Education
A core component of Bioneers' work is building a community of educators.
Bioneers is a thriving network of visionary innovators who are working with nature to heal nature and offer practical solutions for restoring the Earth and people. A core component of this network is a community of educators, working to bring these concepts and solutions into the classrooms, schools and institutions that they call home. We’re honored and excited to be able to provide inspirational and practical materials and events that educators can utilize to help nourish the next generation of bioneers.
As an educator, there are several ways that we invite you to interact with Bioneers.
Join our online community
The Bioneers Community Network features news and articles relevant to educators. We encourage you to explore the community website and get involved.
Subscribe to our News Feed
Stay on top of social and environmental justice news by subscribing to our curated news feed.
Attend (And Bring Your Class) to a Bioneers Conference Near You
The Bioneers Conference is an amazing learning opportunity for students and teachers alike. We encourage teachers and their classes to attend as groups. Scholarships are available for individual educators under the age of 30 and for educators attending with their classes. The Bioneers Conference can also fill professional development requirements, through our CEU partnership with San Francisco State University.
For more information, visit these pages:
- Bioneers Conference
- Local Satellite Conference in your Region
- Information on Available Scholarships
Bring Bioneers Into Your Classroom
Video and Audio Materials:
Some of the most insightful and brilliant thinkers of our generation regularly speak at the Bioneers Conference leading to a vast archive of video presentations and an award winning radio series. These highly accessible 30-minute presentations on a wide range of social and environmental issues are a great way to begin or deepen in-class discussions.
“I teach a course on Sustainable Living at Utah State University that uses the Bioneers videos quite a bit. I find them to be great discussion starters, and they are nice, thought-provoking introductions to a wide array of environmental topics. I think they would also be great in a survey course where you don't have time to do lengthy readings on each topic.”
- Kerry Case, Utah State University
The Bioneers Book Series:
This growing collection offers inspiring stories and essays by Bioneers visionaries and activists at the forefront of environmental and social restoration. These foundational works are increasingly finding their way into classrooms and educational institutions.
“The students in my Ecological Design classes just love Nature’s Operating Instructions as a text.”
- John Todd, visionary ecological designer and Distinguished Lecturer at University of Vermont, Burlington.
Help Others Bring Bioneers Into Their Classrooms
Visit Teaching Bioneers to explore lesson plans. Find something that will work for your class? Borrow it and let the community know how it worked. Created something on your own? Share it with the rest of us at connect.bioneers.org.
Join The Conversation
Engage with other educators, share your thoughts and ideas and contribute to the conversation by joining the Educate Me group on the Bioneers Community pages.
The compelling stories of the Bioneers — told at our annual conference and simultaneous satellite conferences across North America, and in our radio and book series — demonstrate over and over how great a difference one individual can make.
- Kenny Ausubel, founder of Bioneers
