29
Oct
Volunteer opportunities
The Reskilling Expo will take place at the SLO Vet’s Hall on November 9 from 10 am to 5 pm. Volunteers are needed to help with registration, help set up the demonstration tables, assist attendees in finding the events they are interested in and cleaning up. Please call Kathleen at (805) 801-8168 for more information... Read More
29
Oct
Thank you Central Coast Bioneers!
The 5th annual conference is a wrap. The rain managed to hold off (mixed feelings about that) so we could have a fabulous drumming session with Afia Walking Tree and Michaelle Goerlitz. Big hits from the National Bioneers stage were Eve Ensler (keep eating those apples!), Severine Fleming on the young agrarians and Paul Stamets,... Read More
20
Oct
Idle No More: The Rise of the Canadian Native Rights-Based Movement to Protect Our Commons
Clayton Thomas-Muller is wise beyond his years and an unmatched strategist. His National Bioneers keynote talk of Canada’s rising Native-led rights-based movement, supported by labor, civil society, students and other grassroots groups to take on the Canadian petro-state is truly riveting. His organizations, Idle No More and Defenders of the Land are leading the last... Read More
20
Oct
Green Chemistry: Biomimicry and Molecular Psychology
John Warner, world-renowned green chemist and co-founder of Beyond Benign, a nonprofit for sustainability and green chemistry education is a featured keynote speaker at the National Bioneers Conference. His amazing talk illustrating how we can create a new generation of biomimetic and green molecular building blocks that make green technology truly clean will be shown... Read More
20
Oct
Free events at Central Coast Bioneers Conference
Drop by the SLO Grange Hall Saturday afternoon October 25th to check out some of the free events at the 2014 Central Coast Bioneers Conference. The Green Marketplace is open from 12:00 noon to 6:00 p.m. in the open space behind the Grange and features a variety of exhibitors. Beginning at noon, Bloom & Sophia will... Read More
14
Oct
New addition – a critical conversation with author and nuclear abolitionist Harvey Wasserman
Veteran activist and journalist Harvey Wasserman will be leading a critical conversation on energy, democracy, and Diablo Canyon, sponsored by Codepink and Ecologistics, which will take place at 6:30 p.m. at Taste, 2900 Broad Street. Wasserman, author of Solartopia! Our Green Powered Earth and radio host of Solartopia Green Power and Wellness Show!, is an... Read More
14
Oct
Local conference workshop to vision a restored Salinas River watershed
Ecologistics will present its annual Dreaming the Salinas workshop at the Central Coast Bioneers Conference, as part of its region-based restoration and conservation initiative to restore the Salinas River. This year, Gretchen Hayes, a scientist, environmental planner and principal with Tessera Sciences, will take the stage with Devin Best of the Upper Salinas-Las Tablas Resource... Read More
14
Oct
Local keynote presentation on the Climate Justice Project
Climate change has been called a “wicked” problem because it involves the global economy, the failure of governments to take democratic action, and the tremendous inequality that exists in the world today. The keynote speakers at the 2014 Central Coast Bioneers Conference, however, are excited about the future and believe there is much cause for... Read More
03
Oct
Terry Tempest Williams: A Love that is Wild – Why Wilderness Matters in the 21st Century
With legislation pending right now in Congress to expand the Wilderness Area all around San Luis Obispo County, Terry Tempest Williams’ keynote address at the National Bioneers Conference is a topic that will hit home. Williams, a conservationist and activist, is one of the nation’s most beloved and acclaimed authors. She speaks eloquently for an... Read More
03
Oct
Dreaming a sustainable San Luis Obispo County
Wind turbines on the Morro Bay Power Plant smokestacks? Net Zero energy and water use in San Luis Obispo? Alternative forms of transportation? It could all happen here, and you will find out how we can accomplish it during a panel presentation at Central Coast Bioneers on October 25th moderated by local green building guru... Read More