Turning Vision to action October 25-27, 2013 Beth Alexander October 25-27, 2013 Historic Monday Club, San Luis Obispo WWW.CENTRALCOASTBIONEERS.ORG Conference THURSDAY WELCOME TO CENTRAL COAST BIONEERS 2013 ECOLOGISTICS & CONFERENCE EVENT STAFF Dear Central Coast Bioneers, Stacey Hunt, Co-Producer, CEO and Director, Ecologistics, Inc. To our longtime supporters and attendees, thank you for returning Michael Jencks, Co-Producer, Board Chair, Ecologistics, Inc. once again to our annual inoculation of hope. If you are joining us for Celia Zaentz, Co-Producer, CFO and Director, Ecologistics, Inc. the first time, welcome and thank you for your willingness to be Amanda Smith, Co-Producer and Director, Ecologistics, Inc. Dawn Carpenter, Speaker Coordinator engaged with your community and be a part of the solutions to the Terri Knowlton, Exhibitor Coordinator challenging local and global issues facing us today. We hope you Miranda Hyldahl, Administrative Assistant will enjoy immersing yourselves in this celebration of the good and Judith Bernstein powerful work being done by the international and local Bioneers Margie Bushman Tivon Sadowsky you will see this weekend. And despite all of the gloomy news the media focuses on these days, there is much to celebrate. As CONFERENCE MCs PERFORMERS Denise Dudley Timo Beckwith biomimicry expert Jay Harman says, “Nature is optimistic.” Blades of Rosh Wright Louise Ortega grass grow through pavement. Life returns to areas devastated by Wendy Eidson Melody Klemin forest fires. Even in Chernobyl, the radiation disaster zone is being Ranchers for Peace reclaimed by the forest. We must all become inspired by Nature, take Shadowlands TECHNICAL The Mother Corn Shuckers heart, and step up to take a meaningful role in promoting the health Hilding Larson and wellness of all living things. Thank you for your work. PRINCIPAL CONTRACTORS With gratitude, Red Canary Productions – Web strategy & design, videos Matrix Mobile TV – Internet and A/V Celia Mingus-Zaentz, Founder and CFO, Ecologistics, Inc. Creative Design Graphics – Graphics design/digital program Stacey Hunt, Founder and CEO, Ecologistics, Inc. Citrus Code Software – Online registration and shopping cart design Michael Jencks, Founder and Chairperson, Ecologistics, Inc. Rebecca Juretic – Copywriter, public relations Linnaea’s Café – Conference lunches Amanda Smith, Board Member, Ecologistics, Inc. Norton Sign Five Cities Security THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24 ASAP Reprographics – printing and signs ELKHORN SLOUGH FIELD TRIP......7 AM - 4:30 PM Volumes of Pleasure See description on page 2 ZERO WASTE STAFF Cal Poly Zero Waste Club CENTRAL COAST BIONEERS OPENING NIGHT AT Taylor Newton and the Guerilla Gardening Club THE STEYNBERG GALLERY ......... 5:30 – 8:30PM California Conservation Corps Connect with the Central Coast Bioneers team, speakers and fellow ADVISORY COMMITTEE changemakers as we celebrate the kick-off of the 4th annual Central Andrew Christie Susan Harvey Donna Helete Joyce Wycoff Coast Bioneers Conference in San Luis Obispo. Victoria Carranza Alex Vincent Free to conference passholders, $5 for everyone else. Includes light Neil Havlik refreshments. Beer and wine available for purchase. AND OUR AMAZING VOLUNTEERS! Located at1531 Monterey Street, San Luis Obispo. Within walking distance to conference hotels. HELPFUL INFORMATION: Conference Information Table/Message Come enjoy the ethereal folk pop sounds of SHADOWLANDS, a Centers are located in the foyer of the Monday Club. A copy of this conference program and schedule will be posted adjacent to the conference information new band featuring Karline Hausted, Mark Davis, and Bob & table. Ask there for assistance with directions, workshop locations, or messages. Wendy Liepman. No audio taping, videotaping, digital recording, or filming is permitted without express permission from Ecologistics, Inc. To obtain permission in the form of a special endorsed press pass, you must check in and apply at the conference information table at registration. No filming will be permitted of event activities without a special press pass. COVER ART: Beth Alexander is a digital Bioneers artist, web & graphic designer and social NETWORK media manager. You can see more of her EVENT work or get information on where to Central Coast Bioneers Conference is a purchase prints and greeting cards at local, self-organized Bioneers Network www.bethalexander.com. Event. To learn more about Bioneers, visit www.bioneers.org Central Coast Bioneers Conference is a Project of Ecologistics, Inc., a California non-profit 501(c )(3) corporation, 4349 Old Santa Fe Road #5, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401, 805.548.0597, www.ecologistics.org, in cooperation with Bioneers and the Collective Heritage Institute, 1607 Paseo de