2009 Conference Schedule

SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

THURSDAY OCTOBER 15th

Division Street The Movie 7pm

Crawford Theater

FRIDAY OCTOBER 16th

12-8 registration open in the Emerson Foyer

5-6pm Opening Ceremony with Clayton Logan

6-7pm Plenary Speaker - Brock Doleman

7-8:15 Keynote Presentation

Neva Hassanein - The Power and Promise of Local Food

8:30-11pm Plenary Speakers -

Jack Hidary, Sarah James, Michael Pollan

SATURDAY OCTOBER 17th

7:30-8:45 Morning Yoga with Penny Black - Weaver Room

9-10:30 Workshop Session I

10:30-12 Candidates Forum

10:45-12:15 Workshop Session II

12-1 Lunch Hour

1-2:30 Plenary Speakers-

Jason McLennan, Lily Yeh

2:30-3:30 Keynote Presentation

Micheal Leach - The Wildness & Spirit of Yellowstone

3:45-6:30 Plenary Speakers-

Jensine Larsen, Arturo Sandoval & Dr. Andrew Weil

6:30-8pm Harvest Dinner

followed with Social Networking &  Live Music with

Valley Locavore Collective

SUNDAY OCTOBER 18th

7:30-8:45 Morning Yoga with Penny Black

9-10:30 Workshop Session I

10:45-12:15 Workshop Session II

12:15 - 1:30 Lunch Hour

1:30-3 Plenary Speakers -

Joanna Macy, Mari Margil

3:00-3:45 Keynote Presentation

Steve Loken - Satiety or Sufficiency

4:00-6:30 Plenary Speakers

Alimir Narayamoga Surui, Jerome Ringo,

Annie Leonard & Kari Fulton

6:30-7 Closing Ceremonies

Thursday Evening – 7pm “Division Street” movie followed by a panel discussion with local producer director Eric Bendick and representatives from The City of Bozeman, Western Transportation Institute, American Wildlands

Friday
Opening Ceremony 5pm with Seneca Elder -  Clayton Logan
Clayton will give the Traditional Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Opening Address and will then speak about its meaning and importance.  Clayton Logan is of the Wolf Clan, Onöndowága (Seneca) Nation, Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy.  Clayton is a Faithkeeper and Ceremonial Leader of the Newtown Longhouse, Cattaraugus Territory in western New York.

Plenary Speakers
Brock Dolman is a founding member of Occidental Arts and Ecology Center and the director of their water institute. Dolman will explain the urgency to restore natural habitats and educate communities in preparation for the climate changes that lie ahead.

Keynote Presentation by Neva Hassanein – The Power and Promise of Local Food 7-8pm
 Neva Hassanein - is an activist scholar who focuses on building sustainable, local, and democratic food systems.  She has been involved in an array of efforts to strengthen a Montana-based food system by protecting farmland, supporting beginning farmers, creating farm-to-cafeteria programs, doing action research, and more.  She will discuss Montana’s grassroots movement to transform the food system and its implications for food democracy.  Hassanein is an Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Montana.  

Plenary Speakers

Jack D. Hidary is the co-founder of SmartTransportation.org and chair of AmericansforCleanEnergy.org. Hidary will explore the social, political and economic implications of transitioning to renewable energies.
Sarah James is an Gwich’in elder from Arctic Village, Alaska and Goldman Environmental Prize winner for her work protecting the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Sarah James will illustrate the devastating impact climate change is having on her people and how they are responding to the crisis.
Michael Pollan is an 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. Michael Pollan is a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine and former editor of Harper’s Magazine. As one of the most influential thinkers on food and agriculture, Pollan will highlight the widespread consequences of our current food system and the growing movement to change it.

Saturday

Bioneers Expo
Saturday morning is open to the public to come on down to the Emerson, enjoy the winters farmers market and the Bioneers Exhibitors hall as well as a plethora of family friendly workshops.  We encourage folks who are interested in learning about the conference, but hesitant to register to come check it out for FREE 9-1pm.  Afternoon passes will be available to purchase at the Emerson.

