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Bioneers 2010, Who Do You Want To See?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by grant gaffey 1 day ago.

Climategate, shocking expose or much ado about nothing?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Julie Dec 11.

Are Cell Phones Safe?
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Aaron Leventman Nov 16.

 

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in other words: "Downsize! Downsize!" They wont know what hittem', wheras we'll be prepared. Obviously, Gmg
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I also have an alternative energy strategy which absolves anyone from "owning" the earths resources. Anyone want to talk about that? I also have inventions...
yesterday
I would love to talk. I hate medicine and feel that we are (as a society I mean) are already clothslining each other with ignorance to get to the top. I also feel that if more people just died of diseases it would replace genetic engineering as a me…
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The proof is floating all around us...
December 11
I think U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson said it best in a briefing on Wednesday: “These are the same tactics that have been used by defenders of the status quo for years. Those tactics only serve to delay and distract…
December 10
I want to see Edward Mazria illustrate the green house gas savings that can be achieved by managing the design of new buildings and the retrofitting of older buildings and relating it all to a meaningful timeline.
December 10
I would like to see a person who is an expert in addiction recovery like John Bradshaw who can talk about the connection to the Earth and how we have been medicating ourselves through our 'ADDICTIONS' that our consumer society supports. The Environm…
December 10
I want to see someone who has the guts to talk about human population's effect on all the other sustainability issues -and how population growth makes change harder and harder and harder to achieve as time goes on. I want to see Bioneers having the…
December 10
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December 10
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December 10
Part of the problem with the "climategate" data was that they were forced to rely on different historic because of evolving technology. Most climate data from before the eighteenth century comes from tree ring and ice core research. After the widesp…
December 4
A new documentary titled Full Signal focuses on the fight around the world to regulate antenna placements. http://santafe.bside.com/2009/films/fullsignal_santafe2009
November 16
A few years ago, I did not own a cell phone. I was violently opposed to the whole idea. Who would want others to be call them wherever one goes? But, I've now become reliant on cell phones. I no longer have a phone in my house, and I carry my cell…
November 12
This is a huge concern of mine. Yes, I own and use a cell phone (I try to use the speaker phone feature, and keep it away from my body). Not only do I have two kids to be concerned about, I also have a mother who's been fighting a battle with saliva…
November 12
A discussion started by Spencer Windes was featured
Everyone has heard rumors of links between cell phones and cancer, but it’s still a field of research in its infancy. What’s true and what’s still speculation? The Science and Environmental Health Network tackled that question in their new newslette…
November 11
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Everyone has heard rumors of links between cell phones and cancer, but it’s still a field of research in its infancy. What’s true and what’s still speculation? The Science and Environmental Health Network tackled that question in their new newslette…
November 11

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About Me:
I'm 39, single, and passionate about about ecology, sustainable design, green transportation, politics, music, rugby, and basset hounds.
Favorite Book(s):
Origin of the Species, Patrick O'Brien novels, The Omnivore's Dilemma.
Favorite Musician:
Avett Brothers, Gillian Welch, Lucinda Williams, Neko Case, Rufus Wainwright, Emmylou Harris.

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A Lifetime of Change



My neighbor is dying.

He’s 93 years old. He is fading away in the house in which his grandmother lived her life, a house that has been in his family since the nineteenth century – a family that traces its roots back on this land for four hundred years. Santa Fe is an old town, by American standards.

I thin… Continue

Posted on November 6, 2009 at 2:30pm —

Spencer Windes

Real Health Care Reform.

Two of the featured speakers at Bioneers have recently published editorials that need to be heard in the health care debate. In the New York Times, Michael Pollan laid out the intimate connection between health care and reforming America's broken food system.


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Posted on October 1, 2009 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

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Why We're Not Helping Fox News.


This fine Monday morning in Santa Fe, we received a call at the Bioneers office from a friendly young woman named Tiffany asking us to help her find several DVD’s and audio recordings of one of our plenary speakers at several past Bioneers conference

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Posted on August 31, 2009 at 4:42pm —

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Missouri Farmer vs. Michael Pollan



Over at the new official Bioneers blog, there is a healthy discussion about a recent attack on Michael Pollan and other critics of industrial agricultur… Continue

Posted on August 27, 2009 at 4:17pm —

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Stephen Colbert vs. Bill McKibben! Death Match!



Tonight, Bill McKibben, climate change guru, longtime Bioneers friend and founder of the nifty global warming action organization 350.org, will be crossing wits with America's favorite fake gasbag, Stephen "Tyrone" Colbert. Given… Continue

Posted on August 17, 2009 at 4:11pm — 1 Comment

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At 11:34am on July 8, 2009, Brent Loken said…
Hi Spencer,

Ethical Expeditions (http://ethicalexpeditions.ning.com/) is conserving our natural world by building the green generation through education. We'd love to have you as a member of our network to support our efforts as we work with students and schools around the world.

Brent Loken
President
Ethical Expeditions: http://ethicalexpeditions.ning.com/
At 6:32am on June 29, 2009, Charley Quinton said…
Are you in Santa Fe yet? Best wishes in your new pursuits!
 
 

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