The Findhorn Foundation and Findhorn College are delighted to be hosting the dynamic Bioneers movement from North America in their first major European conference. The Bioneers movement unites all those committed to finding practical solutions that can be employed now, empowering us to live on the Earth in ways that honour the web of life.
We invite you to join us and be refreshed by the 'good news' stories of cutting edge developments in social and environmental sustainability. Meet pioneering world leaders in their fields and explore with them innovative and holistic approaches that support the wellbeing of all life.
Together we will:
Explore the forefront of progressive change
Engage with leading edge people and ideas
Discover powerful opportunities and strategies for life-affirming transformation
Celebrate the wonder and genius of nature and human creativity
Network, learn and share in community
Bioneers at Findhorn will provide a balance of inspirational presentations with times of deepening, practice, dialogue, integration and unique networking opportunities. It will feature plenary speakers and community building activities in the morning, and a wide variety of more in-depth, practical workshops in the afternoon. In the evenings we will come together for cultural activities of music and dance.
Join us at Europe's first Bioneers conference. Bring your own stories. Share your wisdom and experience. Connect with others, so that we can build a strong Bioneers network in Europe.
It’s all alive. It’s all connected. It’s all intelligent…
Prices:
£350 for attending the conference only £410 for the conference and lunch and dinner on all 4 days £510 for the conference, accommodation, and all meals
An Extra Day – Wednesday 3 November – MOVING PICTURES
We are extending the Bioneers Gathering at Findhorn for an additional day!
As a Beaming Bioneer we will have access to all the speakers' talks from the 2010 Bioneers conference in California, but will only be able to view a few of these talks as the Bioneers Gathering at Findhorn will focus on engaging personally with you, our speakers, the workshops, in Council and in dialogue.
To take full advantage of this rich treasure of the Bioneers 2010 presenting their work, we offer their talks and other complementary 'moving pictures' on the Wednesday. We anticipate some participants may also have videos or films to offer. Stay on if you are able. We ask that you contribute:
£40 – the films, accommodation and all meals
£10 – attending the films only
If you would like to book this additional day, please contact bookings.
You will receive a discount of £75 if you book this Bioneers Conference as a follow-on from the Gaia Education Design for Sustainability 4-week programme. If you are interested, please contact bookings.
Group discount for students and non-profit community and environmental NGO coworkers:
We are offering five places for the conference fee of four (20% discount). If you are interested, please contact bookings.
Please Note:
We are happy to announce that the Bioneers Conference has been approved on the Grundtvig - Comenius European Training Database; applicants from participating EU nations may therefore request funding through the Grundtvig Programme, a sub-programme of the European Commission's Lifelong Learning Programme. If you are an adult educator and would like further information please email Findhorn College with Bioneers Conf/Grundtvig Funding in the subject line.
It’s all alive. It’s all connected. It’s all intelligent…
What is the Bioneers movement?
Founder Kenny Ausubel coined the term bioneers in 1990 to describe an emerging
culture of social and scientific innovators who are mimicking nature's operating
instructions to serve human ends while healing nature.
For more than twenty years Bioneers have promoted practical environmental solutions and innovative social strategies for restoring Earth's imperiled ecosystems and healing our human communities.
Bioneers is:
A Leading Source of Innovative Solutions to inform and inspire positive solutions at the local level
An Annual Conference to bring together like-minded people and strengthen
collaboration between them
A Systemic Framework aiming to create win-win-win solutions through a holistic, systemic and multidisciplinary approach
A Network of Networks fostering new networks and communities, stimulating connection, cross-pollination and collaboration
A Catalyst for Restoration in line with the 'Century of Earth Restoration' declared at a Findhorn conference in 2002
An Oasis of Hope inviting you all to celebrate the dazzling genius of people and nature ready to heal Nature by healing humanity
The Bioneers movement brings together a diversity of people working in sustainability, biomimcry, natural design, social justice, earth jurisprudence, transition towns, resilience building, bioregional development, organic farming, complementary medicine, eco-entrepreneurship, green transport solutions, renewable energy, youth work, permaculture, environmental restoration, and many other fields.
They are innovators and activists who have found and carried out solutions that will contribute to the transition towards a more sustainable, resilient, equitable and compassionate society - a society which lives within the limits of Nature through innovations based on Nature's operating instructions. www.bioneers.org
Speakers
The speakers of the first Bioneers conference hosted at Findhorn have been selected for their ability to create practical working solutions, to inspire others to innovate and create, and to address core issues from a place of heart and intelligence.
Kenny Ausubel, Co-CEO & Founder of Bioneers and an award-winning social entrepreneur, author, journalist and filmmaker. Website
Nina Simons is a social entrepreneur and Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Bioneers. Since 2006 she has offered Cultivating Women's Leadership intensives. Website
Dr Vandana Shiva, author, scientist, director of Navdanya; a champion for Earth democracy, promoting Soil not Oil and food sovereignty; an eloquent activist and educator. Website
Ann Pettifor, economic analyst, consultant and researcher; founding director Advocacy International; key activist for Jubilee 2000 debt relief campaign; New Economics Foundation fellow; co-author of A New Green Deal and other texts.
