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National Bioneers Conference - October 21-23, 2016

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9:00am PDT

Pre-Conference Traditional Ecological Knowledge Intensive Dreaming Indigenous: Looking to Our Original Instructions for Climate Solutions TBAJade Begay • Eriel Deranger • Dallas Goldtooth • Tom Goldtooth • Tara Houska • Melina Laboucan-Massimo • Sage LaPena • Kandi Mossett • Pennie Opal Plant • Clayton Thomas-Muller • Edward Willie

8:30pm PDT

Special Advance Film Screening of Before the Flood Showcase Theater

TBA

Media Center with Synergia Learning Ventures and Marin Community Media Center Youth Unity Center Singing Tree Interactive Mural Project Exhibit HallLaurie Marshall

8:48am PDT

Drumming by Deb Lane and Afia Walking Tree Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Deb Lane • Afia Walking Tree

9:00am PDT

Opening Talks by Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Kenny Ausubel • Nina Simons

9:01am PDT

Opening Ceremony Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Tiffany Adams

9:48am PDT

Maps, Magic and Medicine in the Rainforest Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Laurie Benenson • Mark Plotkin

10:14am PDT

The Role of Spiritual Practice in Social Justice Work Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Fania Davis • Ericka Huggins

11:04am PDT

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez and Itzcuauhtli Roske-Martinez, youth activist hip-hop duo extraordinaire Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Xiuhtezcatl Martinez • Itzcuauhtli Roske-Martinez

11:15am PDT

Deepening Indigenous Women's Networks: Embodiment, Healing and Resilience Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Katsi Cook • Nina Simons

11:40am PDT

Youth Leadership Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Ryan Camero

11:51am PDT

Occupy the Law: The Movement for Community Rights and the Rights of Nature Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Kenny Ausubel • Thomas Linzey • Mari Margil

12:15pm PDT

Coconut: A New Performance Piece Of A Mystical Journey Into A Woman's Body Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Eve Ensler • Nina Simons

1:15pm PDT

Singer/Songwriter Austin Willacy Sun Stage Networking | Permaculture: Mapping the Human Ecosystem Exhibit HallDavid Casey • Nick Joyce • Erika Logie • Ryan Rising • Marissa Weitzman

1:35pm PDT

Sammay Dizon – Kreator.Educator.Artivist.Producer Sun Stage

1:50pm PDT

CelloJoe- Classical/Hip-Hop fusion with cello, beatbox and more Sun Stage

2:45pm PDT

A Practical Solar Cooking Workshop Hands On Workshop SpaceJulie Greene • Catlin Powers Open Space. We Are Wiser Together: Co-Creating Through Collaboration, Creativity and Celebration World CaféAmy Lenzo • Dana Pearlman • David Shaw Making Peace with Earth by Protecting Biodiversity - With Synchronicity Earth Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Kate Horner • Chris LaFranchi • Robin Moore • Mark Plotkin • Jessica Sweidan How to Apply Biomimicry Locally to Address Global Problems: a hands-on workshop Larkspur RoomGretchen Hooker • Megan Schuknecht Earth Connection Herb Walk Sun StageKami McBride Visual Arts and Social Action Sausalito RoomDorka Keehn • Louis Masai • Mayumi Oda Youth Leadership. HipHopForChange Youth Unity CenterMalik Diamond Indigenous Rising: Solutions to the Climate Crisis | Indigenous Forum Indigenous ForumMelina Laboucan-Massimo • Eriel Deranger • Dallas Goldtooth • Tom Goldtooth • Tara Houska • Kandi Mossett • Cara Romero • Clayton Thomas-Muller Driving a Revolution from the Municipal Grassroots: How You Can Stop Unwanted Corporate Projects by Adopting a Bill of Rights for Nature and Your Community Showcase TheaterShannon Biggs • Thomas Linzey • Mari Margil No Time for Half Measures: Upending Destructive Paradigms Manzanita RoomAlnoor Ladha • Annie Leonard • Jess Rimington Latinas Leading Change for Climate Justice and Solutions Santa Rosa RoomTere Almaguer • Valeria Brabata • Lisa Hoyos • Leila Salazar-Lopez Listening for the Heart of the Matter: Engaging Council and Other Dialogic Practices for Social Change and Healing | Council Council CircleIlarion Merculieff • Sharon Shay Sloan Cultivating Women’s Leadership (CWL): A Sampler and Reunion Re-Inventing Leadership TentToby Herzlich • Nina Simons Community of Mentors Community of MentorsAriel Greenwood Community Mandala Youth Unity CenterAaron Ableman • Erika Minkowsky

