[ShareTompkins] Fwd: We Make Our Future conference

[Shira Golding]

Share Tompkins is officially part of the Finger Lakes Bioneers  
Conference! See below for details (our event is at the end).

- Shira :)

Shira Golding
shiragolding at gmail.com
http://www.shirari.com


Begin forwarded message:

> From: Gay Nicholson <gaynicholson at gmail.com>
> Date: October 6, 2010 12:12:58 AM EDT
> To: Sustainable Tompkins County listserv <sustainable_tompkins-l at cornell.edu 
> >
> Subject: [sustainable_tompkins-l] At the We Make Our Future  
> conference, the power is with the people!
> Reply-To: "Sustainability in Tompkins County" <sustainable_tompkins-l at list.cornell.edu 
> >
>
> Please share with your networks.  The Finger Lakes Bioneers believe  
> that the power really is with the people as We Make Our Future.   
> Join us and make a difference on the critical issues of today.  Come  
> get inspired and discover your own capacity to inspire others!
>
>
>
> Thank You!
>
>
>
> Finger Lakes Bioneers 2010
>
> We Make Our Future
>
>
> October 22-24   Ithaca NY
>
>
> This year’s conference features three afternoons of interactive  
> community activities in downtown Ithaca and at Ithaca College,  
> designed to engage and empower local participants of many ages to  
> take on climate change, sustainable municipal planning, and the  
> authentic expression of each person as a change agent, ready for  
> action.  The national Bioneers Conference plenary sessions are  
> screened at Cinemapolis each morning, with additional day and  
> evening events at nearby locations. Following is a brief summary of  
> each event.
>
>
> For details on speakers and event locations, visit Finger Lakes  
> Bioneers (http://www.wemakeourfuture.org) or call Sustainable  
> Tompkins at (607) 216-1552.   Tickets are only $15/day for the  
> morning and afternoon events.  Evening events are free or require  
> modest fees.
>
>
> Friday October 22, 8:30 am to 12:30 pm: Breakfast with the Bioneers  
> at Cinemapolis, 120 E. Green St. Bagels and beverages welcome you to  
> a morning screening of the national Bioneers Conference first-day  
> plenary speakers: James Hansen, John Francis, Jessy Tolkan, Mallika  
> Dutt and Gary Hirshberg. Speaker details at main Bioneers site.  ($5  
> entry fee or free to registered conference participants.)
>
>
>
> Friday October 22, 11:30 am: Grab some lunch downtown and head to  
> the Women’s Community Building, 100 Seneca Street, Ithaca, to join  
> our sponsors -- Tompkins County Climate Protection Initiative,  
> Cayuga Medical Center and ASI Renovations -- in welcoming Doug  
> Coward, a St. Lucie County commissioner in Florida, who will talk  
> about the green economy revolution underway on the Treasure Coast.   
> (Free to registered conference participants.)
>
>
> Friday October 22, 1:30 – 5:30 pm: The Climate Change Game, Women’s  
> Community Building. This role-playing game was developed by Medard  
> Gabel for students, for you, and for the entire family. Will the  
> Status Quos or the Game Changers prevail? Can reductions be  
> negotiated? The clock is ticking! Come play! ($10 entry fee or free  
> to registered conference participants.) Sponsored by TCCPI, Taitem  
> Engineering, and Snug Planet.
>
>
> Friday October 22, 5:30-7:30 pm: Reception and Presentation,  
> Wildfire Lounge, 106 S. Cayuga St. The Sustainable Enterprise and  
> Entrepreneur Network (SEEN) will host a reception, followed by a  
> presentation by Scott Hamilton and Ravi Walsh on the “Paradigm Shift  
> Behind the Triple Bottom Line.” Learn how mindfulness and self- 
> inquiry can lead us toward action in support of social, ecological,  
> and financial success for our business and family, community and  
> planet. ($5/SEEN members, $10/non-members.)
>
>
> Friday October 22, 8 – 10 pm: Finger Lakes Bioneers Salon -- Re- 
> Imagining Water: An Evening of Water Wisdom and Art at Wildfire  
> Lounge. With selections of Lang Elliott’s natural soundscapes; Mara  
> Alper’s films, animations and interviews; and Helena Cooper will  
> screen her riveting close-up photographs of water, with ambient  
