Actions to create deep and positive change.
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These are just summary of the many amazing events put on by
our Partners, Sponsors and Exhibitors.
8.18-23.08 Bioneers presents, Cultivating
Women’s Leadership
An experiential training for women interested in developing
inner resources and practical skills to fuel significant progressive
change in the world.
Cultivating Women’s Leadership brings together women
of diverse cultures, ages and backgrounds—activists,
educators, philanthropists, nonprofit professionals and others
to learn from and with each other. Emphasizing the unique
qualities and opportunities that women bring to leadership,
this training will help you learn practical skills to:
• Develop a stronger connection to your own purpose,
the source of authentic leadership
• Explore the nature of shared leadership and practice
reclaiming your own inner authority
• Hone your relational intelligence, helping you navigate
differences to enhance collaborations
• Cultivate a practice of inner reflection to better
align your intentions and behavior
• Investigate challenges with competition, power, self-limiting
stories and internalized oppression
• Effectively balance your personal self-care with your
larger work
Join us to explore how to most effectively transform yourself
and the world.
NORTHERN NEW MEXICO, AUGUST 18-23: The Ocamora Retreat Center
— An elegant adobe ranch compound nestled in the foothills
of the Sangre de Cristo mountains, 2 hours northeast of Santa
Fe. Participants will enjoy organically grown and lovingly
prepared food. Lodging is in private, shared, or dorm spaces
or guests can bring their own tents for camping. www.ocamora.org
TUITION: Sliding Scale: $150–$2350. The direct costs
for this residential training are $1275 per person. Our intention
is to attract a diverse circle of women, with no barriers
related to a woman’s ability to pay. For more information
on tuition, and to receive a registration application, please
contact Felicia Marohn, at felicia@bioneers.org,
or call (505) 986-0366, ext. 129.
NINA SIMONS is a social entrepreneur who is the co-founder
of the Bioneers Conference. She translates her life experience
into tools for serving the emerging leadership of others,
and has focused increasingly on programming and teaching women’s
leadership
(while actively cultivating her own) since 1997. She helps
to reveal the correlations between inner awareness and outer
work, and celebrate the interconnectedness of environment,
health, social justice and the sacred. www.bioneers.org.
TOBY HERZLICH is a facilitator and Rockwood Leadership trainer,
focusing on assisting groups and individuals dedicated to
building community assets and catalyzing progressive social
and environmental change. She is on the faculty of several
national training programs and has supported women to be effective
and heartfelt leaders in the Middle East, Bosnia, the U.S.
and Canada. www.rockwoodleadership.org.
8.21.08 Ocean Voice Speaker Series
AUGUST 21 at 7PM at the Ocean Explorium at New Bedford Seaport,
174 Union Street, New Bedford and offers FREE admission. For
additional information visit www.oceanexplorium.org.,
or call 508 994 5400.
Join Susan Peterson, Ph.D., for a talk about the marine industries
that have shaped New Bedford, our region and New England.
Susan Peterson has a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University
of Hawaii. Susan worked at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
for over ten years, specializing in ocean policy, and for
several years at Boston University in the same role. Most
of her work was quantifying and qualifying commercial and
recreational fishing effort so that the cultural, social and
economic motivations for fishing could be incorporated into
fishery management decisions. In the mid-1980s, she left academia
for industry. She founded and was President of Ecological
Engineering Associates (EEA), a company that uses natural
systems for wastewater treatment, from which she retired in
1998 to do full-time consulting.
8.21-24.08 Singin in the Train
WHAT: Come lend your voice to “Singin’ in the
Train,” a cross-country singing adventure to amplify
the call to revamp and re-imagine greener options for moving
from point “A” to point “B the change you
want to see” in our communities.
WHO: YOU! All voices are welcome to join in on boldly energizing
sing-alongs of familiar songs, improvised words and music,
and creative conversations about how to become bolder in practicing
being the changes we want to see.
