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Schedule Program and Events Call for Speakers Bioneers 2024 Artists Conference Merchandise Films at the Bioneers Conference Friday Night Concert Indigeneity at Bioneers 2024 Indigenous Forum Native Youth Programming Partner Toolkit Speakers Refund Policy Why Youth Scholarships Logistics Allyship Statement COVID-19 Policy & Procedures How It Works Lodging and Transportation Press Work Exchange Bioneers.org Homepage Search for: Search Button As Bioneers rolls into our 35th-anniversary conference, decisive majorities of Americans support progressive policies, from serious climate action and environmental protections to strengthening democracy, taxing corporations and the rich, living wage jobs, abortion rights, racial justice, affordable healthcare, gun safety and more. But we’re already in overtime. The driving question is whether we have sufficient time to make the transformational change necessary to begin to heal and regenerate people and planet. We need to connect and scale the constellation of brilliant social movements to reach critical mass and enact the kinds of breakthrough systemic solutions we’ve cultivated here at Bioneers for decades as they’ve matured, spread, and gotten ready for prime time. Never has it been more vital that we come together. We’ll share what we’ve learned, link arms, nourish our hearts and vision, and align ourselves to prevail for the long haul. We invite you to connect with the Bioneers community of leadership in this time when we’re all called upon to be leaders. The best way to predict the future is to create it. Original Sea Star Image by Laurent Formery, courtesy of Evident’s Image of the Year Competition Sign Up to be alerted when we announce our 2025 Conference Logistics Schedule Why Featured Speakers at Bioneers 2024 View Bio Kenny Ausubel CEO and Co-Founder Bioneers × Kenny Ausubel CEO and Co-Founder Bioneers Kenny Ausubel , CEO and founder (in 1990) of Bioneers, is an award-winning social entrepreneur, journalist, author and filmmaker. Co-founder and first CEO of the organic seed company, Seeds of Change, his film (and companion book) Hoxsey: When Healing Becomes a Crime helped influence national alternative medicine policy. He has edited several books and written four, including, most recently, Dreaming the Future: Reimagining Civilization in the Age of Nature . Keynote Address: Kenny Ausubel – It’s the Corporations, Stupid March 29th | 9:24 am to 9:43 am Introducing: Stacy Mitchell – Democracy vs. Big Tech: How We Can Win the Fight Against Monopoly Power March 29th | 10:08 am to 10:30 am View Speaker Page View Bio Colette Pichon Battle Vision & Initiatives Partner Taproot Earth × Colette Pichon Battle Vision & Initiatives Partner Taproot Earth Colette Pichon Battle , a generational native of Bayou Liberty, Louisiana, is an award-winning lawyer and prominent climate justice organizer. In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, when Black and Indigenous communities were largely left out of federal recovery systems, Colette led the Gulf Coast Center for Law and Policy (GCCLP) to provide relief and legal assistance to Gulf South communities of color. After 17 years at GCCLP’s helm, as frontline communities from the Gulf South to the Global South face ever more devastating storms, droughts, wildfires, heat, and land loss, she co-founded Taproot Earth to create connections and power across issues, movements, and geographies. Keynote Address: Colette Pichon Battle – Expanding Our Movements for Climate Justice March 28th | 11:41 am to 12:04 pm Panel Presentations: The Challenge of Democracy in a Climate Emergency March 28th | 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm View Speaker Page View Bio Taylor Brorby Author & Activist Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land × Taylor Brorby Author & Activist Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land Taylor Brorby is the author of: Boys and Oil: Growing Up Gay in a Fractured Land; Crude: Poems; Coming Alive: Action; and Civil Disobedience ; and is co-editor of: Fracture: Essays, Poems, and Stories on Fracking in America . Taylor’s work has appeared in many leading publications, including The NY Times, LitHub and Orion, and he has been supported by several prestigious fellowships, including from the MacDowell Colony and the National Book Critics Circle. He also serves on the editorial boards of Hub City Press and Terrain.org, is a contributing editor at North American Review, and teaches nonfiction writing at the University of Alabama. Keynote Address: Taylor Brorby – Raising Hell: Censorship, Carbon Capture, and Being Gay on the Great Plains March 28th | 12:14 pm to 12:37 pm Panel Presentations: Writing for Our Lives: Storytelling, Resilience and the Power of Imagination March 29th | 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm Book Signings with Pegasus Books March 29th | 6:15 pm to 7:15 pm View Speaker Page View Bio Casey Camp-Horinek Environmental Ambassador, Elder and Hereditary Drumkeeper Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma × Casey Camp-Horinek Environmental Ambassador, Elder and Hereditary Drumkeeper Ponca Tribe of Oklahoma Casey Camp-Horinek, a member of the Ponca Nation of Oklahoma, is a longtime activist, environmentalist, actress, and author. Her work has led to the Ponca Nation being the first tribe in Oklahoma to adopt a Rights of Nature statute and to pass a moratorium on fracking on its territory. Casey, who was instrumental in the drafting of the first International Indigenous Women’s Treaty protecting the Rights of Nature, works with Indigenous and other leaders and organizations globally and sits on the boards of WECAN, Movement Rights, and the Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature. Keynote Address: Casey Camp-Horinek – Walking the Red Road—It’s Elemental March 30th | 9:17 am to 9:39 am Panel Presentations: Indigenous Forum – Listening to Wisdom Keepers March 29th | 3:00 pm to 4:15 pm View Speaker Page View Bio Cindy Cohn Executive Director Electronic Frontier Foundation × Cindy Cohn Executive Director Electronic Frontier Foundation Cindy Cohn, the Executive Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation since 2015, served as EFF’s Legal Director as well as its General Counsel from 2000 to 2015. In 1993, she served as lead attorney in Bernstein v. Dept. of Justice, the successful First Amendment challenge to the U.S. export restrictions on cryptography. Among other honors, Ms. Cohn was named to The Non-Profit Times 2020 Power & Influence TOP 50 list, and in 2018, Forbes included Ms. Cohn as one of America’s Top 50 Women in Tech. In 2013, The National Law Journal named Ms. Cohn one of 100 most influential lawyers in America, noting: "If Big Brother is watching, he better look out for Cindy Cohn." Keynote Address: Cindy Cohn – The Climate Fight is Digital March 28th | 10:28 am to 10:50 am Panel Presentations: How to Fight for a Fair and Free Digital Landscape March 28th | 3:00 pm to 4:15 pm View Speaker Page View Bio Samuel Gensaw, III – Youth Keynote Founding Director Ancestral Guard × Samuel Gensaw, III – Youth Keynote Founding Director Ancestral Guard Sammy Gensaw III is a leader in environmental and cultural preservation in his Yurok community. Director of the Ancestral Guard, a nonprofit focused on teaching traditional fishing and farming methods to Indigenous youth, his approach is deeply rooted in food sovereignty, cultural preservation, community resilience, and self-sufficiency. Gensaw’s activist journey began in his early teens with the Klamath Justice Coalition, the largest dam removal and river restoration project in history, and his contributions to restoring Native American foodways are featured in the documentary film, Gather . Keynote Address: Sammy Gensaw, III – The Restorative Revolution and a River of Reciprocity March 28th | 11:25 am to 11:41 am Panel Presentations: Drawing from Indigenous Ecological Knowledge to Restore the Earth March 30th | 4:45 pm to 6:00 pm View Speaker Page View Bio Erica Gies Author & Journalist Water Always Wins: Thriving in an Age of Drought and Deluge ×...