Welcome and Introductions (Eccles Auditorium)
Jim Goodwin
9:10 a.m.
Dr. Nat Frazer - Dean of College of Natural Resources
9:25 a.m.
Dr. Rob Davies - Alternative Energy and Cache Valley
9:45 a.m.
USU Students - Krista Bustamante & Oscar Marquina - Multi Cultural Outdoor Adventures program
9:55 a.m.
Break
10:05 a.m.
Welcome From National Bioneers Co - Founders Kenny
Ausubel & Nina Simmons From California
10:20 a.m.
Teo Grossman - Beaming Bioneers
10:50 a.m.
National Plenary Speakers Begin From California
11:55 a.m.
Lunch & Entertainment & Exhibits
1:15 p.m.
National Plenary Speakers Continue From California
2:53 p.m.
Break
3:15 p.m.
Logan Workshops Begin
4:15 p.m.
Break
4:30 p.m.
Logan Workshops Continue
7:00 p.m.
FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE TABERNACLE
Utah Bioneers Program at the Tabernacle. Free & open to the public. LDS Students and Elders in a panel discussion "Rediscovering our Heritage: Frugality & Stewardship in the LDS Faith".
Saturday, October 18
8:15–8:45 a.m.
Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:45 a.m.
Utah Bioneers Welcome
9:00–9:45 a.m.
Jackson Olsen - USU Sustainabilty Council
Keynote Speech - Dr. Craig Denton - University of
Utah - Speaking on the Bear River
Dr. Phil Rasmussen - Utah State University
Speaking on Sustainable Agriculture and Cache
Valley
9:55 a.m.
Break
10:10 a.m.
National Bioneers Co - Founders Kenny Ausubel & Nina Simmons from California
10:28 a.m.
National Plenary Speakers from California
11:48 a.m.
Lunch & Entertainment
1:00 p.m.
National Plenary Speakers Continue from California
3:00 p.m.
Break
3:15 p.m.
Logan Workshops Begin
4:15 p.m.
Break
4:30 p.m.
Logan Workshops Continue
Sunday, October 19
8:30–9:10 a.m.
Celebration of Earth at Sunrise (Outdoors weather
permiting, Amphitheatre at Southwest corner of
Old Main Hill - Jack Greene & Cindy Roberts)
9:15 a.m.
Continental Breakfast & Entertainment
10:00 a.m.
Utah Bioneers Welcome (Eccles Auditorium)
10:10 a.m.
Opening Ceremonies from California. National
Plenary Speakers Begin
11:45 a.m.
Lunch & Entertainment
12:45 p.m.
National Plenary Speakers Continue from California
2:00 p.m.
Utah Bioneers Conference Closing Remarks
Conference Co - Chairs Jim Goodwin & Jack Greene
Dr. Nat Frazer - USU Dean of College of Natural Resources
Dr. Rob Davies - Cache Valley Alternative Energy
USU Students - Krista Bustamante & Oscar Marquina - Multi Cultural Outdoor Adventures Program
10:05 a.m.
National Plenaries Begin from California
Solutions from the Underground: Using Fungi to Help Save the World PAUL STAMETS
One of the most brilliant explorers of the deep biology of mushrooms and fungi illuminates some potentially world-changing fungus-based ecological, medicinal and nutritional technologies.
Si, Se Puede! (Yes, We Can!) ERICA FERNANDEZ
This 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.
Sustainability in Action RAY ANDERSON
The nation’s most inspiring green business visionary leader and Interface, Inc., his $1 billion global carpet-manufacturing company, are nearly half way to a zero environmental footprint by 2020. He shows how sustainability and ethics are far better paths to business performance and profit.
Shakti, Shanti, Sangam: Power, Peace and the Politics of Change KAVITA RAMDAS
The president and CEO of the Global Fund for Women, among the most effective international leaders empowering women globally, explains how listening to and learning from women community leaders is the key to building sustainable and effective movements for social justice, equality and peace.
Saving Our Water Planet ALEXANDRA COUSTEAU
As a member of the legendary Cousteau family, Alexandra grew up traveling the globe and learning firsthand the value of conserving the natural world. An Emerging Explorer with National Geographic, Alexandra will discuss what we must do to preserve the integrity of our planet’s waters, share stories from her most recent adventures around the world, as well as talk about her latest initiative which seeks to inspire and empower individuals to protect not only the oceans and its inhabitants, but also the human communities that rely on the purity of our freshwater resources.
1st Group of Local Afternoon Sessions
You Are What You Eat- Healthy Food Choices (Room 201) CAROLINE SHUGART USU Wellness Center
Caroline Shugart has seen firsthand the results of ignoring or delaying wellness concerns in personal lives. The current obesity crisis with America’s children, the lack of physical activity in the lives of many, and the negative impacts of personal decisions that also affect our environment are serious concerns.