Bozeman City Commission and Mayoral Candidates Forum
10:30 – 12 noon
This forum will be hosted by the Inter Neighborhood Council – representatives from each city recognized neighborhood association will be addressing the concerns of their neighbors to all the candidates for the upcoming election on Nov. 3

SATURDAY
Workshops

Saturday 9-10:30

Healthful, Peaceful; Will a Single-Payer Healthcare System Create a More Peaceful America- At Home and in the World? Join Dale E Miller, CPESC and The Headwaters Chapter of Montanan’s for Single-Payer Healthcare together in  a panel discussion on single-payer healthcare. Sponsored by Montana Progressive Democrats of America.
Healthworks Classroom

Tai Chi Easy. Combining Tai Chi and Qi Gong, Tai Chi Easy is a simple and profound way to cultivate Qi.  Appropriate for all ages and ability levels.  Tai Chi Easy takes five of the traditional movements from Tai Chi and performs them in a stationary standing position or seated.  Presented by Liz Geran. She has practiced Qi Gong and Tai Chi since 1995, and recently completed her Tai Chi facilitator training in Tai Chi Easy, a practice suited to all ages and all ability levels.
Dance Studio

Urban Chickens: Best Practices Join Allison Sweeny, founder of CLUC – Community Led Urban Chickens in, as she presents on best practices for keeping urban chickens, the history of CLUC and the new ordinance passed in Bozeman that allows for chickens.
Green Room

Montana Farm to Restaurant Connection:  Conserving Montana One Table at a Time We benefit from the natural resources of our region every day—the open spaces where we recreate, the views and wildlife we enjoy, the air we breathe and the clean water we drink.  Learn how you can participate in the stewardship of the landscape and natural resources through your everyday choices as a consumer.  The workshop facilitator will present on the power of “voting with your fork” and on building the synergy between the community, economy, and environment.
Weaver Room

Hands On Natural Clay Plaster Demonstration This hands-on workshop will focus on product training/overview, application instructions, and troweling techniques.  The application of American Clay is a two-coat process followed by a compression step.  Examples of the various steps, including the beautiful finished product, will be displayed for participants to view, and practice-boards will be set-up so you can try your hand at this easy-to-learn process.
Taught by Jeremy Mistretta of New Age Artisans and sponsored by Refuge and American Clay Paints.
Outside back parking area

Saturday 10:45 – 12:15
The Price of Sustainability: Redefining Cost/benefit Analysis. Discussion and explanation of both traditional and alternative cost/benefit analysis. By redefining profit and our relationship to others, we’ll find an easier and more sustainable way of living in the economic world. Facilitated by Josh Jane
Green Room

Who are We? A Cross-Cultural Perspective
Traditional people, and their traditional philosophies and traditional forms of medicine, have understood for millennium that to live a healthy life, it was essential to understand who we are. Drawing from diverse spiritual and philosophical perspectives, Scott Frazier, Philip Zemke, and Brendan Kelly will present cross-cultural views of who we are and the importance of applying these understanding to the health of the planet and our own well-being.  
Weaver Room

BYI Greenhouse Bus: Community in Action. A show and tell with Q and A about  the Bozeman Youth Initiative’s mobile greenhouse project. Panel of participants including local high school students will discuss how the project developed where it is now and where it is going. Hosted by Greg Owens, executive director of BYI
Dance Studio

Stopping the Fossil Fuel Grid with Renewable Energy Technologies. Independent Power Systems will discuss past and current trends in solar technology while also exploring the potential advancement of community energy systems.

Healthworks Classroom

Saturday
Plenary Speakers:
Jason McLennan is the CEO of Cascadia Green Building Council and a leading figure in the green architecture movement. McLennan will show breathtaking examples of building designs that reduce energy by mimicking nature.
Lily Yeh is an internationally celebrated artist and the founder of Barefoot Artists, Inc. Yeh will explain how art can heal the environment as well as the hearts and minds of traumatized communities.

Keynote Presentation by Michael Leach –The Wildness and Spirit of Yellowstone: Inspiring Local Communities
Presenter Michael Leach, Executive Director of Yellowstone Country Guardians, has deep roots throughout the Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming region and has worked as a naturalist, fly-fishing guide, and writer based out of Gardiner, Montana.  Michael's writing has appeared in Wyoming Wildlife, the Yellowstone Discovery and Distinctly Montana.  His work as a Ranger Naturalist, and more recently as the Bear Education Ranger in Yellowstone National Park, inspired his vision to start a Yellowstone based nonprofit.  Yellowstone Country Guardians is a grassroots organization working on the ground through its education and outreach programs to inspire a sense of pride and to foster a commitment from local communities to ensure that Yellowstone Country remains a place of hope and wildness for this and future generations.

