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The Utah Bioneers - Logan have held five successful Beaming Bioneers conferences in a row in Logan, Utah on the campus of Utah State University. Utah Bioneers will carry all plenary speakers from San Rafael, plus create approximately 15 local wor...
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Bioneers at Westminster College at Westminster College
November 6, 2009 to November 8, 2009
November 5th - Kickoff Keynote: Joan Dye Gussow, nutrition expert and author of This Organic Life. 7:30pm, Vieve Gore Concert Hall, Westminster College. No registration required. Free and open to the public. Click here for an interview with Gussow...
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Let's discuss ideas and action regarding sustainability in an urban environment. What unique challenges do we face as we pursue the sustainable lifestyle?
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A Response - An Empire in Decline

In his response to An Empire in Decline, Kenny Ausubel writes, "The driving force behind this unprecedented globalized collapse is financial. Hazel Henderson has characterized conventional economics as 'a form of brain damage.' We’re experiencing its devastating effects right now. It rationalizes the insatiable predation of na… Continue

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An Empire in Decline - JP Harpignies

JP Harpignies has been with Bioneers since 1990--he's filled roles as conference producer, copy-editor and writer (to name a few). In a recent blog post, JP writes: "The U.S.A. is an empire in decline. Mentioning that is an absolute taboo for any domestic political figure, but it is self-evident to most credible geopolitical analysts across the political spectrum worldw… Continue

Posted on November 16, 2009 at 3:39pm —

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Live Conference Webcast of Select Bioneers Conference Plenaries - FREE

We know that not everyone could make it out to San Rafael or to one of our 19 Beaming Bioneers sites, so we've decided to do something unprecedented this year and bring part of the conference to you.

For the first time ever, we will be offering a live webcast for free of two of our keynote speakers on each day of the conference, this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

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Bioneers Conference 2009 - Walk up!

Online pre-registration for the 2009 Bioneers Conference is now closed. Tickets are still available at the door! Join us on October 16-18, 2009 in San Rafael, California.

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Thursday, October 15, 2009


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Last 24 Hours to Register for Bioneers

It's the final 24 hours for online registration to the Bioneers 2009 Conference.
For you last minute Bioneers, we are offering a 10% off discount if you
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At 6:06pm on December 14, 2008, Tim Anderson said…
In the end,
we will remember not the words of our enemies,
but the silence of our friends.
--Martin Luther King, Jr.




Dear Friends, Community Organizers, Visionaries, Superheroes, and everyone who loves life:

This letter has four parts:
What's Going On
What's In It for Us?
What Do I Do?
What's the Plan?


What's Going On:
We're all aware of the political, economic, and environmental events converging at this historical crossroads. Even though most of us know that we could solve every solvable problem on the planet for 10% of what we spend on the world's military, the world seems stuck. Like so many of you, we've wondered for years how a revitalized democracy or a nonviolent mass movement or even love itself could ever take hold.

But during this past year, hope for a brighter future has surprised and shocked and sometimes even frightened us.

A very improved consensus governance system called Dynamic Self-Governance, or Sociocracy is a missing puzzle piece, a catalyst that will enable us to effectively and efficiently work together. Every week one of us sees a new application of Sociocracy, a new project, a new way to bring humanity together.

And we have created an exciting, elegant, plan for a sustainable future. It's based on the nerve-like, deeply interwoven network of life and friendship in which we all move. The human body politic has been suffering in its sleeping, but it starts waking now with you.

It's time to take a massive Next Step Together. That step is to powerfully connect everyone who chooses a sustainable future for the planet into a cohesive global decision-making structure—starting with the people you already know.

This is the next evolutionary step. We might never take it. Or we might take it after we've killed billions more people and wrecked essential planetary life support systems. Or we might take it now.

We've combined the most essential and practical strategies for building a sustainable, just earth. Now let's implement them. Really.


