Bioneers 2025 Conference

Zellerbach Hall

101 Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720

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Events at This Location:

Janine Benyus – Becoming a Welcome Species: Biomimicry and the Art of Generous Design

March 27th | 9:50 am to 10:15 am

Nina Simons – Remembering our Inter-relatedness to Navigate Dangerous Times

March 27th | 9:35 am to 9:50 am

Drumming by Deb Lane, Debbie Fier and Amikaeyla

March 27th | 9:00 am to 9:15 am

Corrina Gould – Opening Ceremony

March 27th | 9:30 am to 9:38 am

Katsi Cook – Matrilineal World-Making: Embracing for Impact

March 27th | 10:15 am to 10:40 am

Performance by Rising Appalachia

March 27th | 11:05 am to 11:15 am

Youth Leadership: Shreya Chaudhuri – Reclaiming Roots: The Global Fight for Indigenous Science

March 27th | 11:15 am to 11:25 am

Haley Mellin – Creativity, Courage and Conservation

March 27th | 11:30 am to 11:58 am

Baratunde Thurston – From Me to We, A Story of Interdependence

March 27th | Noon to 12:20 pm

Welcome by Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons, Bioneers founders

March 27th | 9:15 am to 9:30 am

Drumming by Deb Lane, Debbie Fier and Amikaeyla

March 28th | 8:55 am to 9:10 am

Welcome by Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons, Bioneers founders

March 28th | 9:10 am to 9:17 am

Opening Remarks by Kenny Ausubel

March 28th | 9:15 am to 9:35 am

Doria Robinson – Empowering Community from the Grassroots: The Richmond, CA Model  

March 28th | 9:35 am to 10:00 am

César Rodríguez-Garavito – More-Than-Human Rights: Pushing the Boundaries of Legal Imagination to Re-Animate the World

March 28th | 11:10 am to 11:34 am

Performance by Rising Appalachia

March 28th | 10:45 am to 11:00 am

Wade Crowfoot – Keynote Address

March 28th | 9:55 am to 10:20 am

Youth Leadership: Asa Miller – Viva el Vivero: Finding the Best Nursery for Cuba’s Coral

March 28th | 11:00 am to 11:10 am

Joy Harjo

March 28th | 11:30 am to 11:55 am

Amira Diamond, Kahea Pacheco and Melinda Kramer (Women’s Earth Alliance) – Rising Together: Women’s Leadership for a Resilient Future

March 28th | 12:07 pm to 12:30 pm

Drumming by Deb Lane, Debbie Fier and Amikaeyla

March 29th | 8:55 am to 9:10 am

Welcome by Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons, Bioneers founders

March 29th | 9:10 am to 9:20 am

Amy Bowers Cordalis – The Water Remembers: Year Zero

March 29th | 9:20 am to 9:45 am

Bill McKibben – Back to the Wall, Face to the Sun

March 29th | 9:45 am to 10:10 am

Colette Pichon Battle – Keynote Address

March 29th | 10:10 am to 10:20 am

Performance by Destiny Arts Youth Performance Company

March 29th | 10:40 am to 10:50 am

Youth Leadership: Mahjabin Khanzada – Courage: From Kabul to California

March 29th | 10:50 am to 11:00 am

Thom Hartmann – Supreme Oligarchy at the Gates

March 29th | 11:15 am to 11:35 am

Ben Jealous – A Green Economy Lifts All Boats

March 29th | 11:35 am to Noon

Closing by Baratunde Thurston

March 29th | 12:05 pm to 12:15 pm