Lunch & Learn & Link: Cross-Pollinating & Seeding Collaborations
Are you looking for people in your bio-region or issue area to collaborate with after Bioneers is over? Or want to know more about what’s happening in your local community or in your areas of concern? Join this networking experience to engage with fellow travelers on shared roads. Bring your lunch to the Marsh and make surprising connections with other conference attendees in an informal setting. This will be lightly facilitated by Shilpa Jain with ample time for organic connections as well.
Note: Food will not be provided, but, maybe like the school cafeteria, your buddies will share some of their treats with you…
Location: Marsh Main Stage

Workshop: Painting with Foraged Soils
Stop by for a hands-on workshop in making paint from foraged soils and charcoal from wildfires and prescribed burns. With these intentional materials, you can experience an intimate and somatic connection with the land.
Location: Marsh Cabaret

Participatory Art Installation: END-angered
END-angered is an interactive installation that encourages us to pause, notice, and contribute to a speculative form of species liberation that reverses the narrative of endangerment and extinction but also helps us explore the fragility of life on Earth. The installation consists of a (trash) bin filled/overflowing with crumpled pieces of hand-made paper made with different species of mushrooms that each contain the name of an endangered species. We will be invited to pick a piece of paper from the bin and uncrumple and rehydrate it (the speculative act of liberation of the species “contained” inside). Once flat, the paper will be hung on a wall piece that will simulate a map of entanglements between the species liberated. Crochet threads connecting them will represent the mycelial networks in the soil, highlighting the vital roles of fungal systems and reminding us that no life form can be untangled from its entire ecosystem.
Location: Marsh Main Stage