Can Cache Valley Feed Itself (and what would that diet look like)? (Room 203)
CSA (Brian Palmer)
Community Garden at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, (Carlos
Learn how you can become involved in finding our food future, from participating in a community garden to joining a Community Supported Agriculture program. And hone your gardening skills with the Master Gardner’s program, or patronize local growers at the Gardner’s market
The Role of Energy in Community Planning (Room 307)
The amount of energy a community consumes is intimately tied to it’s underlying design. Where people live relative to their work, how businesses and neighborhoods are located and transportation strategies are but a few important aspects. How can Cache Valley’s communities use this knowledge to advantage moving forward?
Emily Malik -- Logan Conservation Coordinator Gary Anderson -- Chair, Cache Valley Regional Council Todd Beutler -- General Manager, CVTD Jeff Gilbert -- CMPO Transportation Planner Ellie Leydsman Mcginty -- Member, Cache 2030
The Triple Bottom Line- Businesses Greening our Valley (Room 305)
These businesses are making a special effort to include social and environmental impacts in their business decisions. In addition, you will become aware of the tremendous potential the business trend (“going green” and “green products”) offers to the entrepreneur.
Randy Wirth (Cafe Ibis)
Pete and Jennifer from (Rockhill Dairy Cheese)
Jeff Keller (Sunrise Cyclery)
Richard Wagstaff
2nd Group of Local Afternoons Sessions
LDS & Food Security (Room 307) CHERYL MOORE
The LDS church has a long history and tradition on producing, processing,
storing, and distributing food to it’s members and others in need, including
those in distant lands. Here is their story told by one of their own.
Cache Valley’s First Organic Farm!
It isn’t easy being green! Hear the story from those who have arrived- our Valley’s first certified organic garden and a new Utah State U. initiative! (Room 203) Bill Masslich (local producers) Dan Droost and Jennifer Reeve (USU faculty)Sustainable Design and Material Alternatives (Room 305) Tammy Zeitlin and Michael Dietz
Materials used in commercial and residential interiors have a substantial impact on our resources. Many finishes and materials can be hazardous to our health and well-being. Alternative material choices that foster a respect for the land not only exist, but are numerous and aesthetically pleasing. Renewable, sustainably harvested materials are essential to the future of our built environment. This workshop will be a demonstration of a variety of alternative products that can be used in residential and commercial settings. The format will be informal, and hands-on.
Engaging Citizens in Policy Decisions- City & County Council members (Room 201)
Explore why it is imperative that we citizens become involved in the political process in order to nurture a democracy and healthy, sustainable community on the local level and what opportunities are being offered- Decisions are made by those who show up... Craig Petersen -- Member, Cache County Council
Gary Anderson -- Chair, Cache Valley Regional Council
7:00 p.m.–8:30 p.m.
Friday Evening Event at Tabernacle
"Rediscovering Our Heritage: Frugality and Stewardship in the LDS Faith" will feature a panel of LDS youth and church leaders discussing how members are engaged in working toward a sustainable future for our Valley and beyond. Topics discussed will include energy, food, and climate change. All faiths are cordially invited to attend. The audience will have opportunity for comment and questions.
Lynn Brenchley, Area Seventy, former Mission President in Australia, retired ICON executive.
Ronda Callister: Organizational Behavior Professor in the Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University. Relief Society President in the Dry Canyon Ward
Joseph Jackson, Region Welfare Specialist, retired international banker and former bishop.
Paul Hansen has worked in the Logan Bishops Storehouse since 1971.
Saturday, October 18
8:15 a.m.–8:45 a.m.
Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:45 a.m.
Utah Bioneers Program Begins
Jackson Olsen - USU Sustainability Council
Dr. Craig Denton - University of Utah - Keynote speech: Bear River
Dr. Phil Rasmussen - Sustainable Agriculture & Cache Valley
10:10 a.m.
National Plenaries Begin from California
Nature’s 100 Best: Top Biomimicry Solutions to Environmental Crises JANINE BENYUS
The brilliant naturalist, 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?
Sustainable Solutions Over Centuries:
A New Business Model DUNE LANKARD
This Eyak Athabaskan native from the Copper River Delta region of Alaska and lifelong commercial fisherman became a community activist and preservationist when the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill desecrated his homelands and waters. He describes the preservation of ecosystems and people as the way to maintain healthy thriving economies for businesses and communities into the future.
Some Like It Hot, But Lots Don’t: The Changing Climate of US Politics DAVID ORR
One of the nation’s most important architects of environmental literacy in higher education and a leading light of the sustainability movement, this visionary educator will outline a national climate-change policy for the incoming
administration developed by the Presidential Climate Action Project (PCAP).
BILL MCKIBBEN
A Special Public Service Announcement on the “350.org” climate initiative. Mother Nature approved this message.
Twelve Degrees of Freedom: Lessons Learned from Thirty-five Years of Environmental Activism j GREG WATSON
His exemplary contributions have ranged from launching community gardens and farmers’ markets to serving as Massachusetts’ Commissioner of Agriculture, teaching environmental science, working with low-income communities, developing sustainable technologies and helping create the nation’s first offshore wind farm. Now senior advisor for Clean Energy Technology within the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, he describes how to foster unprecedented collaborations in support of comprehensive design solutions.
