Judy Fox

Environmental Conference

BIONEERS: Revolution from the Heart of Nature
Pivotal concepts, voices & strategies from the leading edge of the environmental movement

Jan 28
Michael Pollan: The Omnivore’s Solution

Brock Dolman, permaculturist: Planet Water: Watersheds as Lifeboats

Jensine Larsen: The Electric Pulse of Women

Feb 4
Mari Margil: Nature’s Legal Rights

Jim Garrison: 2020 Climate Initiative:A call to mobilization

Lily Yeh: Rwanda Healing Project:Bringing Hope through Art

Feb 11
Film Short: “The Story of Stuff”

Annie Leonard, filmmaker: Beyond the Age of Stuff

Joanna Macy, activist & spiritual teacher:The Hidden Promise of our Dark Age

Thursdays   7pm
Donation $2 – $5      Students free

Chico Women’s Club, Third St. & Pine
Info: 345-5560

Keynote speaker, on DVD, for Jan 28th is Michael Pollan, the nation’s most influential and important thinker and writer on food and agriculture; author of many seminal, award-winning, best-selling books including, “In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto,” “The Omnivore’s Dilemma,” and “The Botany of Desire.” (www.michaelpollan.com)

Keynote speaker, on DVD, for Feb 4th is Jim Garrison, president, State of the World Forum, speaking on the “2020 Grassroots Climate Leadership For Climate Prosperity Campaign.” Goal is to provide roadmaps, Rapid Response Teams, best practices and processes for achieving an 80% reduction in carbon emissions by 2020 while establishing sustainable, prosperous and equitable societies and communities. Learn what you can do. (www.worldforum.org)

Keynote speaker, on DVD, for Feb 11th is Annie Leonard, writer and filmmaker, who has traveled to over 30 countries to investigate the factories where stuff is produced and the dumps where it is disposed. She reflects on cycles, repercussions and implications world wide. (www.storyofstuff.org)

The series concludes with an inspiring and hopeful message, on DVD, from wise elder, Joanna Macy, renowned Buddhist teacher, eco-philosopher, systems theorist, and longtime activist in the peace, justice and ecology movements. (www.joannamacy.net)