The Communicator Awards is an international awards program founded by communications professionals to recognize excellence in the communications field. Two shows from the 2006 Bioneers 13-part radio series won an Award of Distinction designated “for projects that exceed industry standards in quality and excellence.” The series also won both the Crystal Award of Excellence and Award of Distinction in 2005 and the Crystal Award of Distinction in 2004.
The first award-winning program, Time is Not Money: Waking from the Workaholic American Dream, asks: What are the most precious resources on Earth? Oil? Gold? Water? Is time our real gold? Author Vicki Robin faced a life-threatening illness and awakened to the true value of time. John De Graaf, producer of the film and book “Affluenza: The All Consuming Epidemic,” charts how U.S. residents spend time very differently from Europeans. Together, they examine what the alternative to overwork and the workaholic American dream would look like.
A second prize was awarded to War, Earth, and the Soul: The Warrior’s Path of Redemption. Dr. Edward Tick, author of the groundbreaking book War and the Soul and founder of Soldier’s Heart, a project of International Humanities Center, asks whether high-tech war that can annihilate human civilization and nature on a global scale is really a viable response to conflict in the 21st Century. The traumatic wounding of war is so deep that it calls for more than antidepressants or stress management. Dr. Tick’s work illustrates that transforming the demons of war can lead to a redemptive path of healing and reverence for life.
Bioneers: Revolution from the Heart of Nature is an inspiring radio series with an avid following. In its seventh year of production, it is broadcast in over 200 cities in the United States and Canada. The programs portray leading innovators who apply an array of brilliant solutions to major environmental and social challenges. The series draw on audio materials from the Bioneers Conference, which takes place annually in San Rafael, California, attracting over 3,000 attendees. In 2006, an additional 7,000 people attended one of our 18 satellite conferences across the U.S.
The series’ executive producer and co-writer Kenny Ausubel is an award-winning writer, filmmaker and social entrepreneur, and the founder and co-executive director of Bioneers. The senior producer, co-writer and host is Neil Harvey, and the managing producer is Stephanie Welch.
Bioneers: Revolution from the Heart of Nature programming received a New York Festivals’ WorldMedal® in 2002 and 2003 and was a Finalist in 2004 and 2005. The series achieved Finalist for the United Nations Department of Public Information Award for radio programming excellence in 2003.