Program subject to change.
All events take place in Eaton Humanities Building, CU-Boulder unless otherwise noted. See Map.
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Program Overview
Program Details: Complete Program PDF
Films
Children's Activities
Main program overview
9:30am: Registration opens, Humanities Lobby
10:00am-2:00pm: Bioneers Plenary Sessions, live simulcast
(note: short lunch break ~11:50-12:15pm)
Opening Remarks and Opening Ceremony
PAUL STAMETS - Solutions from the Underground: Using Fungi to Help Save the World
ERICA FERNANDEZ - Si, Se Puede! (Yes, We Can!)
RAY ANDERSON - Sustainability in Action
KAVITA RAMDAS - Shakti, Shanti, Sangam: Power, Peace and the Politics of Change
ALEXANDRA COUSTEAU - Saving Our Water Planet
10:00am-3:00pm: Bioneers Marketplace
2:00-3:00pm: Open Space
Bioneers Exhibitors
Meet the Artists: Martina Hoffmann and Robert Venosa
Refreshments
Return of the Corn Mothers exhibit
Organic Art
3:00-5:00pm: Sessions and workshops (5 concurrent sessions)
Community Roots Garden Tour (Note: BYOBike)
Cohousing Field Trip
Integral Political Activism: Caring for Self, Community, and Nature
Local Women Business Leaders Making Global Impact
5:00-6:00pm: Opening Mixer
6:00-9:30pm: Bioneers Plenary Sessions, video rebroadcast
6:00-6:30pm: Where Rivers Run Sand: Searching for Love and Water on the Western Plains- Readings on Ogallala Aquifer
6:30-8:30pm: Films- EarthDance 2008 Compilation #1
(note: 30-min lunch break ~12:10-12:35)
Opening Remarks from Chief Oren Lyons
JANINE BENYUS - Nature's 100 Best: Top Biomimicry Solutions to Environmental Crises
DUNE LANKARD - Sustainable Solutions Over Centuries: A New Business Model
DAVID ORR - Some Like It Hot, But Lots Don't: The Changing Climate of US Politics
Bill McKibben - 350.org PSA
GREG WATSON - Twelve Degrees of Freedom: Lessons Learned from Thirty-five Years of Environmental Activism
SANDRA STEINGRABER - The Environmental Life of Children -- From Placenta to Puberty
10:00am-5:30pm: Children's Activities
12:00pm-3:00pm: Bioneers Marketplace
2:00-3:00pm: Open Space
Bioneers Exhibitors
Refreshments
Return of the Corn Mothers exhibit
Organic Art
Open Conversation Forum
Mobile Mechanic- Tips for Bicycle Care
Global Chi Tapestry
Dances of Universal Peace
3:00-4:10pm: Sessions and Workshops (5 concurrent sessions)
Navajo Energy Development: Systemic Change and Grassroots Voices
Suburbitat Initiative
Children and Nature
Transition: The Most Inspiring Movement In The World And How To Bring It To Your Community
Four Season Gardening
4:20-5:30pm: Sessions and Workshops (5 concurrent sessions)
Biomimicry: Nature-inspired Design
The Bountiful Pantry
Electromagnetic Factors in Health
Youth Leaders: Student Service Projects
Permaculture and Edible Landscaping
6:00-8:00pm: Discussion Dinner
6:00-10:00pm: Bioneers Plenary Sessions, video rebroadcast
8:00-10:00pm: Films: EarthDance 2008 Compilation #2
7:30-9:00pm: Story Spirals: Global Culture of Women
9:00am: Registration opens, Humanities Lobby
9:00-9:50am: Movement As Medicine- morning dance and movement session
10:00am-5:30pm: Children's Activities, see detailed schedule
10:00am-2:15pm: Bioneers Plenary Sessions, live simulcast
(note: short lunch break ~12:10-12:40)
12:00pm-3:00pm: Bioneers Marketplace
2:15-3:00pm: Open Space
Bioneers ExhibitorsRefreshments
Return of the Corn Mothers exhibit
Organic Art
Open Conversation Forum
Mobile Mechanic- Tips for Bicycle CareQiGong
Express Your Soul’s Voice
3:00-4:10pm: Sessions and Workshops (5 concurrent sessions)
The Fair Food Movement 101
Linking Environmental, Labor and Immigration Issues
Talking Staff Council
