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9:00am PDT

Reclaiming Indigenous Worldviews: Implementing the Rights of Nature in the Bay Area and Beyond McNears Beach ParkDean Hoaglin • Sage LaPena • Thomas Linzey • Mari Margil • Vincent Medina • Maui Solomon • Edward Willie

8:58am PDT

Drumming by Deb Lane and Afia Walking Tree Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Deb Lane • Afia Walking Tree

9:10am PDT

Opening Talks by Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Kenny Ausubel • Nina Simons

9:18am PDT

Opening Ceremony by Dean Hoaglin Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Dean Hoaglin

9:25am PDT

Opening Remarks by Joshua Fouts Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Joshua Fouts

9:41am PDT

Lessons from the Forest: How Trees Communicate and Help Each Other Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Brock Dolman • Suzanne Simard

10:06am PDT

Traction: The Clean Energy Revolution Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Kenny Ausubel • Thomas Van Dyck

10:51am PDT

Performance by Dallas Goldtooth Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Dallas Goldtooth

11:01am PDT

Radical Inclusion: Cities, Technology and the Power of Inclusive Thinking Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Victor Pineda • James Thurston

11:22am PDT

We the People: Workers Rising for Fair Wages Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Saru Jayaraman • Nina Simons

11:46am PDT

Youth Leadership Keynote Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)DJ Cavem

11:52am PDT

We Are Not Alone: What Animals Think and Feel Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Joshua Fouts • Carl Safina

2:45pm PDT

Natural Building & Ecological Design Principles-Build a Teeny Tiny House! Hands On Workshop SpaceBrennan Bird Digital Inclusivity and Urban Resilience in the Global South Sausalito RoomVictor Pineda • Alex Ghenis • Jake Johnson • Anirudh Koul • James Thurston Mobilizing Design, Technology & Science Communities Manzanita RoomEmily Jacobi • Deborah Moore • Raphael Sperry Earth Connection Herb Walk with Kami McBride Meet at Bioneers Info Booth near the Central LawnKami McBride International Agro-Ecology: Restoring Ecosystems and Local Economies Larkspur RoomMiguel Altieri • Arty Mangan • Florence Reed Soil for Life | Youth leadership Youth Unity CenterAaron Ableman • Aidan Ferris • Michael White • Robin White Rights of Nature: Codifying Indigenous Worldviews into Law to Protect Biodiversity | Indigenous Forum Indigenous ForumKandi Mossett • Kealoha • Tom Goldtooth • Leila Salazar-Lopez • Tony Skrelunas • Maui Solomon Radical Organizing: Successful Strategies to Transform Institutions and Systems Showcase TheaterSaru Jayaraman • Sonali Sangeeta Balajee • Jeremy Haile • Taj James Restorative Justice in Action: Toward a Restorative Society Santa Rosa RoomJulia Arroyo • Rose Elizondo • Jerry Elster • Garry Malachi Scott Working With Difference: Practices for Cultivating Change Women's Leadership TentMohamad Chakaki • Samara Gaev • Ginny McGinn Language But No Words | Council Council CircleKate Lipkis • Irasha Pearl Talifero What Humans Need to Learn from the Natural World Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Carl Safina • Suzanne Simard • Brock Dolman Community of Mentors Community of MentorsDave Hage • Lauren Dalberth Hage • Kupuna M. Kalani Souza

4:30pm PDT

A Grassroots Bioblitz with the California Academy of Science Youth Unity Center Relief, Recovery and Rebuilding in the North Bay & North Coast The Dome at The Bioneers ConferenceErin Axelrod • Brock Dolman • Trathen Heckman We Are Wiser Together: Igniting Possibilities through Intergenerational Partnerships | World Café World CaféAmy Lenzo • David Shaw Culinary Wellness Concert | Youth Leadership Exhibit HallDJ Cavem • Alkemia Earth Street Farms: Growing Food and Jobs in the City Larkspur RoomMichael Ableman Women Moving Money: The Leading Role of Women in Socially Responsible Money Management Showcase TheaterCatherine Chen • Ellen Dorsey • Nancy Pfund Diversifying the Digital World Manzanita RoomEric Enrique Borja • Mariana Ruiz Firmat • Mohammad Khan • Irna Landrum Making the Invisible Visible: Race, Environment and Embodied Knowing Women's Leadership TentJeanine Canty • Ramon Parish Fighting Racism in School | Indigenous Forum Indigenous ForumDallas Goldtooth • Naelyn Pike • Dahkota Brown • Chiitaanibah Johnson • Jayden Lim Storytelling: Instructions for Now from Our Ancestors Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Sunny Dooley • Rabbi Tirzah Firestone Rising Up: Latinos Building Political Power In the Post-Trump Era Sausalito RoomGeorge Galvis • Jacqueline Martinez Garcel • Maricela Gutiérrez • Guillermo Mayer • Ben Monterroso Looking Backward, Living Forward | Council Council CircleKate Lipkis • Irasha Pearl Talifero

