16
Mar
The “Grange Future” tour comes to SLO
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Greenhorns’ “Grange Future” traveling exhibit about the history and future of the Grange idea will arrive in San Luis Obispo to celebrate the history and contemporary revival of the Grange movement. Severine von Tscharner Fleming, founder and director of Greenhorns, who spoke at the 2014 Bioneers Conference, will be on hand for this celebration of... Read More
16
Mar
Ecologistics signs declaration supporting Living Schoolyard Month
Ecologistics has signed on as a community partner to support the Living Schoolyard Month Resolution (ACR-128) establishing an annual, statewide celebration of school grounds to be held each year in May. The term “Living Schoolyards” is used in the resolution, authored by Assembly Member Phil Ting of San Francisco, to encompass a variety of related... Read More
09
Mar
Peace vigil and walk to commemorate Fukushima anniversary
Japanese Buddhist monk Sawada-shonin and Santa Barbara Chumash representative Jimmy Joe left the Santa Barbara Courthouse on March 4 to start their walk to the gates of Diablo Canyon and to the SLO Courthouse lawn. Please consider joining them for any part of the walk from San Luis Obispo to Diablo Canyon. The group will... Read More
09
Mar
Ecologistics board welcomes new member
Cambria resident Tori Poppenheimer has joined the Board of Directors of Ecologistics, Inc. for a three-year term. Tori graduated Cum laude from Arizona State University’s College of Architecture with a BS in Industrial Design in 1981. In 2006, Tori formed her own design consulting firm, and together with her spouse Linda, whom she met in... Read More
09
Mar
Learn a new approach to dying at SLO Film Festival screening of “Griefwalker”
On Sunday, March 15th from 4:00pm to 6:30 pm at the Downtown Cinemas, the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival will screen the “Griefwalker,” a documentary about Stephen Jenkinson’s approach to dying in North America and what it asks of us, a stirring meditation on what it takes for us to fall in love with... Read More
02
Mar
Calling all youth environmentalists
The Pollination Project announced last week that it has received a $75,000 grant from Levi Strauss & Co. to launch a worldwide grant program to fund grassroots environmental projects led by people age 22 and younger. Applications are open now and will stay open until all funding is gone. Learn more and apply here. Environmental... Read More
02
Mar
The new war on GMOs
Bioneers held a webinar in February, hosted by Arty Mangan, on new fronts in the war against GMOs. As Arty pointed out, it is against the law for new medical products to be tested on us without our permission, but there is no similar law for the food industry. The featured speaker was John Roulec,... Read More
02
Mar
SLO Film Festival to feature several environmental films in its lineup
Here is a sampling of films of interest to local Bioneers. For the full schedule of this year’s offerings of the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, March 10-15, 2015. Documentary Growing Local GROWING LOCAL contains three short vignettes, each focusing on a different challenge hindering the growth of the local food movement. USA. 46 min.... Read More
02
Feb
Interested in learning more about Nina Simons’ Cultivating Women’s Leadership retreats?
Cultivating Women’s Leadership is a program created by Nina Simons of Bioneers to increase the ability of women from all walks of life —age, race, ethnicity, issue area and orientation — to step into greater leadership in order to effect positive progressive, environmental and social change in their communities. CWL seeks to celebrate and restore... Read More
02
Feb
Emerge California alumni win their 2014 elections
Emerge California is an Oakland-based organization that identifies and encourages women to run for higher office and then trains them to make that happen. Some of you may remember the workshop given by Kimberly Ellis, executive director of Emerge California at the 2013 Central Coast Bioneers Conference. Emerge California reports that 18 of its trainees... Read More