From: burns <michael AT fingerlakespermaculture.org>
To: fingerlakespermaculture AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: We Make Our Future: Bioneers Conference this weekend in Ithaca, NY
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:25:17 -0400
Finger Lakes Bioneers 2010
We Make Our Future
October 22-24
Ithaca NY
This year’s conference features three afternoons of interactive
community activities in downtown Ithaca and at Ithaca College,
designed to engage and empower local participants of many ages to take
on climate change, sustainable municipal planning, and the authentic
expression of each person as a change agent, ready for action. The
national Bioneers Conference plenary sessions are screened at
Cinemapolis each morning, with additional day and evening events at
nearby locations. Following is a brief summary of each event.
For details on speakers and event locations, visit Finger Lakes
Bioneers (http://www.wemakeourfuture.org) or call Sustainable Tompkins
at (607) 216-1552. Tickets are only $15/day for the morning and
afternoon events. Evening events are free or require modest fees.
Friday October 22, 8:30 am to 12:30 pm: Breakfast with the Bioneers at
Cinemapolis, 120 E. Green St. Bagels and beverages welcome you to a
morning screening of the national Bioneers Conference first-day
plenary speakers: James Hansen, John Francis, Jessy Tolkan, Mallika
Dutt and Gary Hirshberg. Speaker details at main Bioneers site. ($5
entry fee or free to registered conference participants.)
Friday October 22, 11:30 am: Grab some lunch downtown and head to the
Women’s Community Building, 100 Seneca Street, Ithaca, to join our
sponsors — Tompkins County Climate Protection Initiative, Cayuga
Medical Center and ASI Renovations — in welcoming Doug Coward, a St.
Lucie County commissioner in Florida, who will talk about the green
economy revolution underway on the Treasure Coast. (Free to registered
conference participants.)
Friday October 22, 1:30 – 5:30 pm: The Climate Change Game, Women’s
Community Building. This role-playing game was developed by Medard
Gabel for students, for you, and for the entire family. Will the
Status Quos or the Game Changers prevail? Can reductions be
negotiated? The clock is ticking! Come play! ($10 entry fee or free to
registered conference participants.) Sponsored by TCCPI, Taitem
Engineering, and Snug Planet.
Friday October 22, 5:30-7:30 pm: Reception and Presentation, Wildfire
Lounge, 106 S. Cayuga St. The Sustainable Enterprise and Entrepreneur
Network (SEEN) will host a reception, followed by a presentation by
Scott Hamilton and Ravi Walsh on the “Paradigm Shift Behind the Triple
Bottom Line.” Learn how mindfulness and self-inquiry can lead us
toward action in support of social, ecological, and financial success
for our business and family, community and planet. ($5/SEEN members,
$10/non-members.)
Friday October 22, 8 – 10 pm: Finger Lakes Bioneers Salon — Re-
Imagining Water: An Evening of Water Wisdom and Art at Wildfire
Lounge. With selections of Lang Elliott’s natural soundscapes; Mara
Alper’s films, animations and interviews; and Helena Cooper will
screen her riveting close-up photographs of water, with ambient music
provided by John Dean and Caroline Manring. (No charge.)
Saturday October 23, 8:30 am to 12:30 pm: Breakfast with the Bioneers
at Cinemapolis. Bagels and beverages welcome you to a morning
screening of the national Bioneers Conference’s second-day plenary
speakers: Elizabeth Lindsey, Peter Warshall, Mary Gonzales, John
Warner, Andy Lipkis. Speaker details at main Bioneers site. ($5 entry
fee or free to registered conference participants.)
Saturday October 23, 9:30 am – 1 pm: What Price Development? A free
conference from the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network, at the Unitarian
Church Annex, corner of Aurora and Buffalo Streets, Ithaca. Speakers,
panel discussion, refreshments: Bill Kappel, “Hydrofracking and
municipal decision-making”; Susan Riha, “Stormwater runoff in a
changing climate”; Liz Moran, “Status Update: Dredging Cayuga Inlet
for Recreational Access and Flood Control.” (No charge.)
Saturday October 23, 1:30 – 5 pm: Tompkins Transitions, a role-playing
game for the entire community, based on life in Ithaca and Tompkins
County. Women’s Community Building. Take the information you gathered
during the morning and apply it as a game-player in the afternoon, in
a real life board game focused on the issues and players in Tompkins
County. ($10 entry fee or free to registered conference participants.)
Sponsored by New Earth Strategies and Commit to Change Program at
Ithaca College.
Saturday October 24, 8 – 10 pm: Water Speaking Water, a multimedia
experience with concert performance by Jayne Demakos, Alice
Saltonstall and Friends with video and nature imagery by Lang Elliott
and David Brown. Women’s Community Building. (Ticket price $10.)
Sunday October 24, 8:30 am to 12:30 pm: Breakfast with the Bioneers at
Cinemapolis. Bagels and beverages welcome you to a morning screening
of the national Bioneers Conference’s final-day plenary speakers:
Lynne Twist, John A. Powell, Gloria Feldt, Anthony Cortese, Jane
Goodall. Speaker details at main Bioneers site. ($5 entry fee or free
to registered conference participants.)
Sunday October 24, 1:30 – 6 pm: Awakening the Dreamer Symposium,
Emerson Suites in Philips Hall, Ithaca College.This inspiring
multimedia, interactive experience was created by the Pachamama
Alliance to help North Americans awaken to the reality of our shared
stewardship of a jewel of a planet, and a future where our
intelligence and love of life can be expressed through creative re-
design of our economy, our way of life, and our relationships. ($10
entry fee or free to registered conference participants.) Sponsored by
Partnership for Sustainability Education at Ithaca College.
Sunday October 24, 7:00 – 8:30 pm: Share Tompkins Service Swap Meet,
TC Workers Center, above Autumn Leaves on the Commons, Ithaca. This
event offers a chance to barter with others for services such as
photography, accounting, health care and anything else that attendees
have to offer. Come and find out more. (No charge.)
Registration is ongoing at www.wemakeourfuture.org – tickets are only
$15/day for morning and afternoon activities!
Bioneers are engaged citizens from all backgrounds and fields who
focus on solving our world’s most urgent problems within a framework
of interdependence: It’s all connected. In 2009 18,000 people attended
the main Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, CA and 18 local Beaming
Bioneers satellite conferences across the Nation. This year Ithaca
will be one of 20 locations to participate in this worldwide convening
of Bioneers. The We Make Our Future conference brings the Bioneers to
Ithaca – join us! For the complete schedule, visit: http://www.wemakeourfuture.org
.
Media Contacts:
Nicole Pion
607-216-1552
Nicole AT SustainableTompkins.org