Sat Feb 02, 2008 9 AM - 7 PM
Fifth Annual Ecology Conference featuring Bioneers on Film
Location: Nevada Theatre - 401 Broad St. Nevada City, CA
Contact: Marge Kaiser
Phone: 530 265 6649
Email: info@sndei.org
Sierra Nevada Deep Ecology Institute Presents
5th Annual Ecology Conference: Featuring Bioneers on Film
with Rev. Sharon Delgado (in person - see bio below)

Nevada Theatre Schedule:Morning Session
Jay Harmon – Designing the Next Golden Age: Technologies Inspired by Natural Systems
Judy Wicks – Local Living Economies: Economies Based on Nature and Community
John Abrams – Thinking Like Cathedral Builders: Building for the Long Term

(silent auction - ongoing)

Nevada Theatre Afternoon Session:
Rev. Sharon Delgado (in person) – Finding Hope in Action: Antidote to Despair
Winona LaDuke – Seeds the Creator Gave Us: Indigenous Peoples Struggle to Protect Food Sovereignty
Van Jones – Toward a Green Growth Alliance: Green Jobs to Lift People Out of Poverty

Exhibit Hall Schedule: Pine and Cottage Street Veteran’s Building
11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Food Vendors, Green Exhibitors, Sculpture by Don Baldwin

Breakaway Discussion Groups: Natural Systems Technology, Green Business in Nevada County, How to Build a Local Economy, Indigenous Solutions, Faith Based Solutions, Social Justice and the Environment, Youth and the Environment, Agriculture and Green Solutions. Facilitated by local experts.

5:30 – Eco-Social: Hors de hoeurves and No-Host Beer and Wine Bar
Book signing with Rev. Sharon Delgado
Music by pianist Jim Lowe
Announcement of Silent Auction Winners, Closing Words

Bio: Rev. Sharon Delgado
Sharon Delgado, an ordained United Methodist minister from Nevada City, California, is Executive Director of Earth Justice Ministries (www.earth-justice.org). Her new book is entitled Shaking the Gates of Hell: Faith-Led Resistance to Corporate Globalization (Fortress Press), can be seen at www.shakingthegatesofhell.com.

COST: $25 full day, $15 half day, $45 family (2 or more)
$15 student, $10 half day
10% discount for advance orders via credit card (530-265-6649) additional 10% discount for SNDEI members - join today! see membership page