Sponsors

BioPharmaceutical Technology Center InstituteKailo FundPromega CorporationSustain DaneOrganic ValleyIsthmus|TheDailyPage.comTrek Bicycle CorporationWilly Street Co-opWords By DesignCenter for Resilient CitiesCity of FitchburgConserve SchoolMadison Area Technical CollegeNelson Institute for Environmental StudiesWhole Foods Market - MadisonWI Sustainable Business CouncilAncora Coffee Roasters - Fitchburg, WIArbor House - An Environmental InnCenter for Biology Education, UW-MadisonEdgewood CollegeGere Tree Care, IncMidwest Organic and Sustainable Education ServicePartners In Place, LLCRapid Improvement Associates, LLCSustainable TimesUniversity of Wisconsin Integrative Medicine ProgramUniversity of Wisconsin - Rock County FoundationUW Credit UnionWisconsin Environmental InitiativeWisconsin Partners for SustainAbility

National Speakers

  • Kenny Ausubel Kenny Ausubel
    CEO & Founder of Bioneers
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  • Brock Dolman Brock Dolman
    Founder of Occidental Arts and Ecology Center
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  • Brock Dolman Jim Garrison
    Chairman and
    President, State
    of the World
    Forum
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  • Annie Leonard Annie Leonard
    "The Story of Stuff" Writer
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  • Joanna Macy Joanna Macy
    Buddhist teacher, Eco-philosopher, Author, and Actvist
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  • Mari Margil Mari Margil
    Associate
    Director of CELDF
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  • Jason McLennan Jason McLennan
    CEO of Cascadia Green Building Council
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  • Michael Pollan Michael Pollan
    Award winning
    author on food
    systems
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  • Jerome Ringo Jerome Ringo
    President of the Apollo Alliance
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  • Nina Simons Nina Simons
    President & Co-
    founder of
    Bioneers
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  • Andrew Weil M.D. Andrew Weil M.D.
    Nation's foremost authority on Holistic Medicine
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  • Lily Yeh Lily Yeh
    Founder of Barefoot
    Artists, Inc.
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Nina Simons Nina Simons
President & Co-
founder of
Bioneers
Nina Simons is a social entrepreneur and co-founder and co-president of Bioneers. Previously, she served as president of Seeds of Change and as director of strategic marketing for Odwalla. In addition to advancing practical social and environmental strategies, Nina has an enduring interest in the leadership of women and girls, which has long been reflected in Bioneers’ conference programming and media. She co-teaches Cultivating Women's Leadership, a five-day intensive forum for women entrepreneurs, donor activists and other nonprofit practitioners.

In 2002, Nina produced a retreat for diverse women leaders called UnReasonable Women for the Earth, to envision a broad progressive women’s movement with environmental restoration at its heart. The gathering served as an incubator, resulting in the formation of CodePink: Women for Peace. Together with her husband and partner Kenny Ausubel, Nina was named an Utne Reader “Visionary” in 1996. They received the Robert Rodale Award in 2003 for their work in bringing the emergent field of Ecological Medicine to public awareness. Kenny and Nina received the Green Cross Millennium Award for Community Environmental Leadership in 2006. Nina serves on the board of the David Brower Center.

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