4th Annual Bioneers in Alaska Conference: Creating Sustainable Communities
10 October 20074th Annual Bioneers in Alaska Conference: Creating Sustainable Communities
Friday October 19: 9 am - 9:30 pm
Saturday October 20: 9 am - 9:30 pm
Sunday October 21: 9 am - 5:00 pm
Alaska Pacific University
For info or to register:
http://www.sustainak.org
907-677-9087
info@sustainak.org
The Bioneers conference features in-person and telecast presentations by leading innovators around the country with practical, cutting-edge solutions for ecological restoration, social justice, economics, cultural vitality, & human health. Satellite presentation topics include: biomimicry, ecological economics, art that transforms societies, new stories for business, “green†chemistry, healing from the effects of war, restoring New Orleans, health amidst chemicals, greening inner cities, and food security for indigenous peoples. Gwich’in leader Evon Peter will speak on “An Indigenous Perspective on How to Survive the Next Hundred Years.â€
Students are admitted free to all satellite and panel presentations. For a schedule, see http://www.sustainak.org
Bioneers also offers workshops by Alaskans from throughout the state. Workshop topics include Alaska Native wisdom, ecological investing, healing racism, ecovillages, local food security, biodiesel, alternative healing options, reducing your carbon footprint, renewable energy, green building, adapting to cascading global change, systems thinking, and ecological landscape design.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Catherine Austin Fitts, former Assistant Secretary of Housing, is founder and president of Solari, Inc. (www.solari.com), a financial advisory company based on the vision that changing how our money works transforms our world. Solari helps us practice financial intimacy by investing in clean water, fresh food, sustainable infrastructure, sound banks, lawful companies and healthy local communities.
Andy Lipkis is a creative problem solver who develops solutions to environmental, public health and economic issues by forging partnerships between diverse and sometimes conflicting parties. In 1973 Andy founded TreePeople (www.treepeople.org) in Los Angeles to offer sustainable solutions to urban ecosystem problems.
For info or to register:
http://www.sustainak.org
http://www.bioneers.org
907-677-9087
info@sustainak.org