Greening America

Jerome Ringo, President of the Apollo Alliance, gave the following speech at the 2009 National Bioneers Conference:

Look out for the coming post about how industries and governments can work together to make the new green economy a reality.

Living Buildings

Watch this lecture by Jason McLennon, CEO of Cascadia Region Green Building Council, about how his organization is constructing more efficient environment- and human-friendly buildings. 

His use of biomimicry (mimicking nature’s engineering genius) can be applied to any sector or industry – not just buildings.

Watch Part 2 and Part 3 of this lecture.

The Story of Stuff’s Annie Leonard

This is the plenary address of Annie Leonard, creator of “The Story of Stuff”, at the 2009 National Bioneers Conference.

Will we change by design or default?

Bioneers Conference 2009

Bioneers is a 20-year-old nonprofit headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico that prides itself on popularizing sustainable solutions for both people and planet.  Every year, Bioneers holds a national conference and cities all around the nation host 3 days of workshops, plenary speakers (both on-screen national speakers and local) and tours.

Bioneers Cleveland is hosting the 2009 Conference next weekend on November 5-7.  Visit their website to find out about the speakers, workshops, tours and other events available at this ‘beaming site’ of the conference.

Below is the 2009 National Bioneers Conference plenary address of Michael Pollan, author of Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food.