Intentional Communities, Cohousing, and Eco-villages
Organic Backyard Beekeeping
4:20-5:30pm: Sessions and Workshops (4 concurrent sessions)
Environmental Justice: Leadership Training
Taking Bioneers Home: Engaging your Community Vision
Thinking Critically about Sustainable Food Choices
Straw Bales in the Wind: Tribal Renewables and Energy Efficiency
5:30-6:00pm: Closing with CU Hip Hop Congress
Download PDF of the Detailed Event Program
Community Roots Garden Tour (Note: BYOBike)
Cohousing Field Trip
Integral Political Activism: Caring for Self, Community, and Nature
Local Women Business Leaders Making Global Impact
Navajo Energy Development Issues: Systemic Change and Grassroots Voices
Suburbitat Initiative
Children and Nature
Transition Initiative
Four Season Gardening
Biomimicry
Bountiful Pantry
Electromagnetic Factors in Health
Youth Leaders: Student Service Projects
Permaculture and Edible Landscaping
The Fair Food Movement 101
Linking Environmental, Labor and Immigration Issues
Talking Staff Council
Intentional Communities, Cohousing, and Eco-villages
Bees and Beekeeping
Environmental Justice: Leadership Training
Taking Bioneers Home: Engaging your Community Vision
Thinking Critically about Sustainable Food Choices
Sustainable Tribal Economic Development: Reservation Renewables and Energy Efficiency
Films:
EarthDance 2008 will be shown on Friday and Saturday evenings. Each evening will be a unique screening of film compilations.
Twenty short films (30 seconds to 30 minutes each) are a fun, funny, and provocative lot. The juried compilation of comedies, documentaries, animations, and adventures invite you to laugh, and celebrate your relationship to the natural world. These unique films help individuals to feel connected to and inspired by a growing community of people who are actively engaged with the planet – from business people making green from going green, to artists, designers, and architects inspired by the natural world, to extreme athletes and comedians sweating and poking fun at green. Whoever said you had to sacrifice entertainment for ecology?
Admission to films is included with Bioneers registration. The films are also open to everyone else for a $10/evening fee ($7 for students). Location: Humanities Building, CU-Boulder.
Colorado Bioneers Schedule of Children's Activities:
While the adults immerse themselves in Bioneers, so can the kids! Children's Activities provide exciting and interactive activities for kids to learn about the natural world! Here is a tentative schedule of kid's activities for the weekend of Bioneers. Produced by the CU Environmental Center's Earth Education program. Cost is $10/day per child. Activities appropriate for ages 4-12. Advance registration is requested. Activities will take place indoors and outdoors, weather dependent.
Saturday Oct. 18: "Recycle Mania"
10:00-10:30: Welcome Bioneers (Intros, Icebreaker games)
10:30-11:30: Recycle Games (Relay race, "reball")
11:30-12:30: Solar Ovens (Construct solar oven and bake cookies!)
12:30-1:30: Lunch & recess. Please pack a lunch.
1:30-2:00: Recycling info session (Facts and videos, trash facts)
2:00-3:00: Recyclable Art
3:00-3:30: Recycle games (rematch)
3:30-4:30: Recycling posters
4:30-5:30: Papermaking
Sunday Oct. 19: "Naturalist Training"
10:00-11:00: Kid's Yoga
11:00-11:45: Ecosystem Workshop (What is an ecosystem? How are you a part of it?)
11:45-12:30: Conservation Game (Outdoor ecosystem simulation)
12:30-1:30: Lunch & recess. Please pack a lunch.
1:30-2:00: Tracks, Scat and Water Instruction
2:00-3:30: Boulder Creek Field Trip
3:30-4:30: Making Tracks
4:30-5:30: Bioneers Ceremony