The singing circles will be co-lead by Rachel Bagby, who will
also be leading a workshop at Bioneers by the Bay, and Joey
Blake. Rachel Bagby is founder of Choral Earth, alum soprano
of Bobby McFerrin’s Voicestra and 2008 winner of the
prestigious Art and Healing Network Award; Joey Blake, Professor
of Voice at Berklee College of Music, Voicestra bass extraordinaire,
and generous friends.
WHERE: From Singing Farm in the foothills of Virginia’s
Blue Ridge Mountains, to Boston and onward to the DNC host-city:
Denver CO.
WHEN: Rachel is riding the Crescent from Charlottesville to
Boston on Aug 21st at 7:20am. She’ll rendez-vous with
folks in Boston on Aug 23rd. Join them or sing them off at
11:30am at the South Boston Station. They’ll leave on
the 12pm 449 Lake Shore Limited. See Amtrak for route details.
They’ll have a major stop in Albany, NY on August 23
and another one before we board the California Zephyr in Chicago,
IL on August 24th.
Enjoy the ride for as little or as long as you like. Steep
in days of singing and learning about alternative energy and
creative ways to practice being the communities of change
we long to see. Or just hop the train for a 47 minute leg
of our journey to enjoy a sonorous lunch break.
HOW: Check out www.SingYourPart.com
for details or join the facebook group.
Can’t join us in the train? No problem. Below is a list
of ways you can help get things moving:
• Join in our logo design contest: we’re looking
for a simple and easily replicable design (think blackberry
juice on recycled cardboard)
• Jump on with us for however long – and video
the journey.
• Help spread the word – tell your friends to
check out “Singin’ in the Train”
• Contribute info to “Singin’ in the Train”’s
group at www.SingYourPart.com
– this is an
educational adventure and we’d love your help developing
our messaging and identifying important information to share.
• Organize a Singin’ Circle from your town to
Denver or a shorter distance
• Bring together welcoming singers in Boston, Albany,
Chicago Cleveland, and/or Denver (or any of the other stops
along the way).
8.24-29.08 Partly Sunny: Designs
to Change the Forecast
Join RISD in Denver! The Rhode Island School of Design premiers
Partly Sunny in Denver
on August 24. RISD faculty and Partly Sunny Director Charlie
Cannon will also be participating in the Green Constitutional
Congress, a symposium on the future of environmental action
on August 25th.
Partly Sunny: Designs to Change the Forecast
A Design Showcase at the Denver Pavilions
Opening August 24th, 11am - 4pm
Denver Pavilions
500 16th Street
partlysunny.risd.edu
The Green Constitutional Congress
A Symposium on the Future of Environmental
Action hosted by Bruce Mau
August 25th, 6-8pm FREE
Buell Theater, Denver Performing Arts Center
1031 13th Street
www.dialogcity.org/events/events.html
Reserve your seats – doca@denvergov.org
9.2.08 Bioneers by the Bay Course
Contemporary Issues and Challenges: Sustainability Education
and Public Policy
09.02.08 -12.20.08
Instructor: Robertson-Lorant, Laurie J
Wednesday, 04:00 PM - 06:30 PM, New Bedford Center, NBCE -tba
This interdisciplinary course is designed to provide an understanding
of how institutions are reinventing themselves to meet our
most pressing environmental, economic and ethical challenges.
Assigned readings will provide an understanding of inter-related
topics such as nature-based education, post-industrial economics
and renewable energies; equity, governance and public health;
systems thinking, social justice and the arts. Classes will
stress dialogue, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
as well as creative collaboration on projects to be implemented
in schools, workplaces and other community organizations.
Topics studied will align with the Massachusetts Curriculum
Frameworks, the mission of the Education Department and the
mission of the Center for Policy Analysis. Assessment will
be based on class participation, reflective writing and presentation
of a final project. Attendance includes: Bioneers by the Bay
conference, third weekend of October.
For more information or to register please click
here.
9.15-20.08 Bioneers presents, Cultivating Women’s Leadership
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An experiential training for women interested in developing
inner resources and practical skills to fuel significant progressive
change in the world.
