Wings for Wisdom
Setting Free the Wisdom Confined in Copyrighted Works
In the great race between education and catastrophe, this would accelerate the education of concerned citizens in creating a just and sustainable world. Precedents exist for others to follow.
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Created: Oct 21, 2007
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What is Bioneers?
The Collective Heritage Institute, aka Bioneers, was founded in 1990, when Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons assembled Bioneers for the first annual Bioneers conference, a gathering of scientific and social innovators who have demonstrated visionary and practical models for restoring the Earth and communities.
Bioneers was conceived to conduct programs
in the conservation of biological and cultural diversity, traditional
farming practices, and environmental restoration. Our vision of
environment encompasses the natural landscape, cultivated landscape,
biodiversity, cultural diversity, watersheds, community economics, and
spirituality. Bioneers seeks to unite nature, culture and spirit in an
Earth-honoring vision, and create economic models founded in social
justice.
Restoration addresses the premise that "sustainability" is
problematic in the context of an environment that is already depleted.
As Paul Hawken has noted, sustainability is simply the midpoint between
destruction and restoration. The goal of Bioneers is restoration,
addressing the interdependent array of economics, jobs, ecologies,
cultures, and communities.
Bioneers are biological pioneers who are working with nature to heal
nature and ourselves. They have peered deep into the heart of living
systems to devise strategies for restoration based on nature's own
operating instructions. They come from many cultures and perspectives,
and all walks of life.
Bioneers are scientists and artists, gardeners and economists, activists and public servants, architects and ecologists, farmers and journalists, priests and shamans, policymakers and citizens. They are everyday people committed to preserving and supporting the future of life on Earth. They herald a dawning Age of Restoration founded in natural principles of kinship, interdependence, cooperation, reciprocity, and community.
Uniting nature, culture, and spirit, Bioneers embody a change of heart - a spiritual connection with the living world that is grounded in social justice. Their pragmatic strategies effectively address many of our most pressing ecological and societal challenges.
Above all, Bioneers represent a culture of solutions. Their stories demonstrate that just as people have created the environmental and social problem we face, people can solve them - through a reciprocal partnership with nature. Over and over, they show how great a difference the actions of one individual can make.
Our Mission
Founded in 1990, Bioneers is a nonprofit organization that promotes practical environmental solutions and innovative social strategies for restoring the Earth and communities.
"It's All Alive, It's All Intelligent, It's All Connected."
Bioneers offers pragmatic solutions that honor the living web of the natural world as the most fertile source of inspiration and models. It's all alive.
One of the beauties of biology is that its facts can become our
metaphors, and these underlying codes serve as inspiring parables for
how we can organize a more just, humane and authentically sustainable
society. It's all intelligent.
Interdependence also teaches us that there are no single issues because it's one whole that can be addressed only by bringing together all the parts. Bioneers gathers people at the crossroads of ecological restoration, human health and social justice. It's all connected.
The bioneers span all fields, cultures, ages and walks of life. The work ranges from science to spirit - local to global - academia to the grass roots - farm to city - business to public service - art to engineering. We celebrate the gift of life in all its diversity and mystery, conjuring a change of heart to renew our empathic connection with the web of life and the Earth, our home. It's all relatives.
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Flag comment for removal Berny 6 months ago
Oh I like it , like it!! It's a bad time people get together to make a better world.
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Thank you all for leading the way. Use Natural Capital to make natural capital. Wholearth system is whole systems design. Housing, water, food, energy and occipation are the common wealth of us all. Use whole systems design to build more common wealth.
My company is looking for help to lauch a new housing product line.
All are invited to comment and help. |
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Allow me to extend a couple of thanks for the effort you are putting in to recorganise the presence of our environment and restoring it forever.l my self am to much impressed with your work.l wish you include us also in your environment confrences such that we can also go further in environmental issues Otherwise Bravo Bravo.Turyatunga Bob maahe |
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Allow me to extend a couple of thanks for the effort you are putting in to recorganise the presence of our environment and restoring it forever.l my self am to much ipressed with your work.l wish you include us also in your environment confrences such that we can also go further in environmental issues Otherwise Bravo Bravo.Turyatunga Bob maahe |
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Obama needs to read the posts and ideas of the Bioneers. They know what "change" means, and what change is needed. |
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An empowering conference that changes one life, highly recommended
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The many webcasts from Bioneers conferences was really insightful and eye-openers. Helped me see the world differently in a more positive and optimistic way. It's all alive, it's all intelligent and it's all relatives. So beautiful.
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