Bioneers
Template:Short description Template:About Bioneers, under its parent foundation, Collective Heritage Institute, is a non-profit environmental and social justice advocacy organization based in New Mexico and California.<ref name="InfluenceWatch">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Founded in 1990, the organization's philosophy says that there is value and wisdom in the natural world, emphasizing that responses to problems must be in harmony with the design of natural systems.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Official Programs include Moonrise Women's Leadership,<ref name="Murray">Template:Cite book</ref> Restorative Food Systems,<ref name="Crossland">Template:Cite news</ref> Indigeneity (Indigenous Forums),<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Hunter">Template:Cite news</ref> Education for Action,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and the award-winning Dreaming New Mexico community resilience program.<ref name="Ermacora">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Nelson" />
Bioneers produces media covering subjects such as environmentalism, rights of nature, social justice, sustainability and permaculture. Bioneers Radio is broadcast on local radio stations across the U.S., as well as having segments featured on national NPR stations.<ref name="Patten">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="NPR">Template:Cite news</ref>
Bioneers also organizes the annual National Bioneers Conference, covering topics such as climate change, social justice and sustainability.<ref name="Schein">Template:Cite book</ref> Conference presenters have included Michael Pollan, Andrew Weil, Gloria Steinem, Jane Goodall, Philippe Cousteau, Eve Ensler, Bill McKibben, Paul Hawken, and more.<ref name="Hunter" /> Plenary (Keynote) sessions from the national conference are also webcast to Beaming Bioneers satellite conferences held simultaneously in various locations throughout the United States and Canada.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Origin of name
Bioneer (a portmanteau of "biological pioneer") is a neologism coined by founder Kenny Ausubel.<ref name="utne">Utne Reader. (1999 Mar-Apr). "15 Ideas That Could Shake the World". Utne Reader. Retrieved 14 August 2009.</ref> It describes individuals and groups working in diverse disciplines who have crafted creative solutions to various environmental and socio-cultural problems rooted in shared core values, including whole systems, (anticipatory) thinking, a view of all life as interdependent, and sustainable mutual aid.<ref name="sidewalk">Template:Cite journal</ref>
Annual conference
The first National Bioneers Conference, organized by Co-founders Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons, took place in 1990.<ref name="Nelson">Template:Cite news</ref> For many years, the conference was held annually in the fall in San Rafael, California.<ref name="Schein"/> In 2023, the Bioneers conference moved to Berkeley, California.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The national conference brings together a wide array of scientific and social innovators.<ref name="Mosser">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="Birnbaum">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="Ross">Template:Cite news</ref> Conference speakers come from interdisciplinary fields: environmental and socio-political activism; green-biology, chemistry, design, architecture and urban planning; organic and beyond organic farming and gardening; indigenous perspectives; biodiversity, bioremediation, and wildland preservation; alternative energy; engaged spirituality, literature and the arts; holistic and ecological medicine; ethnobotany; socially responsible entrepreneurship, business and philanthropy; the environmental justice, women's and youth movements, independent media, etc.
In many cases, the technological or social solutions to problems showcased are founded on emulation of natural self-organizing systems.<ref name="O'Reilly">Template:Cite news</ref>
See also
References
External links
- Bioneers.org - site of the Bioneers | Collective Heritage Institute.
- Read a blog by Founder Kenny Ausubel at Huffington Post