Peralta #3, Santa Fe, NM 87501 www.centralcoastbioneers.org CENTRAL COAST BIONEERS 1 Conference Field Trips ELKHORN SLOUGH NATIONAL ESTUARINE LAUREATE SCHOOL LIFE LAB GARDEN/THE RANCH RESEARCH RESERVE MONTEREY BAY FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM 7:00 AM - 4:30 PM This year’s annual pre-conference field trip will take us to the other end of the Salinas River to the Elkhorn Slough in Monterey County. The Elkhorn Slough, seven miles inland from Monterey Bay, is the second largest estuary in California, and is known for its biological diversity: more than 550 species of invertebrates, 100 species of fish and 340 Join us on a tour of two little-known treasures just west of San Luis species of resident and migratory birds have been identified in the Obispo off O’Connor Way. watershed. Threatened species such as the California red-legged frog The Life Lab Garden at the Laureate School enriches and supplements reside in these moist coastal habitats. Southern sea otters have made the science program for kindergarten to fifth Grade classes. It teaches the estuary a favored place to give birth and raise their pups. The sustainability through garden-based learning. Each grade level Reserve's 1,439 acres represent the central California sub-region and curriculum is tied to the school garden and the garden aids the include threatened habitats such as maritime chaparral, coastal classroom instruction. There are seven separate garden areas, each prairie, coastal sage scrub, live oak woodlands, and grasslands. with a theme. Nutrition education provides instruction on what is in Located on the Pacific Flyway, the Elkhorn Slough Reserve and the season to harvest and eat, as well as biodiversity on Earth. The surrounding area are also renowned for outstanding birding newest addition to the garden is a Food Forest. opportunities. The garden also provides students with outdoor learning opportunities The Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research and Education where students can connect with nature, the seasons and each other. Reserve is one of only 28 reserves in the National Estuarine Research Outdoor lessons complement indoor classroom learning, including Reserve System established nationwide as field laboratories for character education. Another goal of the Life Lab garden is to teach scientific research and estuarine education. The Reserve is permaculture principles to the students and to be a demonstration site administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric to the families who attend the school as to what they can do at their Administration and managed by the California Department of Fish homes to provide an ecological and edible landscape. and Wildlife. Teresa “Tree” Lees, Life Lab Instructor, will take us on a tour of the Escorts knowledgeable about Salinas River issues will accompany the Garden and discuss the different types of learning that go on there. vans from San Luis Obispo and provide information on the trip up. Dr. Next door to the Laureate School is The Ranch, a Horticultural Grey Hayes and George Merilatt will take our party through the Therapy program that United Cerebral Palsy is developing on a reserve’s nature center, which with award-winning exhibits, critter property owned by the Jewish Community Center of San Luis Obispo cams and an introduction of the Unseen Slough, is a hub of activity County. Here, a team of "differently-abled" adults affected with Downs and hosts programs that promote education, research and Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, Autism, etc. are employed through a conservation in Elkhorn Slough. We will take a walk through the supportive work program. Five days a week they work the land, Reserve and tour its education facility, which hosts a model school completing various farming activities in the 1/4 acre garden, orchard nature program for children. Participants will have hands-on and lavender field, as well as habitat restoration projects, and trail opportunities to search for invasive crab species and examine maintenance on the nature trail that runs throughout the property. plankton and other denizens of the estuary under microscopes in the Reserve’s well-equipped laboratory. Lunch in the conference center is The majority of the trees, vegetables and herbs that are planted on the included. property are either California Natives, or Middle Eastern Heirlooms, 2 CENTRAL COAST BIONEERS www.centralcoastbioneers.org Conference Field Trips LAUREATE SCHOOL LIFE LAB GARDEN/THE RANCH chosen for their adaptability to our climate, and their cultural as well as a smart irrigation controller with a rain sensor to operate significance to the Central Coast's Jewish and Middle Eastern the custom multi-zone irrigation system. communities. This site is also the home for the Jewish Community