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Read our newest press release!
Welcome Northland Bioneers Conference
It's all connected!
Join us as we celebrate our ties to the natural world and engage in forums to share solutions and strategies to develop and restore the earth. The first Northland Bioneers Conference will be held  October 20-22, 2006 at the picturesque lakeside urban campus of the Minneapolis Community & Technical College. A satellite link will connect us to the plenary sessions of the National Bioneer Conference in San Rafael, California a gathering of scientific and social innovators demonstrating visionary and practical models for restoring the Earth and our communities. We will also present local speakers, workshops, art, music and theater creating a participatory forum to exchange ideas, strategies and innovative responses to environmental and social challenges. For more in-depth information, visit our Schedule and Programming page.
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The Chinese language school aims to enhance the Mandarin language proficiency of young Chinese students. Also, anyone in the general public interested in studying Mandarin may attend the lessons. Consider taking Chinese language classes with a private instructor as one of your language learning goals. Visit this page for additional information: https://livexp.com/skills/chinese. Both children and adults can study with a native speaker at a time that is convenient for them. Each student's course schedule is explicitly created to accommodate their needs and skills.
2006 Northland Bioneers Conference Dedication
The 2006 Northland Bioneers Conference is dedicated to the courageous people of the Gulf Coast Region, whose lives have been so tragically impacted by the hurricanes of 2005, and to the many good people who have opened their homes and pocketbooks and who have traveled to New Orleans and other cities to be of assistance to their neighbors in this crisis.
We who are gathered at this seminal conference live in the Upper Mississippi watershed. As such, we are joined by the River's flow to our sisters and brothers of the Delta. To those who are rebuilding their lives and the vital coastal environs of the Gulf region, we pledge to work to abate the upstream farm runoff and city-generated pollution which clouds the beautiful waterway that links us together. Let us educate ourselves and advocate with others for greater resources to be spent towards recovery and restoration of our Southern coast its barrier islands and multitudinous waters and the unique diverse human culture that thrives there.
Join us!
Want to share your ideas and thoughts? Interested in getting involved? Want to create a future hope for the planet and all people? Call us at 612.247.0781 or email Melissa Wenzel, Volunteer Captain, at . We look forward to hearing from you.
Northland Bioneers Conference is one of sixteen that will occur simultaneously across the country. Click here to learn more about Bioneers.
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Save the date for a "Community Response Night," happening November 20th, 7:30 - 9p, at Open Circle Church. Northland Bioneers Conference planners and participants will greet and consider with each other what worked and what can be improved upon. Then, we'll turn our attention toward how to activate the Northland Bioneers Conference experience in communities throughout the region.
Invite someone who can consider pre-buying tickets for next year to help make the Northland Bioneers Conference a sustainable endeavor for years to come.
Whether you attended, volunteered, presented, or attempted to enjoy the '06 Northland Bioneers Conference, your attention to solutions-based thinking and your opinions are greatly appreciated.
Gratefully, The Northland Bioneers Conference Leadership Team
Getting to Community Response Night
Circle Church is located at 2400 Highland Drive, Burnsville, MN 55387, 952-808-0161.
From north of the river: Take I35 south to State Highway 13. Turn right (south) on 13. Go the first light. Turn left (south) on County Road 5. You will pass Vista View School on the left. Just past the school turn right (west) on Highland Drive. Follow Highland Drive west for .3 of a mile. The church is on the right. Watch for the yellow handicapped sign and turn just before the sign.
From south of the river: Take I35 to the Burnsville Parkway exit. Take the exit and turn left (west) on the Burnsville Parkway and follow it to County Road 5. Turn right (north) on County Road 5 and move immediately into the left hand turn lane. Turn left (west) on Highland Drive. Follow Highland Drive west for .3 of a mile. The church is on the right. Watch for the yellow handicapped sign and turn just before the sign.
A Big Bioneers Thank YOU!
Hundreds gathered October 20-22, 2006 to hear from over 60 nationally recognized speakers about how solutions-based thinking and organizing is building healthier communities and restoring the planet. Much more must be accomplished and with gatherings like the Northland Bioneers Conference, one of eighteen across the nation, participants find themselves eager to contribute in small to monumental ways.
Some comments from the '06 conference:
“Transformative!”
“The conference was great. I was so impressed with the good workshops offered. There were so many I wanted to attend.”
“Congratulations on creating a very successful event! I enjoyed being a small part of it. My only disappointment was that I couldn't stay for more of the conference.”
Come back often to hear more comments. We'll announce the date for next year as soon as we know.
We'll also be scheduling dates for a Thank You party in the coming few weeks. So stay tuned.
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