BIONEERS BY THE BAY CONFERENCE
19-21 OCTOBER 2007, UMASS, DARTMOUTH
Visionary and practical solutions for restoring the Earth and its inhabitants
Bioneers by the Bay is sponsored by the Marion Institute.
Joanna Harcourt-Smith interviews the speakers and workshop presenters at the conference.
Bioneers by the Bay is sponsored by the Marion Institute.
Joanna Harcourt-Smith interviews the speakers and workshop presenters at the conference.
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A few brief words from Mrs Ethel Kennedy on October 18th in New Bedford, MA
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Listen (37 seconds, 289kb)INTERVIEWS:
OCTOBER 19
NAOMI WOLF
International best-selling author who became the literary star of the 'third-wave' of the feminist movement and is also known for her advocacy of progressive politics. In 1997, Naomi became the co-founder of the Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership - an organization dedicated to future of American's young women.
Listen to Interview (10 minutes, 4.75mb)
WILL ALLEN
An organic farming visionary, activist and entrepreneur, Allen understands the complexities of farming first hand and has witnessed the impact that commercialization has had on agriculture. He founded the Sustainable Cotton Project and is a board member of the Organic Consumers Association, Rural Vermont, and is a co-chair of Farms Not Arms.
Listen to Interview (11 minutes, 5.29mb)
SIMRAN SETHI
An award-winning journalist who reports on issues of economic sustainability, environmental stewardship and social justice. She is the contributing author of Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy, the companion guide to the PBS series Ethical Markets, the first national television series on sustainable business.
Listen to Interview (10 minutes, 4.82mb)
International best-selling author who became the literary star of the 'third-wave' of the feminist movement and is also known for her advocacy of progressive politics. In 1997, Naomi became the co-founder of the Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership - an organization dedicated to future of American's young women.
Listen to Interview (10 minutes, 4.75mb)WILL ALLEN
An organic farming visionary, activist and entrepreneur, Allen understands the complexities of farming first hand and has witnessed the impact that commercialization has had on agriculture. He founded the Sustainable Cotton Project and is a board member of the Organic Consumers Association, Rural Vermont, and is a co-chair of Farms Not Arms.
Listen to Interview (11 minutes, 5.29mb)SIMRAN SETHI
An award-winning journalist who reports on issues of economic sustainability, environmental stewardship and social justice. She is the contributing author of Ethical Markets: Growing the Green Economy, the companion guide to the PBS series Ethical Markets, the first national television series on sustainable business.
Listen to Interview (10 minutes, 4.82mb)
OCTOBER 20
RHA GODDESS
Political activist, performing artist, co-founder of the Sista II Sista Freedom School for Young Women of Color and former International Spokeswoman for the Universal Zulu Nation.
Listen to Interview (12 minutes, 5.47mb)
DR. JOIA MUKHERJEE
Trained in Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine, and Pediatrics at the Massachusetts General Hospital and has an MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health. Joia has been involved in health care access and human rights issues since 1989 in the United States, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the countries of the former Soviet Union.
Listen to Interview (10 minutes, 4.90mb)
JOHN PERKINS
John Perkins's Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, spent more than a year on the New York Times bestseller lists. Published in over 30 languages, it details the clandestine operations that created the world's first truly global empire. His new book, The Secret History of the American Empire, provides a compassionate plan for crafting a world that future generations will be proud to inherit.
Listen to Interview (13 minutes, 6.06mb)
ALEX POLARI DE ALVERGA
Author of Forest Of Visions: Ayahuasca, Amazonian Spirituality. He speaks about a self-sustaining production model of Agro-Beach Forest: Food for the Amazon and the world.
Listen to Interview (14 minutes, 6.41mb)
MEMBERS OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF THE SIERRA NEVADA DE SANTA MARTA, COLOMBIA
MIEMBROS DE LAS PERSONAS INDÍGENAS DE LA SIERRA NEVADA DE SANTA MARTA, COLOMBIA
Interview is in Spanish -- Entrevista está en Español
Listen to Interview/Escucha la Entrevista (24 minutes, 11.1mb)
Political activist, performing artist, co-founder of the Sista II Sista Freedom School for Young Women of Color and former International Spokeswoman for the Universal Zulu Nation.
Listen to Interview (12 minutes, 5.47mb)
DR. JOIA MUKHERJEE
Trained in Infectious Disease, Internal Medicine, and Pediatrics at the Massachusetts General Hospital and has an MPH from the Harvard School of Public Health. Joia has been involved in health care access and human rights issues since 1989 in the United States, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the countries of the former Soviet Union.
Listen to Interview (10 minutes, 4.90mb)
JOHN PERKINS
John Perkins's Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, spent more than a year on the New York Times bestseller lists. Published in over 30 languages, it details the clandestine operations that created the world's first truly global empire. His new book, The Secret History of the American Empire, provides a compassionate plan for crafting a world that future generations will be proud to inherit.