4:30pm PDT

Open Space. We Are Wiser Together: Co-Creating Through Collaboration, Creativity and Celebration World CaféAmy Lenzo • Dana Pearlman • David Shaw Fire and Water: Land and Watershed Management in the Age of Climate Change Sausalito RoomBrock Dolman • Chad Hanson • Frank Lake • Jason Mark Philanthropy: Empowering Deeper Change Santa Rosa RoomDavid Gordon • Alnoor Ladha • Teresa Odendahl • Chivy Sok • Jessica Sweidan The Science Behind Trauma and the Art of Healing Relationships Larkspur RoomRuth Beaglehole • Naama Haviv • Emily Cummins Polk • Cathy Salser Permaculture and Green Jobs Showcase TheaterArty Mangan • Erik Ohlsen Native Foods and Grassroots Efforts | Indigenous Forum Indigenous ForumDeon Ben • Tara Houska • Tony Skrelunas • Alicia Tsosie Youth Leadership. Open Mic Hosted by Earth Guardians Youth Unity Center Mass Movements: Rising to Address Economic Inequality Manzanita RoomAnnette Bernhardt • Laphonza Butler • Andrea Dehlendorf • Saru Jayaraman Gender, Race, Class and Violence: What’s Intersectionality Got to Do with it? Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Kimberlé Crenshaw • Eve Ensler Spirituality & Social Justice: Cross-Cultural Protocols for Engaging Ritual & Ceremony | Council Council CircleIlarion Merculieff • Sharon Shay Sloan Engaging Leadership: From Insight to Impact Re-Inventing Leadership TentLorri Sulpizio Community of Mentors Community of MentorsMalik Diamond

6:15pm PDT

Networking | Bioregional Networking Exhibit HallDavid Casey • Nick Joyce • Erika Logie • Ryan Rising • Marissa Weitzman

7:00pm PDT

Aina: That Which Feeds Us | Film Showcase TheaterJosh Thome SEED: The Untold Story | Film Showcase TheaterJon Betz • Taggart Siegel Two short films featuring mural artist Louis Masai | Film Showcase TheaterLouis Masai We the People 2.0 | Film Showcase TheaterThomas Linzey • Mari Margil

9:10pm PDT

Caroline Casey presents: Flora Fauna 2016: The Only News to Trust is the Mythic News Exhibit HallCaroline Casey

TBA

Media Center with Synergia Learning Ventures and Marin Community Media Center Youth Unity Center Singing Tree Interactive Mural Project Exhibit HallLaurie Marshall

9:00am PDT

Drumming by Deb Lane and Afia Walking Tree Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Deb Lane • Afia Walking Tree

9:10am PDT

Welcome by Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Kenny Ausubel • Nina Simons

9:34am PDT

The Ultimate Symbiosis: Biomimicry as a Cooperative Inquiry Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Paul Hawken • Janine Benyus

10:03am PDT

Biomimcry Global Design Challenge Award Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Janine Benyus

10:18am PDT

The Least Deadly Catch: Ocean Farming in the Climate Change Era Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)J.P. Harpignies • Bren Smith

10:30am PDT

Youth of Color Caucus Youth Unity CenterBrandi Mack

11:08am PDT

Climbing PoeTree Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Climbing PoeTree

11:36am PDT

What Are We Fighting For? Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Kenny Ausubel • Xiuhtezcatl Martinez

12:01pm PDT

Youth Leadership Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Kian Martin

12:11pm PDT

What Winning the Climate Change Battle Looks Like Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Bill McKibben • Clayton Thomas-Muller

1:00pm PDT

Trashion Show Sun Stage

1:15pm PDT

Networking | Educators for the Future Exhibit HallDavid Casey • Nick Joyce • Erika Logie • Ryan Rising • Marissa Weitzman