6:15pm PDT

Mni Wiconi Health Clinic and Farm Private Dining Room, Embassy SuitesLinda Black Elk • Rupa Marya

7:00pm PDT

Call of the Forest-The Forgotten Wisdom Of Trees | Film Showcase TheaterMerit Jensen Carr

8:45pm PDT

Evolution of Organic | Film Showcase TheaterMark Kitchell

9:10pm PDT

CAROLINE CASEY Performance | Bodhisattva Coyote's Alchemical Aikido Guide to Our Dangerous Beautiful Assignment Exhibit HallCaroline Casey

8:43am PDT

Drumming by Deb Lane and Afia Walking Tree Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Deb Lane • Afia Walking Tree

9:00am PDT

Welcome by Kenny Ausubel, Nina Simons and Joshua Fouts Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Kenny Ausubel • Joshua Fouts • Nina Simons

9:06am PDT

A short film by Louie Schwartzberg Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Louie Schwartzberg

9:16am PDT

Opening Remarks by Kenny Ausubel Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Kenny Ausubel

9:31am PDT

Democracy Now!: Covering the Movements Changing America Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Kenny Ausubel • Amy Goodman

9:57am PDT

A New "We The People" For a Sustainable Future Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Heather McGhee • Nina Simons

10:27am PDT

SECOND ANNUAL BIOMIMICRY GLOBAL DESIGN CHALLENGE "RAY OF HOPE" PRIZE Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)

11:08am PDT

A performance by Oakland’s own incomparably dynamic and uplifting Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Destiny Arts

11:34am PDT

The Fight for a Free, Fair and Open Internet Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Cory Doctorow • Joshua Fouts

11:59am PDT

Youth Leadership Keynote Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Naelyn Pike • Alexis Bunten

12:15pm PDT

Beyond the Anthropo-Scene Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Jeremy Narby • J.P. Harpignies

1:15pm PDT

Lunchtime Networking Exhibit Hall SolutionCraft Educational Booth SolutionCraft booth near Hands-On Workshop SpaceBrennan Bird Indigenous Forum. Film Screening: “Life In The City of Dirty Water” Indigenous ForumClayton Thomas-Muller

2:45pm PDT

All About Chocolate Hands On Workshop SpaceJonas Ketterle Community of Mentors Community of MentorsMichael Ableman • Dave Hage • Lauren Dalberth Hage Mobile Digital Privacy and Security for Activists (and Everyone) Exhibit Hallleez The Clean Money Revolution Sausalito RoomKevin Bayuk • Katherine Collins • Vince Siciliano • Joel Solomon How Young Entrepreneurs Can Help Lead Social Change | Youth Leadership Youth Unity CenteraManda Greene • Stephanie Maldonado • Trang Tran What Value Emotions? Toward Human, Social & Political Healing Larkspur RoomArlie Russell Hochschild • Karla McLaren • Ayana Young Walking Transformation: The World We Want, and How to Walk There Meet at Bioneers Info Booth near the Central LawnRussell Munsell • Suki Munsell Environmental Literacy for All Santa Rosa RoomCarl Anthony • Juanita Chan • Jose Flores • M. Paloma Pavel • Raquel Pinderhughes • Craig Strang Restoration Agriculture with Permaculture and Biomimicry Manzanita RoomMark Shepard Genocide and Survivance: Calling for Truth and Recognition in California | Indigenous Forum Indigenous ForumLoren Bommelyn • Corrina Gould • Valentin Lopez • Marshall McKay • Vincent Medina Justice is What Love Looks Like in Public | Council Council CircleKate Lipkis • Irasha Pearl Talifero Living Room Conversations: Using Open-Minded Dialogue to Transform Our World Tiburon RoomJoan Blades Ayahuasca in the 21st Century Showcase TheaterJeremy Narby • J.P. Harpignies • Rachel Harris • Eda Elsa Zavala Lopez • Sitaramaya Sita Leading with Nature’s Guidance: Finding Insight and Clarity in Nature Women's Leadership TentPolly Howells • Trebbe Johnson A Truly Inclusive, Women-Led Movement: What’s Needed Next? Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Anneke Campbell • Kate Kendell • Alnoor Ladha • Betsy McKinney • Lateefah Simon

