Sat Mar 28, 2009 10 AM - 8 PM
6th Annual Environmental Conference Featuring Bioneers
Location: Miner's Foundry Cultural Center, 325 Spring Street, Nevada City, CA
Contact: margekaiser@att.net
Phone: 530-265-6649
Email: info@sndei.org
Website: www.sndei.org

Sixth Annual Environmental Conference Featuring Bioneers* on Film

On Saturday, March 28, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. at the Miner’s Foundry Cultural Center, 325 Spring Street, Nevada City, Calif.

Opening Keynote Speaker: Reinette Senum, Nevada City Councilwoman and Environmental Explorer, speaking on “Going Green Locally” followed by Speakers from the Recent Bioneers conference on the big screen.

Morning:
Reinette Senum: Going Green Locally
Paul Stamets, “the mushroom guy” Using Fungi to Help Save the World
Erica Fernandez, youth activist, Saving Oxnard from a Liguid Natural Gas Plant

Afternoon
Jenine Benyus, biomimicry spcialist, Nature’s Top Biomimicry Solutions to Environmental Crises
Dune Lankard, Alaskan Native American, Sustainable Solutions Over Centuries: A New Business Model
Rebecca Moore, CEO of Google Earth, Google Earth: Visualizing Change, Mapping the Future.

Day opens with Native American ceremony and prayer presented by our local Tsi Akim tribe, followed by speakers, films, Breakaway Discussion Groups, Silent Auction, Raffle, over 25 Green exhibits and vendors, Food, Eco-social begiining at 6:00 p.m. with no-host bar, and live music.

Tickets will be available in advance at the usual outlets and over the phone by callling 530-265-6649 to put it on your credit card. Advance tickets are 10% off. Cost: $25 for whole day, $15.00 for half day and $15.00 for students. We still have a few volunteer positions. call or email to volunteer.

* Bioneers are scientists and artists, gardeners and economists, activists and public servants, architects and ecologists, farmers and journalists, priests and shamans, policymakers and citizens. They are everyday people committed to preserving and supporting the future of life on Earth. They herald a dawning Age of Restoration founded in natural principles of kinship, interdependence, cooperation, and reciprocity. to check out their website see www.bioneers.org. Kenny Ausubel, co-founder of the Bioneers (aka Collective Heritage Institute) is on the advisory board of SNDEI.