Saturday
Plenary Speakers:

Jensine Larsen is the founder of World Pulse Media. Larsen will share the story of her journey in building an interactive global media enterprise that empowers women worldwide to speak out and collaborate with one another to solve global issues to create a better world.
Arturo Sandoval is one of New Mexico’s most prominent civil leaders. Sandoval will explore how to find the balance between ancient indigenous cultures and newer Western influences that impact land and life, to create a viable future for us all.
Andrew Weil M.D. is the nation’s foremost authority on holistic medicine. He is author of numerous books including international bestsellers, Spontaneous Healing and Eight Weeks to Optimum Health. Drawing from his newest book, Why Our Health Matters: A Vision of Medicine That Can Transform Our Future, scheduled for publication on September 8, 2009, Dr. Weil will illustrate the critical link between human and environmental health, and transforming the healthcare system to heal the planet.

SUNDAY
Sunday Workshops 9-10:30

Gentle Birth Can Heal the Earth. Birth, undisturbed, is a natural process that connects us to our instincts and imagination, to what it truly means to be human, not a technological wonder or a medical procedure. This workshop will make the connection between how we birth and how we relate to our environment. Presented by Sasha Lindberg a doula and birth educator.
Dance Studio

BodyTalk: Energy medicine is the medicine of the future.  Grounded both in traditional knowledge and new science, The BodyTalk system offers tools for self-care to give you the ability to handle a majority of your health challenges. Paticipants will engage in at least two nature-connecting activities, allowing participants to focus in on their sensory awareness, intuition. They will also teach “Cortices,” a simple do-it-yourself technique that practiced daily can change your life – and your stress level -- by balancing your brain.
Jenna Caplette and Josh Overcash: certified BodyTalk practitioners from Bozeman with advanced training in BodyTalk.
Healthworks Classroom

Biomimetic Approach to Cleaning Water Tim Mulholland, President of Headwaters Floating Islands LLC. will present on their “floating islands” and how they are creating habitat for natural solutions.
Weaver Room

Sunday Worksops 10:45-12:15

The Science of Solar Electricity: The Inter-workings of a Solar Module. A hands on workshop, Independent Power Systems will demonstrate and explain how power is generated from solar modules, from the molecular level to household use. Healthworks Classroom

Empowering the Next Generation: Indigenous Wisdom For Everyday Challenges.  Learn to reconnect to the power we each have, what we know in our bones to be the truth for our lives. Participants will learn concepts and ideas about how to track the ways they live and think. This workshop will explore the original, cross-cultural indigenous wisdom, techniques, and practices for empowering the  imagination, body & spirit.  Taught by Dean Williamson
Weaver Room

MSU Composting Initiative Join Deb Crawford, of MSU Food Services, and her student research team in a brainstorming session on how to create a large scale composting project for MSU food services.
Dance Studio

Now-Time to Utilize Bio Existence in Study and Action
Looking at the Adopt-A-Highway program and how one individual can make a difference.  Come meet Dawn Miciewicz, the only single individual registered for a stretch of highway in Montana – learn about her efforts to incorporate recycling into this clean-up program.
Green Room  

Sunday Plenary Speakers:
Joanna Macy is a celebrated Buddhist teacher, eco-philosopher and activist in the peace, justice, and ecology movements. Macy is the author of noted books including Coming Back to Life: Practices to Reconnect Our Lives, Our World, and most recently, World as Lover, World as Self. Macy will explore the modern day "fear factor" that chains human creativity and freedom.
 Mari Margil is the Associate Director of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund. Margil discusses her role in the groundbreaking decision to include ecosystem rights in the new Ecuadorian constitution.

Sunday Keynote Presentation

Steve Loken - Satiety or Sufficiency 

Steve Loken, of Loken Builders, is the founder of the Center for Resourceful Building Technology.  He is a nationally recognized energy and home building technology expert. Steve has spoken and taught at industry and government sponsored conferences, seminars and workshops across the country since 1983. 

Sunday Plenary Speakers

Almir Narayamoga Surui is an environmentalist, political activist and tribal chief, who has spent more than 15 years fighting for the survival of his Surui tribe and the Amazon Rainforest. Chief Almir will tell the story of how he connected with Google Earth and used their technology to protect his people and preserve their forests.
Jerome Ringo is the president of the Apollo Alliance, and the first African-American to head a major conservation organization, the National Wildlife Federation. Ringo will stress the imperative of creating fair jobs that are healthy for people and the planet.
Annie Leonard is the world-renowned creator of “The Story of Stuff” – an Internet film illustrating the environmental and social consequences of consumerism – portrays her film’s influence as a worldwide Internet phenomenon that is making change from classrooms to boardrooms.
Kari Fulton is a Brower Youth Award winner and national campus campaign coordinator for the Environmental Justice and Climate Change Initiative. Fulton will describe how youth in America are fostering a more unified and inclusive environmental movement for the 21st century.