Website
Maddy Harland, editor of Permaculture magazine. Website
Peter Harper, Head of Research and Innovation for the Centre for Alternative Technology, Wales: on low carbon adaptation. Website ZeroCarbonBritain website
May East, educator, cultural change activist; CEO CIFAL Findhorn (UNITAR trainings for local authorities); and coordinator for grassroots ESD programme, Gaia Education; on principles of resilient systems in societal change. CIFAL Findhorn website Gaia Education website
Naresh Giangrande, co-founder of Transition Town Totnes, the first Transition Town and Transition Training. Website
Liz Hosken, founding director of Gaia Foundation – on Earth Jurisprudence and What the North can learn from the South. Website
Lady Diana Whitmore, author, and founder and CEO of Children our Ultimate Investment UK (COUI); on reaching vulnerable socially excluded young people with a human potential orientated approach, i.e. Teens and Toddlers programme. Website
Daniel Christian Wahl, PhD FRSA is the academic director of the Findhorn College and works in World Modeling research and innovation with the International Futures Forum. He is a PhD research supervisor at the Centre for the Study of Natural Design (University of Dundee) and a strategy consultant for the CLEAR Village Foundation. Findhorn College website Internationa Futures Forum website Decision Integrity website
Galen Fulford, director of Biomatrix Water, on ecological design and engineering solutions for bioremediation and wastewater treatment. Website
Alan Watson Featherstone, Executive Director of Findhorn-based award-winning charity Trees for Life, and renowned photographer; on restoration of the Caledonian Forest, and how a restoration-based culture could change the world. Website
Tamera Solar Village research project (Tamera, Portugal): Barbara Kovats, leader of the Solar Village project, forum facilitator and community elder. Website
Bernd Walter Müller, ecology and permaculture specialist, on innovative designs (socially and technologically) of appropriate scale for healthy low impact settlement. Website Solarvillage website
John P. Milton is a pioneering ecologist, spiritual teacher, meditation master, vision quest leader and shaman; on indigenious genius of early 'europeans'. Website
Claire Carpenter, Founder of The Melting Pot: Scotland's Centre for Social Innovation. Website
Kenny Ausubel, Co-CEO & Founder of Bioneers and an award-winning social entrepreneur, author, journalist and filmmaker.
Nina Simons is a social entrepreneur and Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Bioneers. Since 2006 she has offered Cultivating Women's Leadership intensives.
Dr Vandana Shiva, author, scientist, director of Navdanya; a champion for Earth democracy, promoting Soil not Oil and food sovereignty; an eloquent activist and educator.
Ann Pettifor, economic analyst, consultant and researcher; founding director Advocacy International; key activist for Jubilee 2000 debt relief campaign; New Economics Foundation fellow; co-author of A New Green Deal and other texts.
Maddy Harland, editor of Permaculture magazine.
Peter Harper, Head of Research and Innovation for the Centre for Alternative Technology, Wales: on low carbon adaptation.
May East, educator, cultural change activist; CEO CIFAL Findhorn (UNITAR trainings for local authorities); and coordinator for grassroots ESD programme, Gaia Education; on principles of resilient systems in societal change.
Naresh Giangrande, co-founder of Transition Town Totnes, the first Transition Town and Transition Training.
Liz Hosken, founding director of Gaia Foundation – on Earth Jurisprudence and What the North can learn from the South. 
Lady Diana Whitmore, author, and founder and CEO of Children our Ultimate Investment UK (COUI); on reaching vulnerable socially excluded young people with a human potential orientated approach, i.e. Teens and Toddlers programme. 
Daniel Christian Wahl, PhD FRSA is the academic director of the Findhorn College and works in World Modeling research and innovation with the International Futures Forum. He is a PhD research supervisor at the Centre for the Study of Natural Design (University of Dundee) and a strategy consultant for the CLEAR Village Foundation.
Galen Fulford, director of Biomatrix Water, on ecological design and engineering solutions for bioremediation and wastewater treatment.
Alan Watson Featherstone, Executive Director of Findhorn-based award-winning charity Trees for Life, and renowned photographer; on restoration of the Caledonian Forest, and how a restoration-based culture could change the world.
Tamera Solar Village research project (Tamera, Portugal):
Bernd Walter Müller, ecology and permaculture specialist, on innovative designs (socially and technologically) of appropriate scale for healthy low impact settlement.
John P. Milton is a pioneering ecologist, spiritual teacher, meditation master, vision quest leader and shaman; on indigenious genius of early 'europeans'.
Claire Carpenter, Founder of The Melting Pot: Scotland's Centre for Social Innovation.