4:30pm PDT

Democracy, Free Speech and Media | World Café World CaféAmy Lenzo • Denis Moynihan • David Shaw Relief, Recovery and Rebuilding in the North Bay & North Coast The Dome at The Bioneers ConferenceErin Axelrod • Brock Dolman • Trathen Heckman Narrative Healing: Restoring the World Through Storytelling | Indigenous Forum Indigenous ForumCalvin Hedrick • Dean Hoaglin • L Frank Manriquez • Cara Romero Art, Politics, Spirit: Braided Activism for Culture Shift Santa Rosa RoomLulani Arquette • Arlene Goldbard • Rosa González • Cynthia Tom The Peace of Wild Things | Council Council CircleKate Lipkis • Irasha Pearl Talifero Poetry Slam—Words Matter | Youth Leadership Youth Unity Center The New Laboratories of Democracy - Building a Progressive Agenda beyond the Trump Era Showcase TheaterTed Howard • Repa Mekha • Patricia Farrar Rivas Breakthroughs in Global Regenerative Design: Implementing Solutions for the Earth and People Larkspur RoomErin English • Joel Glanzberg Embodied Restoration: Rebalancing the Sacred Masculine and Feminine Women's Leadership TentClare Dubois From Plunder to Restoration: Re-Designing the Human-Ocean Relationship Manzanita RoomTeo Grossman • Marah Hardt • Bren Smith Finding The Lost City of the Monkey God Sausalito RoomBill Benenson • Steve Elkins • Douglas Preston Fighting for the Pillars of Democracy: Independent Media and an Open Internet Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Cory Doctorow • Joshua Fouts • Amy Goodman • Danny O'Brien

6:15pm PDT

Drum and Dance Activation! Central LawnSpirit Drumz Ensemble • Afia Walking Tree

6:30pm PDT

Seed Exchange Exhibit Hall

7:00pm PDT

Curse of the Monkey God | Film Showcase TheaterBill Benenson

7:30pm PDT

Bioneers Awards Dinner Ballroom, Embassy SuitesSarah Crowell • Amy Goodman • Kandi Mossett • Denis Moynihan • Jeremy Narby • Victor Pineda • john a. powell • James Thurston • Kenny Ausubel • Joshua Fouts • Nina Simons

8:45pm PDT

Searching for Gold Spot -The Wild After Wildfire | Film Showcase TheaterMaya Khosla

9:30pm PDT

F R E E (a film about the Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company) Showcase TheaterDavid Collier • Sarah Crowell • Suzanne LaFetra • Sara Needham Dance Party Exhibit HallEve Bradford • Isis Indriya

9:00am PDT

Drumming by Deb Lane and Afia Walking Tree Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Deb Lane • Afia Walking Tree

9:15am PDT

Welcome by Kenny Ausubel, Nina Simons and Joshua Fouts Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Kenny Ausubel • Joshua Fouts • Nina Simons

9:21am PDT

Opening Remarks by Nina Simons Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Nina Simons

9:35am PDT

Indigeneity Rights of Nature Update with Cara Romero, Bioneers Indigeneity Program Director Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Cara Romero

9:47am PDT

Cultural Resilience to Strengthen Our Communities and Defend the Earth Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Kandi Mossett • Cara Romero

10:12am PDT

Truth to Power: Taking on Coal & Nuclear Domination Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Kenny Ausubel • Mariel Nanasi

