| Date & Time: | Friday, October 16, 2009
- Sunday, October 18, 2009
9:00 AM |
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| Location: |
Downtown Independent 251 S. Main Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 view map |
| More Info: | www.labeaming.org |
Learn about, meet the leaders, network, connect, and support the efforts to make the City of Angels sustainable. Join us at the 1st Bioneers Conference Simulcast in LA.
www.labeaming.org
Project Butterfly, Electric Lodge, Evolution Jewels and Downtown Independent bring you the First Bioneers Beaming Simulcast in the city of Los Angeles.
The Beaming Bioneers program provides a focal point for communities to come together around local solutions and take action. LA Beaming Bioneers is choosing to bring the annual Bioneers Conference to the citizens and organizations of Los Angeles, to provide the tools and inspiration to be catalysts for change in their own community.
The LA Beaming Bioneers event will consist of:
LIVE SIMULCAST OF THE BIONEERS PLENARIES IN THE MORNING
Heading this year's Bioneers conference are nationally prominent luminaries inlcuding:
Michael Pollan:
The leading American thinker about our relationship to food and award-winning author of bestsellers including The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, and most recently In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto.
Andrew Weil M.D.:
The nation's foremost authority on holistic medicine & author of numerous books including international bestsellers, Spontaneous Healing and Eight Weeks to Optimum Health.
Joanna Macy:
Author, celebrated Buddhist teacher, eco-philosopher and activist in the peace, justice, and ecology movements.
Jerome Ringo:
President of the Apollo Alliance, and the first African-American to head a major conservation organization, the National Wildlife Federation.
Sarah James:
The revered Gwich'in Elder from Alaska, who has won many awards for her work to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil drilling, including the Goldman Environmental Prize, depicts how her people are being severely impacted on the front lines of rapid climate change, and how they are responding.
+ Others
LA PRESENTATIONS AND PANELS FOCUSING ON:
Transportation, Sustainable Communities, Water and Communities in Action
Some of the visionaries presenting at the LA Beaming afternoon program include:
Woodrow W. Clark MA3, Ph.D.:
Founder of Clark Strategic Partners. Nobel Peace Prize recipient and Senior Advisor on Renewable Energy to California Governor Gray Davis from 2000-2003.
Denny Zane:
Executive Director of Move LA, former Mayor and for 12 years a city councilmember in Santa Monica, former Executive Director of Coalition for Clean Air.
Larry Santoyo:
Director of EarthFlow Designs, land use planner and green business consultant. Santoyo is among the most experienced Permaculture Designers and Educators in the US.
Hilary Norton:
Executive Director, FastLA.org. Fixing Angelenos Stuck in Traffic [FAST] is a non-profit, public-private partnership dedicated to designing and supporting the implementation of fast-term strategies to reduce LA County's traffic congestion.
Russell Vare:
Renewable Energy Analyst for Los Angeles Community College District.Vare has worked in both policy development and implementation of sustainable technologies, including solar PV and hydrogen fuel cells.
+ others
COCKTAIL RECEPTION:
Following each afternoon program there will be cocktail receptions hosted by local green-networking organizations.
PLUS
FILMS
LIVE PERFORMANCES
COMMUNITY
+MORE
Location:
Downtown Independent Theater
251 S Main St, Los Angeles Ca 90012
For More Information Visit
www.labeaming.org
Project Butterfly, Electric Lodge, Evolution Jewels and Downtown Independent bring you the First Bioneers Beaming Simulcast in the city of Los Angeles.
The Beaming Bioneers program provides a focal point for communities to come together around local solutions and take action. LA Beaming Bioneers is choosing to bring the annual Bioneers Conference to the citizens and organizations of Los Angeles, to provide the tools and inspiration to be catalysts for change in their own community.
The LA Beaming Bioneers event will consist of:
LIVE SIMULCAST OF THE BIONEERS PLENARIES IN THE MORNING
Heading this year's Bioneers conference are nationally prominent luminaries inlcuding:
Michael Pollan:
The leading American thinker about our relationship to food and award-winning author of bestsellers including The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, and most recently In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto.
Andrew Weil M.D.:
The nation's foremost authority on holistic medicine & author of numerous books including international bestsellers, Spontaneous Healing and Eight Weeks to Optimum Health.
Joanna Macy:
Author, celebrated Buddhist teacher, eco-philosopher and activist in the peace, justice, and ecology movements.
Jerome Ringo:
President of the Apollo Alliance, and the first African-American to head a major conservation organization, the National Wildlife Federation.
Sarah James:
The revered Gwich'in Elder from Alaska, who has won many awards for her work to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil drilling, including the Goldman Environmental Prize, depicts how her people are being severely impacted on the front lines of rapid climate change, and how they are responding.
+ Others
LA PRESENTATIONS AND PANELS FOCUSING ON:
Transportation, Sustainable Communities, Water and Communities in Action
Some of the visionaries presenting at the LA Beaming afternoon program include:
Woodrow W. Clark MA3, Ph.D.:
Founder of Clark Strategic Partners. Nobel Peace Prize recipient and Senior Advisor on Renewable Energy to California Governor Gray Davis from 2000-2003.
Denny Zane:
Executive Director of Move LA, former Mayor and for 12 years a city councilmember in Santa Monica, former Executive Director of Coalition for Clean Air.
Larry Santoyo:
Director of EarthFlow Designs, land use planner and green business consultant. Santoyo is among the most experienced Permaculture Designers and Educators in the US.
Hilary Norton:
Executive Director, FastLA.org. Fixing Angelenos Stuck in Traffic [FAST] is a non-profit, public-private partnership dedicated to designing and supporting the implementation of fast-term strategies to reduce LA County's traffic congestion.
Russell Vare:
Renewable Energy Analyst for Los Angeles Community College District.Vare has worked in both policy development and implementation of sustainable technologies, including solar PV and hydrogen fuel cells.
+ others
COCKTAIL RECEPTION:
Following each afternoon program there will be cocktail receptions hosted by local green-networking organizations.
PLUS
FILMS
LIVE PERFORMANCES
COMMUNITY
+MORE
Location:
Downtown Independent Theater
251 S Main St, Los Angeles Ca 90012
For More Information Visit
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