What's In It For Us?
A life.
A practical alternative to empire, terrorism, corporatism, racism, classism, pollution, starvation, poverty, war, violence, rape, neglect, madness, disease, isolation, fear and powerlessness
Safety in numbers
Fun
Community
Meaning
Security
Freedom
Sustainability
HOPE
Your fair share of power -- the deepest democracy imaginable
A job -- we are all working on it and we need to and plan on get paid soon
An honest shot at creating and relaxing in a just world -- No kidding!
The knowledge that you acted powerfully when you were called to


What Do I Do?
a) Learn more about the Next Step Together at: http://nextsteptogether.net

b) Join the Next Step Together group on Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24568801853 Then, using this letter, invite everybody you know to do the same. (Got issues with Facebook? See below.) We'd like a million people in the Facebook group by October 8. (Call the person who send you sent you this letter if you need support accessing Facebook!)

c) Get involved with the Implementation Circle process. We need local organizers, web designers, programmers, economists, event planners, activists, donors, thinkers, writers. Everyone. You have needed skills, resources and people to bring into the circle. Call or write us!


What's The Plan?
a) Gather massive numbers of already connected people in the Next Step Together Group on Facebook.

b) Implement a sociocratic governance system, connecting every Friend Group into an elegant, organic decision making structure, creating a super-majority of people who are willing to focus their power for the greatest good. Each of us will govern with equal power.

c) Once we have critical mass, we'll collectively consent to our next, efficient, giant steps using all the creativity, innovation and skill we have. We'll act together, nonviolently, in overwhelming numbers, and make pivotal, systemic change quickly.

This is the fastest way to create the world we want.

It seems wildly optimistic, because the human family is drowsy, just waking up. But, in their hearts, everybody really wants a safe, fun, fair world. Everybody. At least 20% of us are already ready, eager, and gathering for this. 60% of the population will join us quickly if the 20% of us with active hope and vision act powerfully now. The 80% will then offer the remaining 20% consideration and kindness no sane person could refuse, because, in sociocracy, everyone must consent to every major policy.

Welcome to the beginning of giant, fast, smart love power!

We look forward to seeing your wonderful face in the Next Step Together group!

Very hopefully,

Tim Anderson, Teri D. Ciacchi, Bradley K. Ehrlich & Robyn Lynn
At 10:04am on December 2, 2007, Eric Hjerstedt Sharp said…
Stumbled upon your page. Although Ashland Wisconsin's sustainable agriculture atmosphere is quite different than New Mexico's; it is thriving and growing.

If you're ever on the shore of the Big Lake (Superior) check us out. Meanwhile, keep up the interesting posts.
At 1:50pm on November 20, 2007, Job van Weelden said…
Hi Chantal, Thank you for doing the job! My heart jumps with joy when I see all these people in the Bioneers community. I am sure I will learn a lot every time I come back.
Greetings from 3 meters below sea level,
Job.
At 5:30pm on November 13, 2007, Miss Maia said…
Woo Hoo! Raise the roof!

Thanks for the photo compliment. I have a feeling I will be "wasting" many productive work hours posting my pics.
At 10:45am on November 3, 2007, K.Sivasubramanian said…
Thank you very much for welcoming me to the network. I am new to the online networking groups and I would like to learn more about this and learn more from this. Hope you all will guide me.
At 3:31pm on October 30, 2007, roberto said…
Hi Chantal. Thanks for the welcome and thank you sooo much for setting this up. You have jump started something that the organization has been craving to do. I look forward to working with and getting to know you better,
At 3:48pm on October 26, 2007, kenny ausubel said…
hey Chantal. figuring out how to do this! thanks! looks like most of my new friends are already friends!
thx
kenny
At 6:10pm on October 25, 2007, kelli said…
hey chantal, it was great to meet you at bioneers! and i guess i'll be seeing you again in a couple of months. i love watching this site expanding, and more people joining. again, kudos to you! cheers!
At 5:05pm on October 24, 2007, GinnyPal said…
Hey Chantal
I sat down last night to start working my way around this site and I got so excited that I ended up being awake until after midnight.... I had promised myself that I would get a good night's sleep after flying in from CA and going in to work early on Tuesday, but this totally sucked me in....thank you for bringing this to life - you are my hero -
Ginny
At 11:25pm on October 22, 2007, Liz Cunningham said…
Thanks Chantal! It was soo good to meet you too! I hope we'll have some more face time very soon without the stress and chaos of the conference! I FINALLY had a few minutes to actually check this site out and I really like it! I think this is going to be such a crucial part of the growth of the young bioneers network :) looking forward to expanding it and working with you more!
 
 

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