Schedule
Thursday, October 18, 7:00 PM: Opening Speaker
"Over Troubled Waters: The Fate of California is in Your Hands"
Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla
Campaign Director, Restore the Delta
Friday, October 19, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM: Bioneers Opening Remarks
Traditional Welcome to ancestral lands by Coast Miwok Leader
Musical Performance: R. Carlos Nakai (Navajo/Ute), Grammy Winner
Opening remarks: Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons
Bioneers Co-CEOs and Founders
Friday, October 19, 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM Plenary Presentations (via satellite)
“Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria: Making Home Once Again”
Greg Sarris
Tribal Chair, Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria
Professor of Native American Studies, Sonoma State University
“Flavas of a Whole Community: Ingredients for Food Access in Historically Under-Invested Communities”
Nikki Henderson
Executive Director, People’s Grocery
“The Public Square Is Empty (Aside from the Occasional Hanging)”
Carol Jenkins
Emmy award-winning former journalist and producer
Founding President, Women's Media Center
“Youth Leadership”
Rhiannon Tomtishen and Madison Vorva
Brower Youth Award Winners
“emPOWERed”
Michael Brune
Executive Director, Sierra Club
Friday, October 19, 2:00 PM – 4:30 PM: Local Break-out Sessions
“Tools for Getting it Done – Creating Sustainability”
Presentations TBA
Friday, October 19, 4:30 PM – 5:00 PM: Local Break-out Sessions
Roundtable Discussion: “Stories and Paths for Action”
Saturday, October 20, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM: Plenary Presentations (via satellite)
Film: “Shafts of Light: Nature’s Temple”
Louie Schwartzberg
Opening remarks: Kenny Ausubel
Bioneers Co-founder
“The Climate Fight Gets Hotter”
Bill McKibben
Award-winning journalist and author
Co-founder, 350.org
“Greening our Faiths: From Belief into Action for the Environment and Environmental Justice”
Fletcher Harper
Award-winning writer
Episcopal Priest
Executive Director, GreenFaith
“Bringing Social Change and Global Climate Change to the Forefront of Education”
De’Anthony Jones
Former President, Environmental Students Organization, Sacramento State University
“The Challenge of Sustainable Development: New Models”
Marina Silva
Former Brazilian Minister of the Environment
“Harmonizing People and Nature: A New Business Model”
Gretchen Daily
Professor of Environmental Science and Director of the Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University
Co-director, The Natural Capital Project
“Toxic Culture: How Materialistic Society Makes Us Ill”
Gabor Mate, MD
Physician and best-selling author
Sunday, October 21, 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM: Plenary Presentations (via satellite)
Opening remarks: Nina Simons
Bioneers Co-founder
“The Whole Fracking Enchilada”
Sandra Steingraber
Biologist and author
2011 Heinz Award recipient
Spoken-word Performance: “Lost Between Neck and Knees”
Shailja Patel
Internationally-acclaimed Kenyan poet
“A Caring, Sustainable Economy for the 21st Century”
Ai-Jen Poo
Director, National Domestic Workers Alliance and Co-Director, Caring Across Generations
“Youth Leadership”
Rachel Barge
Brower Youth Award Winner
“Drug War, Drug Peace”
Ethan Nadelman
Founder and Executive Director, Drug Policy Alliance
“Regeneration”
Paul Hawken
Award-winning author
Co-Founder of OneSun