Sustainability Action Media (SAM) at Bioneers 2011 where Natalie Greene was interviewed and videotaped by Barry Heidt of SAM "in-situ" during the conference in the open space surrounding the main theater in San Rafael, California.  She is positioned as a sustainability thought leader in the EarthSayers.tv, special collection, Bioneers 2011. 

Title: Rights of Nature Can Change Us by Natalia Greene

Natalia Greene, born in Ecuador, coordinates the program on "Political Plurinationality and the Rights of Nature" at the Fundación Pachamama  in Ecuador and is the President of CEDENMA, Ecuador's national coordinating entity for environmental NGOs. Edited by Tom Hopkins of SustainableToday.org.

Wikuki Kingi was interviewed by Barry Heidt of sustainabletv.org at the Bioneers Annual Conference held in October 2011 in San Rafael, California.  He is a traditional Maori Master Carver of Aotearoa (New Zealand) whose culturally significant masterpieces draw from deep traditional knowledge to express principles of Indigenous sovereignty, identity and sustainability and to comment on the lasting impacts of colonization. An educator and researcher, he is a member of the International Native Science Academy and the Pacific Tribal Elders Council.  Edited by Tom Hopkins of SustainableToday.org.

Part of Bioneers 2012 Special Collection on EarthSayers.tv.

Madame Gro Harlem Brundtland and Jim MacNeil, key leaders in the Brundtland Commission, held public hearings in cities and slums around the world to create Our Common Future in 1987. In doing so, they broke through ideological barriers and found a way to reach consensus.

To order Madame Brundtland's book from Amazon click on image or visit your local book store.

Tony Skrelunas talks about there being no road map so we rely on our young people, our communities to guide us and stay on the right path.  Stories, songs and our indigenous knowledge important to our survival in a good way. 

At Big Mountain in Navajo Land, Tony Skrelunas was raised by his great grandparents in a very traditional way with lots of ceremony, family, elders, and tiger earth; a common way to raise children 50, 100 years ago. More information on his education and work with the Grand Canyon Trust is here.

To learn more about the Bioneers October 19-21, 2012 for the annual conference in San Rafael, California, visit their Website. http://www.bioneers.org/conference/2012-schedule.

Mr. Skrelunas was interviewed by Barry Heidt of sustainabletv.org, video edited by Tom Hopkins of SustainableToday.org and posted by Ruth Ann Barrett of EarthSayers.tv, voices of sustainability.

Sustainability Action Media (SAM) at Bioneers 2011 where Tony Skrelunas was interviewed and videotaped by Barry Heidt of SAM "in-situ" during the conference in the open space surrounding the main theater in San Rafael, California.  Tony is positioned as a sustainability thought leader in the EarthSayers.tv, special collection, Bioneers 2011 and a second excerpt from this interview is posted to the special collection, Transforming Our Economy.

Title: Intimacy with the Land by Tony Skrelunas at Bioneers 2011

At Big Mountain in Navajo Land, Tony Skrelunas was raised by his great grandparents in a very traditional way with lots of ceremony, family, elders, and tiger earth; a common way to raise children 50, 100 years ago.

 Daniel talks about his work with FourYearsAgo and developing a Web platfrom. http://www.healingcard.com/humanity-ascending-by-daniel-schmachtenberger/

"Anything worth knowing can't be known and anything you know isn't worth knowing" was the advice one elder gave Dr. Mehl-Madrona goes on to talk about "all story."  He is the author of Coyote Medicine and a Native American healer. In his practice he weaves indigenous cultural wisdom into his practice as an MD and clinical psychologist.

To order Coyote Medicine from Amazon click on the book image or visit your local bookstore. Thank you.

To purchase the entire documentary of this teaching on a DVD, visit the Earth & Spirit Council's Website.

Grandmother Maria Alice Campos Freire talks about the Grandmothers and the challenges they face to fulfill their mission. Grandmother Maria Alice Campos Freire was born in Brazil. Growing up in Brazil she saw much war and persecution. At age 17, when pregnant with her daughter, Maria Alice was put in prison and tortured. Her daughter was born after Maria Alice became a political refuge in Europe and Africa before receiving amnesty to return to Brazil where she led a spiritual community in the deepest parts of the Amazon Rainforest reservation. Learn more about the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers here.

To purchase the entire documentary of this teaching on a DVD, visit the Earth & Spirit Council's Website.

Auntie Puanani Mahoe talks about Aloha, more than just a word, but a way of life, a teaching, and a birthright for all living beings.  It's about love. The "ah" is the first light of dawn.  Barry Heidt interviewed here at the Bioneers 2011 Conference in San Rafael, California. Editing was done by Tom Hopkins of Sustainable Today.

To learn more about the Bioneers October 19-21, 2012 for the annual conference in San Rafael, California, visit their Website.

This about Utah Prairie Dogs and when the heart opens to love - a Prairie Tale.  Visit Elaine's site to order her books and photographs. Affimals is an uplifting journey into the kind of happiness we can all have in our lives, with affirmations like WILD HORSE: Unbridle your passion, and FIREFLY: Spark imagination.