Indiana University will host the 5th Bioneers Satellite Conference on the IU campus. The conference in Bloomington will be held in the School of Fine Arts’ Auditorium and adjacent seminar rooms on the afternoon of Friday, October 19, and all day Saturday and Sunday, October 20 and 21. All sessions are free and open to the public. Donations will be accepted.
Bloomington is one of 17 sites nationwide that joins visionaries and entrepreneurs gathering for the 18th Annual Bioneers Conference (www.bioneers.org) in San Rafael, California. Other cities in the network include Anchorage, Baltimore, Boulder, Bozeman, Carbondale, Cleveland, Detroit, Grinnell, Houston, Logan, Marion, Santa Fe, Seattle, Spokane, Traverse City, and Turlock, CA. Bioneers is an organization dedicated to envisioning solutions to problems of social injustice, environmental degradation, food safety, racism, sexism, and healthcare and encourages community development, sustainable practices, and the preservation of cultural diversity.
Among the 16 beamed speakers from California will be:
John Abrams, cofounder and CEO of South Mountain Company, a 32-year-old employee owned design/build and renewable energy company on Martha’s Vineyard. His presentation: “Thinking Like Cathedral Builders”.
Judy Wicks, owner/founder of Philadelphia’s 24-year-old White Dog Café, is a national leader in the local, living economies movement. Her presentation: “Local Living Economies: A Just and Sustainable Alternative to Corporate Globalization”.
Eve Ensler, an award-winning playwright, performer, and activist, is the author of The Vagina Monologues. Her presentation: “V to the 10th”.
Paul Anastas, widely considered the founder of “green chemistry” during his work for the U.S. EPA and as director of the U.S. Green Chemistry Program. A professor at Yale, his presentation: “Green Chemistry: From Here to Sustainability”.
Majora Carter, founded Sustainable South Bronx in 2001, has had remarkable success creating riverfront parks, fighting to demolish underused expressways, implementing environmental Stewardship training programs and pushing the South Bronx Greenway project now under construction.
Edward Tick, has been working with survivors of war, violence, and trauma for over 30 years.
Van Jones, founder and National Executive Director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. The organization addresses human rights abuses in the U.S. criminal justice system.
Besides beamed plenary speeches from San Rafael, we will have a panel discussion on food and food security given by IU faculty, local business owners, and professionals in the community.
This year’s keynote address will be given by Mr. Dom Nozzi, Executive Director of Walkable Streets. Mr. Nozzi’s most recent book is “Road to Ruin: An Introduction to Sprawl and How to Cure It”. Mr. Nozzi’s degrees are in Environmental Science and Urban and Regional Planning. He has been the city planner for Boulder, Colorado and is the city planner for Gainesville, Florida from 1986 to the present.
Please don’t hesitate to contact me or other members of the steering committee for further information.
Sincerely,
Steve Akers
spakers@indiana.edu, (812) 855-1905
