Great Lakes Bioneers

Looking for a useful petition to sign?

The folks at FreePress are leading the call to save Internet radio from the prohibitive restrictions of massive increases in royalty rates for nonprofit and commercial “webcasters”. Internet radio provides an outlet for new artists, independent performers and endless variety of musical genres that aren’t available anywhere else. The recent decision by the Copyright Royalty Board to is a mistake and they need to hear from people who utilize it. You can read more about it on the Save Our Internet Radio Blog, and please sign the online petition and contact your federal representatives now!

Also, at Freepress.net you can support Net Neutrality by learning more about the topic an signing those online petitions as well. There are also useful Letter to the Editor building tools to make it easy to voice your opinion in regional newspapers.

You may also notice a video by Bioneer pleanary speaker Van Jones at this year’s National Conference for Media Reform in Memphis. Van Jones closed the conference, watch HERE, and at the end of his remarks he made a plea to work together after the conference; not to fall into an over-critical analysis of Free Press and the conference.

“We must choose a future for which our children and grandchildren will thank us”

Three notable videos from Oscar winning vice-president Al Gore’s trip to Capital Hill to brief the congress on the urgency of Global Warming. Also, this exchange between Gore nay-sayer Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) and Committee chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) is worth watching to really show the contempt some have for advocate s of change.

And remember, visit Step It Up 2007 for information on the April 14th Climate Change action and also read Bill McKibben’s recent article in the LA Times: Global Warming Can’t Buy Happiness

Events in Traverse City, Step It Up, TC! Get Lit For Less!, and Many other Great Lakes Cities

In the last few years we have been trying to document as much as the conference as possible. In 2006 we were able to record our Sunday morning keynote speaker, Holly Wren Spaulding.

She spoke about Fostering ideas and action for the long haul, “Tomorrow Begins Today”.

Spaulding has traveled extensively and her writings on social movements have appeared in many leading publications. To view or listen on your computer click HERE or visit www.glbconference.org

• Click the following link for more videos from Venting Media, including 2006 Closing w/ Daisy May “Shine On”

View this 4-minute short film that has been used in conjunction with events to tell the story of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge & the effort to drill for oil.

It accompanies the in-depth, one-hour-long Oil on Ice documentary. And remember, visit Step It Up 2007 for information on the April 14th Climate Change action.

Don’t be late for NMEAC’s 18th Annual Environmentalist of the Year celebration!

When: Friday, April 20, 2007
Where: Waterfront Conference Center, Traverse City
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Featured Speaker: Glen Chown, Executive Director, Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy
Locally Grown and Produced Appetizers 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Co-Sponsored by the Great Lakes Bioneers, where we present the Great Lakes Bioneer of the Year Award.

Call 947-3280 for more information, and to nominate your EOY contenders, visit: www.nmeac.org

Don’t be late for NMEAC’s 18th Annual Environmentalist of the Year celebration!

When: Friday, April 20, 2007
Where: Waterfront Conference Center, Traverse City
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Featured Speaker: Glen Chown, Executive Director, Grand Traverse Regional Land Conservancy
Locally Grown and Produced Appetizers 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Co-Sponsored by the Great Lakes Bioneers, where we present the Great Lakes Bioneer of the Year Award.

Call 947-3280 for more information, and to nominate your EOY contenders, visit: www.nmeac.org

The headwaters has announced the Beaming Bioneers Conference locations for 2007.

You can find more information on each site at the Beaming Bioneers Web page.

Where are you located?

2007 Beaming Bioneers Conference Locations:

Anchorage, Alaska
Baltimore, Maryland
Bloomington, Indiana
Boulder, Colorado
Bozeman, Montana
Carbondale, Illinois
Cleveland, Ohio
Cobleskill, New York
Detroit, Michigan
Grinnell, Iowa
Houston, Texas
Logan, Utah
- Brigham City, Utah
Marion, Massachusetts
Minneapolis / St. Paul, Minnesota
Portland, Oregon
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Seattle, Washington
Spokane, Washington
Traverse City, Michigan
Turlock, California
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada