Bioneers: Revolution From the Heart of Nature

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Bioneers: Revolution From the Heart of Nature episodes

June 08, 2015 Business for the Common Good: Building Local Living Economies in the Age of Climate Change - Judy Wicks | Bioneers Radio Series IX (2009)
As we navigate the onset of climate change, we're witness to the rapid obsolescence of the human systems built on the assumption of cheap oil. The clock is running out on expensive (and vulnerable) practices such as the long-distance, fossil-fueled global supply chains that transport the average bite of food 1,200 miles to reach our plates. Inevitably communities are moving toward a greater re-localization of such basics as food, energy and water. And that makes sense because that's how nature is organized. Famed restaurateur and local food advocate Judy Wicks is at the forefront of the movement to redefine business practices, grow greater security and nourish sustainable communities.
30 min
June 01, 2015 Fair Food: Ending Slavery in the Fields - Lucas Benitez | Bioneers Radio Series IX (2009)
Would you believe, here at the beginning of the 21st century, that every order of fast-food served with a slice of tomato is part of a system of slavery and labor abuse that exists right here in the United States? The intense demand for cheap food from the largest corporate buyers drives farm workers into the ground. The courageous labor organizer Lucas Benitez calls for reform at all levels of the food supply chain -from growers and buyers to fast-food corporations and organic grocery chains. And he includes everyone who eats, because we have the market power to demand better treatment of those who harvest our food.
30 min
May 25, 2015 Beyond the Vagina Monologues - Eve Ensler | Bioneers Radio Series IX (2009)
For a decade, the award-winning play "The Vagina Monologues" has pro vided a startling window into the conflicted complexity of women's relationships to their bodies and pervasive worldwide violence against women. By revealing the deeply personal stories of women and their private parts, world-renowned playwright and women's rights activist Eve Ensler gave birth to a global movement to end violence against women and girls with the non-profit organization V Day. V Day has raised more than $60 million to support grassroots anti-violence groups around the world through performances of this ground breaking theater work.
30 min
May 18, 2015 The Green-Collar Economy: Jobs, Justice and Prosperity - Van Jones and Majora Carter | Bioneers Radio Series IX (2009)
Just how dumb do they think we are? Who would believe that destroying the ecosystems on which all life depends, while dis-employing more and more people, is somehow good for the economy? But exactly that fiction of jobs versus the environment has been successfully marketed to us. Community organizers Van Jones and Majora Carter propose a radically simple solution for both environmental destruction and social inequality: Bring the rising green revolution to low-income, urban America.
30 min
May 11, 2015 Formless Warriors: 21st Century Wisdom from Old-Growth Cultures - Enei Begaye, Dune Lankard and Hawk Rosales | Bioneers Radio Series IX (2009)
For thousands of years, First Peoples have successfully managed the complex reciprocal relationships between biological and human cultures using Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK). Yet no prior human civilization has ever faced the globalized ecological collapse occurring now. In the face of unprecedented pressures on their homelands and ways of life, indigenous leaders Enei Begaye, Dune Lankard and Hawk Rosales are organizing in new ways to protect the environment-and spread their knowledge for the sake of all life on Earth and future generations.
30 min
May 04, 2015 Eco Schools: Educating for Sustainable Communities - Fritjof Capra, Cheryl Charles, and David Orr | Bioneers Radio Series IX (2009)
Most American schools are flunking out when it comes to how well they integrate ecological literacy across the curriculum. And many are doing no better than a C average with the idea that schools should be actively engaged in sustaining the natural and social communities in which they exist. Fritjof Capra, co-founder of the Center for Ecoliteracy, Cheryl Charles, from the Children and Nature Network, and leading environmental educator David Orr explore what's working for the A+ schools that are successfully integrating ecological awareness, understanding and practices throughout the curriculum and the community.
30 min
April 27, 2015 True Biotechnologies:Nature’s 100 Best Solutions for Climate Change - Janine Benyus, Stephan Dewar, David Orr and Jay Harman | Bioneers Radio Series IX (2009)
Some of the best minds on the planet are busy cataloguing possible solutions to the crisis of climate chaos. Scientists, entrepreneurs and educators on technology's cutting edge offer a broad array of bio-based solutions that are already working to transition us to a truly sustainable civilization. Biomimics Janine Benyus, Stephan Dewar, David Orr and Jay Hannan offer a smorgasbord of startling solutions based on nature's genius.
30 min
April 20, 2015 What's Good for Life Wins: The Biomimicry Scientific Revolution - Janine Benyus, Jason McCiennan and Bob Hawkins | Bioneers Radio Series IX (2009)
Bathing suits modeled on sharkskin that win the Olympics. Low-energy display screens based on peacock feathers. Nature has done everything human societies want to do technologically-without mining the past or mortgaging the future. Acclaimed author, naturalist and biomimicry leaders Janine Benyus, Jason McCiennan and Bob Hawkins uncork a mind-boggling bouquet of breakthrough innovations that, like nature, create conditions conducive to life. This genuine scientific revolution shows why preserving nature and biological diversity is our best survival strategy.
30 min
April 13, 2015 The Seaweed Rebellion: Saving the Earth by Saving the Oceans - Michael Stocker, Anne Rowley, and David Helvarg | Bioneers Radio Series VIII (2008)
Perhaps we should call it Watershed Earth. We're made of water, totally dependent on it, yet water in turn depends on us to play our part in a good way. Mother Ocean is the primary regulator of Watershed Earth. But the marine news is heartbreaking. Ocean defenders Michael Stocker, Anne Rowley and David Helvarg illuminate both the peril of noise and plastics pollution and the promise they see In the Seaweed Rebelli on to save Mother Ocean, and ourselves.
30 min
April 06, 2015 Becoming Fully Human: The Covenant of the Original Instructions - Winona LaDuke, John Trudell, and Evan Peter | Bioneers Radio Series VIII (2008)
The Original Instructions represent the ancient empincal wisdom of traditional ecological knowledge earned over generations and millennia by people living closely with the land and each other. They also comprise disarmingly simple counsel: be thankful, enjoy life and attend to the inner pollution that results in outer pollution. Indigenous leaders Winona LaDuke, John Trudell and Evon Peter voice these ancient instructions. Which hold the keys to our survival as a species in the historic transition to a truly sustainable world.
30 min

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