PRESS AND MEDIA AT THE BIONEERS CONFERENCE 2007
Last year at the Bioneers conference, with over 3,000 in attendance, members of the press from all over the world including India and Japan, came to report on the immense happenings at the Marin Conference Center. These included print and web publications, radio stations, and feature/television film crews. Included were the likes of PBS' BGTV, the Discovery Channel's new Planet Green station, along with Democracy Now!, L.A. Weekly, Utne, and Common Ground to name just a few. Dozens of articles have already been written about the conference in San Rafael from The Nation, Treehugger.com, Outside Magazine Online, and Mother Earth News with many more in development. For complete links to these articles, go to Bioneers News. Many of this year's speakers are still available for interviews. For a complete list and to purchase DVDs of their plenaries, go to 2007 Plenaries.
BEAMING BIONEERS
This year nearly 10,000 additional people attended the Bioneers Conference at one of our eighteen Beaming Bioneers Satellite Sites for potential total attendance of over 13,000. The plenary speakers are beamed via satellite to these local Bioneers events, which combine the satellite feed with region-specific programming in communities from Anchorage, Alaska to Detroit, Michigan to Baltimore, Maryland. More than 50 articles were written this year about our Beaming Bioneers Program. See http://beaming.bioneers.org for a complete description of each site and their programming highlights.
WHO PRODUCES BIONEERS?
Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons produce the conference with strong participation from a gifted team. Among these are J.P. Harpignies, former program director of the New York Open Center. For eighteen years, the annual Bioneers Conference has helped to galvanize many writers, biologists, educators, architects, farmers, economists, public servants, scientists, business people, artists, gardeners, chefs, and activists whose work spans many fields and cultures. Together, they offer a dynamic vision for restoring the Earth, combining ecological approaches with social, spiritual and political strategies. of these brilliant practitioners into a thriving culture, while equipping participants with models, resources, tools and networks. The optimistic and practical vision encourages individuals, companies, governments and communities to act as primary forces in the great transformation toward a restorative future. Oriented to both professional and general audiences, the event reflects a wide variety of ideas and approaches while embracing diverse cultures.
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For more press and media information, contact: Aaron Leventman: aleventman AT bioneers.org 1-877-BIONEER or (505) 986-0366 ext 140 Fax: (505) 986-1644