> music provided by John Dean and Caroline Manring. (No charge.)
>
>
>
> Saturday October 23, 8:30 am to 12:30 pm: Breakfast with the  
> Bioneers at Cinemapolis. Bagels and beverages welcome you to a  
> morning screening of the national Bioneers Conference’s second-day  
> plenary speakers: Elizabeth Lindsey, Peter Warshall, Mary Gonzales,  
> John Warner, Andy Lipkis.
>
> Speaker details at main Bioneers site. ($5 entry fee or free to  
> registered conference participants.)
>
>
>
> Saturday October 23, 9:30 am – 1 pm: What Price Development? A free  
> conference from the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network, at the Unitarian  
> Church Annex, corner of Aurora and Buffalo Streets, Ithaca.   
> Speakers, panel discussion, refreshments: Bill Kappel,  
> “Hydrofracking and municipal decision-making”; Susan Riha,  
> “Stormwater runoff in a changing climate”; Liz Moran, “Status  
> Update: Dredging Cayuga Inlet for Recreational Access and Flood  
> Control.” (No charge.)
>
>
> Saturday October 23, 1:30 – 5 pm: Tompkins Transitions, a role- 
> playing game for the entire community, based on life in Ithaca and  
> Tompkins County. Women’s Community Building. Take the information  
> you gathered during the morning and apply it as a game-player in the  
> afternoon, in a real life board game focused on the issues and  
> players in Tompkins County. ($10 entry fee or free to registered  
> conference participants.)  Sponsored by New Earth Strategies and  
> Commit to Change Program at Ithaca College.
>
>
> Saturday October 23, 8 – 10 pm: Water Speaking Water, a multimedia  
> experience with concert performance by Jayne Demakos, Alice  
> Saltonstall and Friends with video and nature imagery by Lang  
> Elliott and David Brown. Women’s Community Building. (Ticket price  
> $10.)
>
>
> Sunday October 24, 8:30 am to 12:30 pm: Breakfast with the Bioneers  
> at Cinemapolis. Bagels and beverages welcome you to a morning  
> screening of the national Bioneers Conference’s final-day plenary  
> speakers: Lynne Twist, John A. Powell, Gloria Feldt, Anthony  
> Cortese, Jane Goodall. Speaker details at main Bioneers site. ($5  
> entry fee or free to registered conference participants.)
>
>
>
> Sunday October 24, 1:30 – 6 pm: Awakening the Dreamer Symposium,  
> Emerson Suites in Philips Hall, Ithaca College. This inspiring  
> multimedia, interactive experience was created by the Pachamama  
> Alliance to help North Americans awaken to the reality of our shared  
> stewardship of a jewel of a planet, and a future where our  
> intelligence and love of life can be expressed through creative re- 
> design of our economy, our way of life, and our relationships. ($10  
> entry fee or free to registered conference participants.)  Sponsored  
> by Partnership for Sustainability Education at Ithaca College.
>
>
> Sunday October 24, 7:00 – 8:30 pm: Share Tompkins Service Swap Meet,  
> TC Workers Center, above Autumn Leaves on the Commons, Ithaca. This  
> event offers a chance to barter with others for services such as  
> photography, accounting, health care and anything else that  
> attendees have to offer. Come and find out more.  (No charge.) RSVP  
> on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=143005909076694
>
>
> Registration is ongoing at www.wemakeourfuture.org – tickets are  
> only $15/day for morning and afternoon activities!
>
>
> Bioneers are engaged citizens from all backgrounds and fields who  
> focus on solving our world’s most urgent problems within a framework  
> of interdependence: It's all connected.  In 2009 18,000 people  
> attended the main Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, CA and 18 local  
> Beaming Bioneers satellite conferences across the Nation.   This  
> year Ithaca will be one of 20 locations to participate in this  
> worldwide convening of Bioneers.  The We Make Our Future conference  
> brings the Bioneers to Ithaca – join us!  For the complete schedule,  
> visit: http://www.wemakeourfuture.org.
>
>
>
>
> Media Contacts:
> Nicole Pion
>
> 607-216-1552
>
> Nicole at SustainableTompkins.org
>
>
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