Salt Lake Bioneers Chapter,
in collaboration with Citizens for Sustainability &
First Unitarian Church Environmental Ministry,
present:

The 2009 Bioneers Sustainable Solutions
Film Series and Discussions

Schedule of Events: Fridays, 7:00 pm
First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City, 569 S 1300 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84102

February 20th, Erica Fernandez

“Si se Puede” Yes We Can Social Activism

Local Discussion Leaders: Tim DeChristopher and Cléa Major, students, University of Utah.                    

Erica Fernandez a remarkable eighteen year old environmental justice activist and Brower Youth Award winner helped mobilize her diverse community in Oxnard, California to defeat the placement of a liquefied natural gas facility just offshore. Clips from the National Climate Change Teach-In Video: “Solutions, First 100 Days” will also be shown focusing on the Obama Administration’s first 100 days and the critical role of youth in standing up for their rights to a livable future.

 
April 17th, Christine Loh

The “Development” Imperative for Asians

Local Discussion Leader: TBA

Christine Loh explains how Asians look at development will have a great impact on Earth's environmental and ecological future. With the threat of climate change, the world must collaborate much more meaningfully, but will that happen fast enough? This internationally acclaimed environmental activist has worked extensively in Chinese business and government and now heads Civic Exchange, a Hong Kong think tank. She shares her astute perspectives on key levers for restorative development in Asia.

June 19th, Paul Stamets

Solutions from the Underground: Using Fungi to Help Save the World

Local Discussion Leader: TBA

Paul Stamets is one of the world's most brilliant explorers of the deep biology of mushrooms and fungi. He illuminates potentially world-changing fungus-based ecological, medicinal and nutritional technologies.

August 21st, Majora Carter

Green the Ghetto: Sustainable South Bronx

Local Discussion Leader: TBA

Majora Carter (www.ssbx.org) was born, raised, and is residing and working in the Hunts Point section of New York's Bronx. She has long fought to improve the quality of life in her environmentally challenged community. She founded Sustainable South Bronx in 2001, and has had remarkable success, creating riverfront parks, fighting to demolish underused expressways, implementing environmental stewardship training programs, and pushing for a major project, the South Bronx Greenway, securing over $20M in funding. Majora's vision, drive and tenacity earned her national recognition as a major figure in the Environmental Justice movement and a 2005 MacArthur Fellowship.

September 18th, Janine Benyus

Nature's 100 Best: Top Biomimicry Solutions to Environmental Crises

Local Discussion Leader: TBA

Janine Benyus, author of Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature, and founder of the Biomimicry Institute reminds us that our prime directive as living beings is always to seek to create conditions conducive to life. What are Nature's 100 Best (her book in progress), revolutionary solutions to the world's most vexing challenges?