Come discover the patterns that “walk us,” harvest your natural knowing, and embody your goals for global renewal. With Suki Munsell. (Interactive, experiential)
Location: Meet at Sun Stage
Indigenous Forum | Indigenous Women on the North-South Frontlines of Earth Protection (I)
June 3, 2014 By
(Double session). This indigenous North-South cultural exchange builds bridges and solidarity among North-South indigenous people and their allies. Courageous indigenous leader Patricia Gualinga (Kichwa) from the Ecuadorian Amazon joins Amazon Watch and Pachamama Alliance with an urgent report from the rainforest front lines where indigenous women are stepping into leadership to defend the rights of Mother Earth (Pachamama) and their peoples, and to protect the Amazon from oil concessions.
Indigenous Forum
Location: Indigenous Forum Tent
Your Brain On Water
June 3, 2014 By
Hosted by marine biologist Wallace "J." Nichols, research associate, California Academy of Sciences; co-founder, OceanRevolution.org; author of Blue Mind. New ways of understanding our relationship with the world's oceans and the ability of healthy waters to provide health, happiness and creativity will be considered by a panel of athletes, scientists, artists, and adventurers. With: Kevin Weiner, Post-doctoral fellow, Stanford University and Director of public communication, Institute for Applied Neuroscience; Nik Sawe, Doctoral Candidate, Emmett Interdisciplinary Program in Environment and Resources, Stanford University; and Andi Wong, Teaching Artist, Rooftop Alternative K-8 School.
Location: Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)
Gender, Sexual Health and Culture Change
June 3, 2014 By
How might new and ancient understandings about gender from diverse cultural and generational perspectives inform our cultural reinvention? How is sexual health key to the vitality and resilience of our societies and all people? Hosted by Lana Holmes, co-founder, Timeless Earth Wisdom, Inc. With: Pat McCabe (Woman Stands Shining), Dine (Navajo) artist/activist; Jhos Singer, a transgender Maggid (Jewish preacher) serving Jewish community centers in San Francisco and Half Moon Bay; Erin Konsmo, Media Arts Justice and Projects Coordinator, Native Youth Sexual Health Network; and Sonj Basha, an Oakland-based activist working to ensure the inclusion of gender non-conforming and transgender identities in institutions of higher education.
Location: Santa Rosa Room
Labeling GMOs: Lessons Learned and Next Steps
June 3, 2014 By
GMO labeling initiatives in California and Washington State lost narrowly because a powerful alliance of Big Ag and Big Food spent millions to confuse the public. Find out how you can join the national campaign for your “Right to Know.” Hosted by Arty Mangan, Bioneers Food and Farming Director. With: John Roulac, founder/CEO, Nutiva; Stacy Malkan, a leader of the California and Washington GMO labeling campaigns; Gopal Dayaneni, Movement Generation Planning Committee Member.
Location: Sausalito Room
Women in the Economy: Reinventing Economics that Work for All of Life
June 3, 2014 By
By integrating a gender lens with nature’s principles, indigenous models, and valuing the wellbeing of people and planet, women (and men) are creating new visions for finance, business, economics and culture to turn the tide toward a life-affirming and equitable economy. Hosted by Alisa Gravitz, Executive Director, Green America. With: Katherine Collins, founder and CEO, Honeybee Capital, author of The Nature of Investing; Donna Morton, Managing Partner, Business Strategies, Principium Investments; Nikki Silvestri, CEO, Green for All; Charles Eisenstein, author of Sacred Economics.
Location: Larkspur Room
Resilient Landscapes, Climate-Smart Conservation: The Art and Science of Restoring the World We Want
June 3, 2014 By
Learn how insights from avian, aquatic and terrestrial science can help us recreate resilient land and seascapes. Hosted by Mary Ellen Hannibal, award-winning author of The Spine of the Continent: The Race to Save America’s Last, Best Wilderness. With: Ellie Cohen, President/CEO, Point Blue Conservation Science, focused on nature-based, climate-smart conservation solutions; Robin Grossinger, historical ecologist who directs the “Resilient Landscapes” project at the San Francisco Estuary Institute, guiding adaptive landscape-level restoration strategies in California.
Location: Showcase Theater
Movement Building II—All Together Now: Stand Up, Build Justice, Cool the Globe
June 3, 2014 By
How do we move from disconnected, fearful individuals to connected, collective agents of change? What are the relationships among concentrated corporate power, lack of government oversight, and fractured social movements? How can each of us step up to build justice and cool the globe? Hosted by Connie Cagampang Heller, co-founder, Linked Fate Fund for Justice. With: John A. Powell, Director, UC Berkeley’s Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society; Lindsey Allen, Executive Director, Rainforest Action Network; Manuel Pastor, Director, USC Program for Environmental and Regional Equity; Christina Livingston, Executive Director, Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment.
Location: Manzanita Room
Eco-Regional Design: Place Is the Space
June 3, 2014 By
How do we align political governance with ecological realities rooted in watersheds, foodsheds, culturesheds and regional economies? Hosted by: Kirsten Schwind, Bay Localize. With: Kristen Sheeran, Ecotrust, co-founder/Director, Economics for Equity and Environment Network; David Orr, Distinguished Professor of Environmental Studies and Politics at Oberlin College; Louise Bedsworth, Deputy Director, California Governor's Office of Planning and Research; Greg Watson, Massachusetts Commissioner of Agriculture.
Location: Epiphany Hall
Citizen Science Ecology Walk
June 3, 2014 By
Participate in national climate change research by observing the seasons and tracking nature's pulse. With Brian Haggerty, California Phenology Project, USA National Phenology Network.
In this citizen science ecology walk, participants will have the opportunity to learn about the seasons and collect data on seasonal phenomena with Nature’s Notebook, a nationwide climate change monitoring program designed by the USA National Phenology Network. Throughout the walk, which will go at a casual pace around the conference center, there will be stops for discussion on science, education, and the process of designing and implementing citizen science programs.
Whether you’re a scientist looking to recruit the public into your research program, an educator or program director interested in participatory and inquiry-based activities that generate real and useful data, or a community leader or activist wanting to monitor your local environment, you’ll gain practical knowledge about achieving your goals while also having fun observing nature. You’re also likely to pick up some new botanical and ecological knowledge along the way!
The citizen science ecology walk is led by Brian Haggerty, a PhD student at UC Santa Barbara who helped design and implement the USA National Phenology Network and the California Phenology Project. Brian has coordinated the development of environmental monitoring and education programs across California’s National Parks, the University of California Natural Reserve System, and botanic gardens, nature preserves, and K-12 and university campuses across the state.
Location: Meet at the World Cafe