11:08am PDT

Performance by Earth Guardians Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Xiuhtezcatl Martinez • Earth Guardians • Isa Roske

11:29am PDT

Co-Creating Alternative Spaces to Heal Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)john a. powell • Nina Simons

11:54am PDT

Carbon Farming Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Guido Frosini • Calla Rose Ostrander • John Wick

12:18pm PDT

Place of Power: Ecosystem-Based Management & Reconciliation in Canada's Great Bear Rainforest Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Jody Holmes • J.P. Harpignies

12:48pm PDT

Closing Performance by Oakland’s own Thrive Choir Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)The Thrive Choir

1:15pm PDT

SolutionCraft Educational Booth SolutionCraft booth near Hands-On Workshop SpaceBrennan Bird Cultivating Women's Leadership (CWL) Gathering Women's Leadership TentNina Simons

2:45pm PDT

Community of Mentors Community of MentorsNina Simons • Dave Hage • Lauren Dalberth Hage Permaculture Meetup: Cross Pollination, Collaboration and Integration | World Café World CaféStarhawk • Joel Glanzberg • Amy Lenzo • David Shaw • Pandora Thomas Changing the Landscape of Power: Clean Energy and Democracy Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium (VMA)Thomas Van Dyck • Mariel Nanasi • Sarah Shanley Hope • Marco Krapels Building Large-Scale Land Conservation and Sustainable Development Coalitions Showcase TheaterJody Holmes • Deon Ben • Henry Izumizaki • Jason Mark Revolutionizing Education: How to Cultivate Social and Emotional Intelligence, Mindfulness, and Cultural Responsiveness in Schools Santa Rosa RoomKate Lipkis • Scott VanLoo • Laura Weaver Cities, States, Regions and Civil Society Leading on Climate Change Sausalito RoomAmanda Brown-Stevens • Teo Grossman • Alexa Kleysteuber • Andy Lipkis Pacific Connections: Indigenous Approaches to Climate Change from Qik'rtaq (Kodiak) to Hawaiʻi, and Aoteoroa (New Zealand) | Indigenous Forum Indigenous ForumAlexis Bunten • Sven Haakanson, Jr. • Maui Solomon • Kupuna M. Kalani Souza It Takes Roots to Build Resistance: Effective Movement Building in Action Larkspur RoomKandi Mossett • Angela Adrar • Dawn Phillips • Cindy Wiesner Reclaiming Belonging: Is Resistance Enough? Manzanita RoomHeather McGhee • john a. powell • Connie Heller • Jonathan Smucker Living in a New Way | Council Council CircleIrasha Pearl Talifero Cultivating Women's Leadership (CWL) Gathering on Sunday Women's Leadership TentNina Simons Open Mic | Youth Leadership Youth Unity Center

4:30pm PDT

Relief, Recovery and Rebuilding in the North Bay & North Coast The Dome at The Bioneers ConferenceErin Axelrod • Brock Dolman • Trathen Heckman Women and Regenerative Design in Challenging Times Women's Leadership TentStarhawk • Marisha Auerbach • Maya Blow • Delia Carroll • Jasmine Fuego • Wanda Stewart • Karen Taylor • Pandora Thomas Health, Justice, Community, Environment Sausalito RoomTed Howard • Rupa Marya • Deborah Payne • Barbara Sattler White Women Wake Up: Confronting Inner and Outer Racism and Patriarchy Larkspur RoomMia Birdsong • Allison Cook • Natalie Foster • Courtney Martin Leading from the Emerging Future: Uniting Systems Science, Ancient Wisdom, and Presence Indigenous ForumRene Henery • Prajna Horn • Shilpa Jain • Joanna Macy Closure and Reflection | Youth Leadership Youth Unity CenterErnesto Reyes

5:00pm PDT

SPECIAL INDIGENEITY PERFORMANCE: The Story of Everything by Kealoha Showcase TheaterKealoha

10:00am PDT

Carbon Farming Breakthroughs - Building Soil to Radically Mitigate Climate Disruption Stemple Creek RanchCalla Rose Ostrander • John Wick • Puja Batra • Elly Brown • Rebecca Burgess • Janaki Jagannath • Paul Muller • Loren Poncia • Mark Shepard • Whendee Silver