Bioneers is an innovative nonprofit educational organization that highlights breakthrough solutions for restoring people and planet.
Founded in 1990 in Santa Fe, New Mexico by social entrepreneurs Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons, Bioneers advances the great transformation underway in human civilization by serving as a seed head for game-changing social and scientific vision, knowledge and practices that honor the genius of nature and human ingenuity.
We do so through our annual National Bioneers Conference, award-winning media, local conferences and community resilience networks, and leadership training programs focused on youth, women and Indigenous peoples.
2016 National Bioneers Conference
For 27 years, Bioneers has been the leading summit calling for a revolution from the heart of nature. Come explore practical, visionary solutions to live more harmoniously on this planet.
Explore Bioneers Media
You can hear directly from the visionary “bioneers” shaping humanity’s future when you explore our media archive, including our award-winning radio series and a videos of Bioneers Conference keynote speakers.
Watch and share video selections highlighting Indigenous Knowledge, Everywoman’s Leadership, Food & Farming and more.
Or check out our Bioneers Legacy Media Collections, carefully curated selections of our best content in our core topic areas, also available in digital versions.
Who Are Bioneers?
Kenny Ausubel coined the word ‘bioneers’ in 1990 to describe social and scientific innovators who are mimicking nature¹s operating instructions to serve human ends.Find out which ideas and leaders had their earliest moments at Bioneers and what’s next in our commemorative 25th anniversary yearbook, Seeing Around Corners: 25 Years of Visionary Leadership.