2:00pm PDT

Thrive Choir-Oakland based Community Choir Sun Stage

2:45pm PDT

Nature/Biomimicry Walk Family FairColleen Mahoney • AJ Wacaser Reshaping Our Relationship to the Ocean Showcase TheaterMadhavi Colton • Steve Gaines • Teo Grossman • Bren Smith What Would a Biomimetic Food System Look Like? Manzanita RoomMiguel Altieri • Jeff Creque • Tim Crews • Beth Rattner The Day After Tomorrow: A Post-Paris/Pre-Election Climate Summit Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Michael Brune • Annie Leonard • Bill McKibben • Clayton Thomas-Muller • Vien Truong RDI Permaculture: An Experiential Permaculture Practicum with Penny Livingston-Stark Hands On Workshop SpacePenny Livingston-Stark Digging In and Shouting Out: Journalism in the 21st Century Santa Rosa RoomFrancesca Fiorentini • Joshua Fouts • Anthony Lappé The Art of Intergenerational Native Activism | Indigenous Forum Indigenous ForumJade Begay • Dallas Goldtooth • Tom Goldtooth Dancing in the Ashes: Radical Grieving for Hard Times | Council Council CircleIlarion Merculieff • Sharon Shay Sloan The Perils and Promise of Edge Technologies Sausalito RoomMarcy Darnovsky • Elizabeth Dwoskin • J.P. Harpignies • Mayumi Oda Multicultural Women Explore Social and Ecological Healing Larkspur RoomJeanine Canty • Susan Griffin • Melissa K. Nelson • Belvie Rooks • Anita Sanchez • Nina Simons • Nicola Wagenberg Women and Social Permaculture Re-Inventing Leadership TentStarhawk • Delia Carroll • Wanda Stewart • Pandora Thomas Community of Mentors Community of MentorsChivy Sok Liberation in Action: Radical Practices in Dissolving Domination, Disconnection, and Apathy Youth Unity CenterBarbara Jefferson Save the Bees Art-Making Workshop with Louis Masai Youth Art SpaceLouis Masai

4:30pm PDT

World Café. Permaculture Meetup: Cross Pollination, Collaboration and Integration World CaféFrank Lake • Amy Lenzo • Dana Pearlman • David Shaw • Wanda Stewart • Pandora Thomas Biomimicry Education Larkspur RoomTimothy Bingham • Emily Liebenberg • Tiffany Roberts • Megan Schuknecht • Sayuri Yamanaka Aboriginal Truth and Reconciliation | Indigenous Forum Indigenous ForumMelina Laboucan-Massimo • Jeff Baker • Joanne Barker • Eriel Deranger • Tara Houska • Clayton Thomas-Muller Leveraging Business for Good Sausalito RoomLara Jackle Dickinson • Ahmed Rahim • Frederick Schilling • Kate Tierney Carbon, Climate, Food and Fiber Showcase TheaterRebecca Burgess • Guido Frosini • Ariel Greenwood • John Roulac Dynamic Vitality: Body/Mind Transformation Training Sun StageRussell Munsell • Suki Munsell Revolutionary Medicine: Awaken the Healer Re-Inventing Leadership TentGerri Ravyn Stanfield Youth Leadership. Poetry Slam Youth Unity CenterXiuhtezcatl Martinez Act Now, Before It Is Too Late: Messages from Indigenous Elders | Council Council CircleIlarion Merculieff • Sharon Shay Sloan Breaking the Male Code: The Tyranny of Masculinity Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Eve Ensler • Dallas Goldtooth • Luke Harris • George Lipsitz • Tony Porter Flexing Our Power: Creating an Economy For Life Santa Rosa RoomAngela Adrar • Antonio Diaz • Jihan Gearon • Miya Yoshitani Elevating the Standing of Women Manzanita RoomJoan Blades • Kimberlé Crenshaw • Betsy McKinney • Jessica Neuwirth Community of Mentors Community of MentorsAnthony Lappé

6:15pm PDT

One Billion Rising Drum-Dance Activation Circle Sun StageEve Ensler • Afia Walking Tree Networking | Open Space Networking Exhibit HallDavid Casey • Nick Joyce • Erika Logie • Ryan Rising • Marissa Weitzman

6:30pm PDT

Seed Exchange Exhibit Hall

7:00pm PDT

Catching the Sun | Film Showcase TheaterShalini Kantayya The Creeping Garden | Film Showcase Theater

7:30pm PDT

Bioneers Awards Dinner Embassy Suites Hotel

8:30pm PDT

Biomimicry | Film Showcase TheaterJanine Benyus

9:30pm PDT

Dance Party Exhibit Hall Saturday Night Dance Party Exhibit HallJackie Peters

TBA

Media Center with Synergia Learning Ventures and Marin Community Media Center Youth Unity Center Singing Tree Interactive Mural Project Exhibit HallLaurie Marshall

9:00am PDT

Drumming by Deb Lane and Afia Walking Tree Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Deb Lane • Afia Walking Tree

