted by Westminster College. The SLC conference will focus on "Sustainability: Bringing It All Home." We will spend three rejuvenating days exploring ways environmental, economic, and social justice questions intersect in our community, our homes, and our personal lives. Local sessions will likely include Biologically Productive Cities, The SLC Eat Local Experiment, Fair Trade, Moms and Docs for Clean Air, Sustainable Engineering Solutions, Women & Wilderness, Carbon Off-sets: A Good Idea?, Sustainability in Higher Education, Green Home Design, and since we live in an urban desert . . . Water, Water, and Water! The SLC conference will also include a Young Bioneers component, designed for and by local college and high school students. All of this will be woven together with the extraordinary beaming plenary speakers, local food, music, community bike tours, and plenty of time for conversation and connection.
Santa Fe, NM
Website: www.nmconference.org
Contact: Amy Pilling, info(at)nmconference.org, 505.428.1227
The 3rd Annual New Mexico Bioneers Satellite Conference will take place in Santa Fe at the College of Santa Fe. Santa Fe's rich history runs deep, being the oldest state capital and the second oldest city in the U.S. New Mexico has a rich history of community sustainability. Numerous Pueblo communities nearby continue their ancient traditions and are tremendous contributors to community knowledge about sustainable practices, as are many northern Hispanic communities, which trace their ancestry back 400 years.
Through a series of community outreach meetings this spring and summer, the planning committee will help develop a series of workshops that reflect the concerns of the multicultural communities in the "Land of Enchantment." Some of the key topics include Food and Farming, Renewable Energy, and Social Justice. Youth involvement is particularly important to the conference organizers, as well as our need to honor the wisdom of the elders in our communities.
Seattle, WA
Website: www.nweec.org/seattlebioneers
Contact: Shannon Luoma, Northwest Environmental Education Council, sluoma(at)nweec.org, 206.923.1980
The Northwest Environmental Education Council is pleased to present the first Seattle Beaming Bioneers Conference, to be held at the Seattle Center. Tapping into the wealth of activism and passion in Western Washington and the Puget Sound region, Seattle Bioneers is sure to be a success. The afternoon sessions will feature workshops, lectures, and presentations about permaculture, sustainability, intentional communities, climate change, the state of Puget Sound, and much, much more! Please join us in celebrating the arrival of Bioneers to Seattle, a partnership that is long over due!
Spokane, WA
Website: www.sustainspokane.org
Contact: Patty Gates, New Priorities Foundation, patty(at)newpriorities.org, 509.456.5977
The first Spokane Beaming Bioneers Conference will be held on the campus of Spokane Falls Community College overlooking the Spokane River and adjacent to the Centennial Trail. Our enthusiastic planning team is working hard to create a meaningful and inspiring conference which will feature innovators from the watershed region of Spokane, the Palouse and Northern Idaho. Our vision is to infuse new ideas and actions into our community and to catalyze change through the programs and activities that our Bioneers weekend will provide. We will feature a film festival, dance, and international food court along with a broad palette of programming that highlights the many innovations in our region. Some of our break out topics will include: sustainable farming practices, youth leadership, green building, river and aquifer restoration, non-traditional sustainable technologies, local economies, alternative media and indigenous wisdom. It is our intention to infuse the weekend with the spirit of inclusiveness and reciprocity that are key to our planet’s health and survival.
Traverse City, MI
Website: www.glbconference.org
Contact: Sarna Salzman, info(at)glbconference.org, 231.929.3663
Great Lakes Bioneers enters its 6th year in Traverse City, deepening relationships with our bioneering neighbors and Bioneers worldwide. We can't help but feel lucky to be one of the original Beaming Bioneers satellite locations and proud to send energy to Detroit and Cleveland especially. Coordinated by the Neahtawanta Center, SEEDS, and a slew of other professional volunteers, in Northern Michigan we specialize in serving local foods to the lucky, dancing with the democratic, and fair-trade libations for the masses - including fresh water. The revolution has childcare, youth training grounds, media connectivity, and that special Bioneer crossroads synergy. Drink locally!
Turlock, CA
Website: Upcoming
Contact: Dave Colnic, CSU-Stanislaus, bioneers(at)csustan.edu, 209.667.3520
California State University, Stanislaus rests in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley. Like the region itself, the University is undergoing considerable transition and growth. To fulfill our mission, we strive to ensure that the change is accompanied by an intellectual environment which encourages global awareness and responsiveness to an evolving and interconnected world. Toward these ends, several campus programs focus on global learning and sustainability. The Bioneers’ perspective allows us to facilitate development of these programs. Our Beaming Bioneers presentation includes broadcasting of the plenary speakers and hosting break-out sessions that highlight campus and local experience for promoting sustainable solutions to complex global environmental and social threats.
Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN
November 2-4, 2007
Website: www.nbconference.org
Contact: Vonda Vaden, nbconference(at)gmail.com, 612.247.0781
In addition to the national Bioneers plenary speakers presented via DVD and workshops with regional experts , Northland Bioneers Conference participants, located in Minnesota, experience topic dialogues, networking opportunities, and interact with 30+ exhibitors. The event is entertaining and informational.
Participants hear about the most promising approaches addressing global and human health. Optimism abounds at this 3-day event, where over 500 attendees are expected to attend. Many will take what they've learned back to their homes, inspiring systemic changes that increase the vitality of their communities.
Atlanta, GA
April 11-13, 2008
Website: www.inspiringfutures.org
Contact: Tirza Hollenhorst, Inspiring Futures, tirzalyn(at)inspiringfutures.org, 678.608.3408
Additional Information Coming Soon!