Cultivating Women’s Leadership brings together women
of diverse cultures, ages and backgrounds—activists,
educators, philanthropists, nonprofit professionals and others
to learn from and with each other. Emphasizing the unique
qualities and opportunities that women bring to leadership,
this training will help you learn practical skills to:
• Develop a stronger connection to your own purpose,
the source of authentic leadership
• Explore the nature of shared leadership and practice
reclaiming your own inner authority
• Hone your relational intelligence, helping you navigate
differences to enhance collaborations
• Cultivate a practice of inner reflection to better
align your intentions and behavior
• Investigate challenges with competition, power, self-limiting
stories and internalized oppression
• Effectively balance your personal self-care with your
larger work
Join us to explore how to most effectively transform yourself
and the world.
MISSOULA, MT, SEPTEMBER 15-20: Heart View Center — A
co-production with the Women’s Foundation of Montana.
The Heart View Center is located on the Flathead Indian Reservation,
near Arlee, MT. The 240 acres of open space includes the certified
organic
Common Ground Farm, forested upland and river bottoms. The
Center includes an indoor pool and sauna. www.heartviewcenter.com
NINA SIMONS is a social entrepreneur who is the co-founder
of the Bioneers Conference. She translates her life experience
into tools for serving the emerging leadership of others,
and has focused increasingly on programming and teaching women’s
leadership
(while actively cultivating her own) since 1997. She helps
to reveal the correlations between inner awareness and outer
work, and celebrate the interconnectedness of environment,
health, social justice and the sacred. www.bioneers.org.
TOBY HERZLICH is a facilitator and Rockwood Leadership trainer,
focusing on assisting groups and individuals dedicated to
building community assets and catalyzing progressive social
and environmental change. She is on the faculty of several
national training programs and has supported women to be effective
and heartfelt leaders in the Middle East, Bosnia, the U.S.
and Canada. www.rockwoodleadership.org.
9.19-21.08 PBMN Seminar Series
September 19-21, 2008 | Santa Fe, NM
The Paracelsus Biological Medicine Network is pleased to present
the eighth and final weekend of the ongoing two-year curriculum
of Paracelsus Biological Medicine consisting of four weekend
seminars [in the Marion, Massachusetts area] and four workshops
[Santa Fe, New Mexico]. The combined eight weekends are designed
as a comprehensive study of the principles and practices of
Paracelsus Biological Medicine as taught by Dr. Thomas Rau,
Medical Director of the Paracelsus Klinik in Switzerland.
Please click
here for more information.
9.27.08 Green for All Day of Action
On Saturday, September 27th, 2008, one day after the first
Presidential Debate of the most important election in our
lifetime, join Green
For All, 1Sky, and tens of thousands of Americans for:
Green Jobs Now! A Day to Build the New Economy.
From the streets of Los Angeles to the hills of Appalachia,
people from all walks of life will organize events large and
small to demonstrate to Congress, to the next President, and
to the nation that we are ready to build an inclusive green
economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty and solve
the climate crisis.
It is a simple message: "I'm ready to build the green
economy."
Yet it is profound.
It is an "at-risk" youth saying, "I'm ready
to be trained in solar panel installation." It is an
entrepreneur saying, "I'm ready to green my business."
It is a college activist saying, "I'm ready to stand
up for working families AND the environment."
It is tens of thousands of ordinary Americans asserting the
extraordinary: we are ready for an economy that is good for
people, and the planet.
We are ready for Green Jobs Now!
9.27.08… Get Ready.
GreenJobsNow.com website and more information coming soon.
11.6.08 Two Angry Moms Screening in Marion
Two Angry Moms is a documentary that asks the question: What
happens when two “fed-up” moms try to change the
school lunch program? More
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Date: November 6, 2008
Time: 6pm-9 pm
Location: Marion Music Hall, 164 Front Street, Marion, MA
02738
Contact: Marion Institute - 508.748.0816 - info@marioninstitute.org
First Come, First Serve Basis - Space is Limited.
For a more comprehensive listing of events in the greater
Southeastern Massachusetts region we recommend the sites below.
www.seeal.org
www.sustainablesouthcoast.org
www.newbedford360.com
www.southcoast247.com
home.earthlink.net/~semassactivist/
