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Great Lakes BIONEERS Conference Co-sponsored by:

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We feature a live downlink of the Bioneers Conference in
San Rafael, CA.

www.bioneers.org

“Practical solutions and innovative strategies for
restoring the Earth and communities.”

Some 2007 workshop examples
(Complete list in our Registration Brochure (PDF))

Friday: Wind Energy in Michigan, Tobcacco Control as an Environmental Issue, Wild Weeds: Medicine in your backyard

Saturday: Growing Healthy Communities Out of Corporate Dominance, Fresh Food, Good Health, Strong Communities, The Outdoor Classroom

Sunday: Incorporate Activism into Family Life, Home Canning, Living Oceans: What We Can All Do to Sustain Marine Biodiversity

Local Keynote speakers :

Friday:

Marty Heller

Re-Creating a Local Food Culture and Why We all Need to Get Involved in Reshaping the Federal Food Bill (a.k.a. Farm Bill). Heller is an organic vegetable farmer in Leelanau County. His turning point as a Bioneer came in 1998 when, after completing a PhD in Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, he traveled to India to work with activists resisting genetic engineering in agriculture....

Saturday:

Peter McCreedy

We Are Wild: Habitat Destruction and the rise of Bioneers. Doom and Gloom? No Way! Peter McCreedy has stone tools, the sound of water and other practical solutions from the Great Lakes State. Plus, he’ll give an update from the Detroit Bioneers...

Sunday:

Laurie White

Travel as a River-—The Making of Refusing to Be Enemies —the Zeitouna Story Filmmaker and Flint native, Laurie White will share her experience of producing the documentary film, Refusing to Be Enemies, which follows Zeitouna, a group of women of Palestinian and Jewish descent through a dialogue process as they struggle to understand the conflict in the Middle East and find common ground...

For Complete Biographies of our keynote speakers, as well a more in depth look at our entire conference, please download a registration brochure at the following link:

2007 Great Lakes Bioneers Conference--TC

The Great Lakes BIONEERS Conference is co-sponsored by

SEEDS & The Neahtawanta Center