The Environmental Life of Children—from Placenta to Puberty SANDRA STEINGRABER
Dubbed “the new Rachel Carson,” this ecologist, biologist, cancer survivor, mom, internationally recognized expert on
environmental links to cancer and reproductive health and author of the award-winning books: Living Downstream: An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment and Having Faith: An Ecologist’s Journey to Motherhood, explains why pediatric environmental health activism is the civil rights movement of our era.
1st Group of Local Afternoon Sessions
The Photographic Book: Integrating the Visual and Verbal (Room 307) Craig Denton, our keynote speaker
In this workshop Prof. Craig Denton talks about how he conceptualized his book "Bear River: Last Chance to Change Course" and carried it to completion. He'll talk about issues of authorial voice and how to select the right voice for various forms of pubic presentation. He'll delve
into the mechanics of publishing and relationships with editors. Primary focus will be placed on how to integrate two different modes of communication, the visual and verbal, so that the additive effect of the partnership is greater than the sum of the parts.
Preserving the Harvest & Fresh Year Around Produce in Your Garden! (Room 305) Tom Profit & Carolyn Washburn
Fresh produce from your garden through the winter? It can be done! But if you don’t have this opportunity, preserve summer’s freshness with good processing techniques.
Cache Valley’s Clean Energy Options (Room 201) Orrin Farnsworth -- Owner, AEE Solar and Presid, Utah Solar Energy Assoc. Jeff White -- Director of Logan Light & Power David Olive -- manager for Shoshonee Energy Elise Brown -- Utah Geological Survey Energy Program
What are the most promising prospects for moving our valley away from fossils and toward a diverse, stable and affordable portfolio of renewables?
2nd group of local afternoon sessions
Does the Logan River Deserve Wild & Scenic Status?
Get an update from Mark Danhauer of the Utah Rivers Council on the process and progress regarding a portion of the Logan River being considered for Wild and Scenic status by the U.S. Forest Service and how you can become involved. Mark Danhauer
Students Engaging Students for Sustainability! (Room 307)
Our youth are making remarkable contributions to our Valley’s future in many ways by focusing on a healthy environment and social justice. Come and listen to their inspiring words and deeds and learn how we elders must join them!
USU Student Sustainability Council (Jairo A Hernandez Velasquez)
Our Students Lead the Way to Clean Air- (High school students taking action, sponsored by Bear River Health/ Cache County Air Quality Task Force
Multicultural Adventure Outdoors Krista Bustamante and Oscar Marquina
Renewable Energy at Home (Room 201)
Learn from those who are living and working with clean, renewable energy systems in their homes and businesses. The latest on technology and costs will be presented by this panel Charles Ashurst -- local engineer and home solar producer Richard Anderson -- local engineer and home geothermal producer Orrin Farnsworth -- owner , AEE Solar for home and business Chris Atkins -- Efficiency consultant
Can Algae Help Save Us? Algae & Energy (Room 303) Sridhar Viamajala is a key researcher in the USU Biofuels team starting his
Sunday, October 19
8:30 a.m.–9:15 a.m.
Sunrise Service (Outdoors, Weather permiting)Auditorium on Old Main Hill
9:15 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Continental Breakfast
10:00 a.m
Logan Welcome
10:10 a.m.
Plenary Speakers Begin from California
Fighting for Justice for Farmworkers LUCAS BENITEZ
This champion of labor rights who left Mexico at age 14 to work in the fields in the US has led campaigns for living wages and ending farm worker slave camps. By organizing boycotts and hunger strikes, he and the Coalition of Immokalee Workers have forced the world’s largest and richest fast-food chains to the negotiating table.
The "Development" Imperative for Asians CHRISTINE LOH
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.
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism NAOMI KLEIN
One of the most important political and economic thinkers of our time, this Canadian journalist and author (The Shock Doctrine and No Logo) penetrates the veils of corporate globalization to expose transnational capital’s most ruthless strategies yet to exploit catastrophe from Baghdad to New Orleans. She portrays her vision of how people’s movements can counter the disaster of disaster capitalism.
Google Earth: Visualizing Change, Mapping the Future REBECCA MOORE
Google Earth’s mapping and visualization technologies are powerful tools for public-interest purposes, from environmental justice to climate change, biocultural preservation, land conservation and creating a sustainable society. This software engineer turned public-interest advocate founded Google Earth Outreach, and her efforts are dramatically leveraging the crucial work of NGOs, communities and indigenous peoples worldwide.
Collaborating on a Grand Scale: Think Systemically and Act Collaboratively RICK REED
As visionary co-founder of RE-AMP, he and the Garfield Foundation orchestrated a groundbreaking collaboration among 70 NGOs and 10 foundations to transform the Midwest from a leader in emissions to a leader in clean energy. In 2007, all seven of the region’s Governors signed an accord committing their states to slashing their global warming pollution by 80% over the next 40 years.
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