Raz Mason addresses the personal framework of resilience, and its relationship to sustainability.  She is a chaplain; creator of Warrior Wheel Training for people in high stress environments, especially those in the military and public safety; and founder of Mason Consulting, which focuses on training and coaching. Her work as a chaplain resident at the Portland VA Medical Center, experiences in Navy and Army officer training programs, and professional background in domestic violence agencies reflect her commitment to working with individuals and families from high stress occupations and environments. She holds an MDiv degree from Harvard Divinity School, an MA in Pastoral Studies from Seattle University, and a BA degree in mathematics from Bryn Mawr College. She was interviewed by Ruth Ann Barrett of EarthSayers.tv in Portland, Oregon on October 7, 2011.

Sarah Crowell has been a dancer and an arts educator for over 20 years. She has taught dance, theater and violence prevention to youth all over the Bay Area, in schools and community centers since 1990. Sarah talks about the Destiny Arts Center in Oakland, California and their Raise the Roof campaign to locate Destiny Arts Center in a permanent home.
DESTINY (De-Escalation Skills Training Inspiring Nonviolence in Youth) Arts Center exists to end isolation, prejudice and violence in the lives of young people ages 3-18,

Sarah was interviewed by Ruth Ann Barrett of EarthSayers.tv, voices of sustainability at the Bioneers Conference 2011 in Marin County, California.

The Avatamsaka sutra is the story of Indra's Net.  Created during the conference, this wonderful net stretches endlessly, an ancient metaphor for our interdependent Universe. Creating a net, made of recylced fabrics, all natural and lightweight materials, at Bioneers is a collaborative endeavor, bringing people at the event together to share stories and get to know one another.  Debra Goldman is an artist living in the Pacific NorthWest who travels to events to engage people in creating Indra's Net.

A biology pioneer is how the term came to being and Emmet expands upon the term. Each year the bioneers gather in San Rafael, California to renew friendships, exchange views and information, and explore the integration of mind, body and spirit. Emmet Brady of the Insect News Network was interviewed by Ruth Ann Barrett of EarthSayers.tv, voices of sustainability at the 2011 conference.   Emmet's mission is to educate, inspire and empower people everywhere to care for the natural world, by exploring the world of Cultural Entomology. The Insect News Network (INN)  travels the globe to learn how people think and feel about our 6- and 8-legged friends. Created and hosted by E. Emmet Brady, the I.N.N. is a non-stop multi-media interdisciplinary plunge into the microcosm.

The Other Inconvenient Truth: How Agriculture is Changing the Face of Our Planet by Jonathan Foley, director of the Institute on the Environment (IonE) at the University of the Minnesota and leader of  the IonE’s Global Landscapes Initiative. Foley’s work focuses on complex global environmental systems and their interactions with human societies.

We typically think of climate change as the biggest environmental issue we face today. But maybe it's not? In this presentation, Jonathan Foley shows how agriculture and land use are maybe a bigger culprit in the global environment, and could grow even larger as we look to feed over 9 billion people in the future.

Not enough to change the supply side of the equation. Niall Dunne spoke at the Presentation at Global Sustainability Summit, "Creating a Sustainable Future" National Liberal Club, London, 29th of July 2010. He is Managing Director for Saatchi & Saatchi Sustainability in Europe the Middle East and Africa.

Environmentalist and entrepreneur Paul Hawken, CEO of OneSun Solar, an energy company focused on ultra low-cost solar based on green chemistry and biomimicry. His speech at the Skoll Awards for Social Entrepreneurship 2010 focuses on environmental problems around the world.

Join the global Wiser community, the Social Network for Sustainability at Wise.org. Their visions comes from it’s former Executive Director, Paul Hawken, who recognized its need when researching his latest book, Blessed Unrest: How the Largest Movement in the World Came into Being, and Why No One Saw It Coming.

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Greg Spencer presented at the TBN National Conference 2011, speaking about the Paradigm Project, a for-profit business providing healthy, efficient stoves to Africa that drastically reduces a family's consumption of wood and inhalation of smoke and improves their economic stability.

Not only does their business help the poor, it leverages billions of dollars of value in the carbon markets, reduces deforestation, and changes the paradigm faced by many that creating profits from the poor cannot profit for the poor.

Check out the other presentations, videos and audio recordings from the conference at http://www.tbnetwork.org/uknc11/media