Listen to Interview (13 minutes, 6.06mb)
ALEX POLARI DE ALVERGA
Author of Forest Of Visions: Ayahuasca, Amazonian Spirituality. He speaks about a self-sustaining production model of Agro-Beach Forest: Food for the Amazon and the world.
Listen to Interview (14 minutes, 6.41mb)
MEMBERS OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE OF THE SIERRA NEVADA DE SANTA MARTA, COLOMBIA
MIEMBROS DE LAS PERSONAS INDÍGENAS DE LA SIERRA NEVADA DE SANTA MARTA, COLOMBIA
Interview is in Spanish -- Entrevista está en Español
Listen to Interview/Escucha la Entrevista (24 minutes, 11.1mb)
OCTOBER 21
DIANE WILSON
Environmental activist and co-founder of Code Pink, whose work on behalf of the people and aquatic life of Seadrift, Texas, has won her a number of awards including: National Fisherman Magazine Award, Mother Jones's Hell Raiser of the Month, Louis Gibbs' Environmental Lifetime Award, Louisiana Environmental Action (LEAN) Environmental Award, Giraffe Project, Jenifer Altman Award, and the Bioneers Award.
Listen to Interview (26 minutes, 12.1mb)
MARK SHAPIRO
Author of the book Exposed:The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power and Editorial Director of the Center for Investigative Reporting in San Francisco.
Listen to Interview (10 minutes, 4.8mb)
DEAN CYCON
Owner of Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Company, a certified 100% organic, fair trade coffee roasting operation in Orange, Massachusetts. Dean has over twenty-five years of development work and activism in indigenous communities, including coffee villages, around the world and is co-founder of Coffee Kids (the first non-profit development group dedicated to coffeelands), and of Cooperative Coffees, the world’s first fair trade roaster's cooperative.
Listen to Interview (16 minutes, 7.6mb)
VAN JONES
Van Jones is the founder and National Executive Director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights (EBC). Headquartered in Oakland, CA, EBC is a national organization that challenges human rights abuses in the U.S. criminal justice system. Van is a steadfast opponent of policies that result in the over-imprisonment and unlawful abuse of marginalized peoples in the United States. He is helping to lead a national fight for alternatives to the U.S. incarceration industry.
Listen to Interview (10 minutes, 4.5mb)
NIRMALA NAIR
Founding director of the South Africa chapter for a global network on zero emissions. She is working on a film called Africa's Solutions for Addresing Climate Change.
Listen to Interview (14 minutes, 6.5mb)
AMY KALAFA
Director of the film presented at Bioneer's Two Angry Moms about the national pandemic of obesity and eating disorders in children. She and Dr Susan Rubin set off on a national quest to change how kids eat in America.
Listen to Interview (10 minutes, 4.5mb)
Bioneers Podcast Archives: Bioneers by the Bay 2006 Bioneers by the Bay 2005
Environmental activist and co-founder of Code Pink, whose work on behalf of the people and aquatic life of Seadrift, Texas, has won her a number of awards including: National Fisherman Magazine Award, Mother Jones's Hell Raiser of the Month, Louis Gibbs' Environmental Lifetime Award, Louisiana Environmental Action (LEAN) Environmental Award, Giraffe Project, Jenifer Altman Award, and the Bioneers Award.
Listen to Interview (26 minutes, 12.1mb)
MARK SHAPIRO
Author of the book Exposed:The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What's at Stake for American Power and Editorial Director of the Center for Investigative Reporting in San Francisco.
Listen to Interview (10 minutes, 4.8mb)
DEAN CYCON
Owner of Dean's Beans Organic Coffee Company, a certified 100% organic, fair trade coffee roasting operation in Orange, Massachusetts. Dean has over twenty-five years of development work and activism in indigenous communities, including coffee villages, around the world and is co-founder of Coffee Kids (the first non-profit development group dedicated to coffeelands), and of Cooperative Coffees, the world’s first fair trade roaster's cooperative.
Listen to Interview (16 minutes, 7.6mb)
VAN JONES
Van Jones is the founder and National Executive Director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights (EBC). Headquartered in Oakland, CA, EBC is a national organization that challenges human rights abuses in the U.S. criminal justice system. Van is a steadfast opponent of policies that result in the over-imprisonment and unlawful abuse of marginalized peoples in the United States. He is helping to lead a national fight for alternatives to the U.S. incarceration industry.
Listen to Interview (10 minutes, 4.5mb)
NIRMALA NAIR
Founding director of the South Africa chapter for a global network on zero emissions. She is working on a film called Africa's Solutions for Addresing Climate Change.
Listen to Interview (14 minutes, 6.5mb)
AMY KALAFA
Director of the film presented at Bioneer's Two Angry Moms about the national pandemic of obesity and eating disorders in children. She and Dr Susan Rubin set off on a national quest to change how kids eat in America.
Listen to Interview (10 minutes, 4.5mb)
Bioneers Podcast Archives: Bioneers by the Bay 2006 Bioneers by the Bay 2005
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