Notable speeches and presentations that highlight breakthrough solutions for restoring people and planet. Founded by social entrepreneurs Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons, Bioneers is a fertile hub of social and scientific innovators with practical and visionary solutions for the world's most pressing environmental and social challenges.
Learn more about the purpose behind Bioneers on the organization’s website.
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Leila Salazar-López: The Amazon at a Tipping Point
Indigenous peoples have long protected their sacred ancestral territories. Leila Salazar López, Executive Director of Amazon Watch, urges us to stand with them to protect and restore the bio-cultural integrity of the Amazon — our future depends on it.
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Paul Hawken: Project Drawdown
The visionary goal of Project Drawdown, founded by Paul Hawken, is to actually reverse global warming by drawing carbon out of the atmosphere back down to pre-industrial levels.
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Valarie Kaur: Breathe! Push! The Labor of Revolutionary Love
The extraordinarily passionate and effective civil rights attorney, faith leader and activist Valarie Kaur shares why she’s convinced that what our times demand is Revolutionary Love.
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24:29
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Monika Bauerlein: The Future of Journalism
How do we overcome the hyper-capitalist algorithm devouring the free press? Monika Bauerlein is the groundbreaking CEO & former Co-Editor of "Mother Jones," which has stood among the world’s premier progressive investigative journalism news organizations.
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23:59
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Heather McTeer Toney: Climate Action IS the Social Justice Issue of Our Time
Heather McTeer Toney addresses how we must embrace climate action as the social justice issue of our time, and tear down old stereotypes so that we can build sustainable and resilient alliances to fight effectively together and affirm our common humanity.
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24:49
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Bill McKibben: What We've Learned About Climate Change in the Last 30 Years
What lessons can we draw from three decades of struggles to address the existential threat of climate disruption? Bill McKibben speaks on this question and more.
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Terry Tempest Williams: Erosion
Wind, water and time are agents of erosion shaping the physical landscape of our nation. But Terry Tempest Williams is also seeing another kind of erosion in America: erosion of democracy; erosion of science, decency, compassion, and trust.
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26:32
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David Orr: Is There A Future for Our Democracy?
David Orr draws from his forthcoming book, "Democracy Unchained: Politics as if All People Matter," to consider what we must do to return to the better angels of our collective nature and turn the ship around.
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26:21
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Eve Ensler: The Alchemy of the Apology
In her new bestselling book, "The Apology," Eve Ensler has attempted to transform, with unflinching truthfulness and compassion, the horrific betrayal she suffered into an expansive vision for the future.
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22:47
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May Boeve - Climate Change Is Changing The World Now
May Boeve shares her eagle’s-eye perspectives on the current state of the climate struggle, including pathways our species must take to keep 80% of known fossil fuel reserves in the ground and radically accelerate the shift to 100% clean energy.
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