9:15am PDT

Welcome by Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Kenny Ausubel • Nina Simons

9:25am PDT

Standing Rock Update Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Dallas Goldtooth • Kandi Mossett

9:35am PDT

Transforming Patriarchy: From Gender Oppression to Beloved Community Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Kenny Ausubel • Cynthia Brix • Will Keepin

10:00am PDT

Optimizing the Energy Transition Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Danny Kennedy • David Hochschild

10:25am PDT

Youth Leadership Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Naelyn Pike

10:31am PDT

Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company

11:09am PDT

Creating An Equitable Environmental Movement Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Steve Phillips • Vien Truong

11:30am PDT

LGBTQ Alliance Talking Circle Youth Unity CenterKian Martin • Kristin Rothballer

11:40am PDT

Making Contact: New Approaches to Cracking the Communication of Whales and Dolphins Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Joshua Fouts • James Nestor

12:04pm PDT

Creativity — the Antidote to Destruction Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Climbing PoeTree • Nina Simons

12:33pm PDT

Closing Performance Jam Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Xiuhtezcatl Martinez • Climbing PoeTree • Itzcuauhtli Roske-Martinez • Deb Lane • Afia Walking Tree

1:15pm PDT

Crescent Moon Theater Sun Stage Networking | Ethical Business & Investing: People, Planet, Profit Manzanita RoomStuart Valentine

1:35pm PDT

Deezbaa O’Hare, Wa Ama & the Lion Truth, and Patricia Juarez / Chicueyi-Coatl- Performance Artist inspired by Indigenous Teachings & Activism Sun Stage

2:00pm PDT

Lydia Violet Sun Stage

2:45pm PDT

Ecological Design Principles: Build a Teeny Tiny House! Hands On Workshop SpaceBrennan Bird Scaling Up: Building a Green and Just Economy Showcase TheaterGil Friend • Danny Kennedy • Vien Truong Medicines and Wild Edibles: Herbwalk Sun StageAutumn Summers Health, Medicine, Race and Environmental Justice Santa Rosa RoomVinai Decena • Linda Rae Murray • Barbara Sattler Generating New Visions through ARTivism Exhibit HallClimbing PoeTree Youth Leadership: Increase the Peace Conflict Resolution Workshop Youth Unity CenterDestiny Arts Youth Performance Company Working Toward Respectful Collaborations: Integrating Indigenous Knowledge in Educational Institutions | Indigenous Forum Indigenous ForumJeff Baker • Kaimana Barcarse • Suzanne Benally • Sage LaPena • Melissa K. Nelson Climate Change: Practical and Accessable Strategies for Ecological and Community Resilience Sausalito RoomPenny Livingston-Stark Animal Consciousness and Communication and Human Potential Larkspur RoomJoshua Fouts • James Nestor Life in the Balance – Restoring the Relationship between the Sacred Masculine & Sacred Feminine | Council Council CircleIlarion Merculieff • Sharon Shay Sloan Spiritual Responses to the Great Unraveling: Guidance for the Journey Onward from Earth's Faith Traditions Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Starhawk • Jakada Imani • Joanna Macy • Patricia St. Onge • Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee Community Forum: Gender Equity and Reconciliation Re-Inventing Leadership TentCynthia Brix • Will Keepin Community of Mentors Community of MentorsBarbara Jefferson

4:30pm PDT

World Café. Calling All Progressives for an Intergenerational Collaboration for Social Change World CaféAmy Lenzo • Dana Pearlman • David Shaw Biomimicry for Social Innovation Manzanita RoomToby Herzlich Contemporary Psychedelic Subcultures Larkspur RoomEve Bradford • Erik Davis • Yalila Espinoza • J.P. Harpignies • Isis Indriya Changing the Story: Media, Technology and New Generational Waves of Storytelling Sausalito RoomFrancesca Fiorentini • Joshua Fouts • Xiuhtezcatl Martinez • Shadia Fayne Wood Traditional to Digital: Our Indigenous Youth | Indigenous Forum Indigenous ForumJade Begay Women, Earth and Culture Change: A Systems Inquiry Showcase TheaterRucha Chitnis • Melinda Kramer • Osprey Orielle Lake • Melissa K. Nelson • Afia Walking Tree

9:00am PDT

Post-Conference Intensive - A Revolution of the Heart: Re-Creating Gender Relations Between Women and Men Embassy Suites HotelCynthia Brix • Will Keepin