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November 22, 2024
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Bioneers:Live webcast on climate change and indigenous people

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
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JT Shining Oneside shared stories about her Ojibwe and Anishinaabe inheritance during the Native American Heritage Month Celebration on Nov. 15. She spoke about the coming-of-age and traditional birth ceremonies. (Photo credit/ Adrianna Adame)

 On Friday:·      Sarah James will report from the Arctic on climate change and its impact on indigenous people.·      Michael Pollan will speak on reforming our broken industrial food system and what it means to for our health.This webcast will begin Friday, starting at 11:30 AM PST. On Saturday:·      Jason McLennan will talk about living buildings and the future of architecture.·      Lily Yeh will recount her experiences with the Rwanda Healing Project.This webcast will begin this Saturday, starting at 9:00 AM PST. On Sunday:·      Jerome Ringo will address the reality of green jobs in our re-made economy.·      Annie Leonard will help us find our way beyond the Age of Stuff. This webcast will begin this Sunday, starting at 11:30 AM PST. In addition, on both Friday and Saturday at 4:30 PM PST, we will be webcasting a panel and workshop on sustainable social media, in partnership with InfluenceXchange. To view these live streaming webcasts, just go to this web address:http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bioneers-conference-09 These amazing presentations will be live, so don’t miss it!

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Jodi Rave Spotted Bear
jodi@imfreedomalliance.org https://twitter.com/JodiRave

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear is the founder and director of the Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance, a 501-C-3 nonprofit organization with offices in Bismarck, N.D. and the Fort Berthold Reservation. Jodi spent 15 years reporting for the mainstream press. She's been awarded prestigious Nieman and John S. Knight journalism fellowships at Harvard and Stanford, respectively. She also an MIT Knight Science Journalism Project fellow. Her writing is featured in "The Authentic Voice: The Best Reporting on Race and Ethnicity," published by Columbia University Press. Jodi currently serves as a Society of Professional Journalists at-large board member, an SPJ Foundation board member, and she chairs the SPJ Freedom of Information Committee. Jodi has won top journalism awards from mainstream and Native press organizations. She earned her journalism degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

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  • Dacnet
    November 4, 2009 at 6:46 pm

    Climate Change made the typhoons in the south pacific very destructive. Typhoon Ketsana made a lot of mess in Philippines and Vietnam *

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