The Big Wheels Are Turning

Kenny Ausubel is a founder and CEO of Bioneers. In conversation with Matthew Monahan.

• Bioneers: https://bioneers.org/

• Bioneers Conference: https://conference.bioneers.org/

TOPICS

• 00:00 Intro

• 03:05 Reflections after Bioneers conference

• 06:13 Shift to renewable energy

• 07:23 Rights of nature movement

• 15:55 How Kenny identifies trends

• 17:01 Elevating indigenous voices

• 28:00 The Bioneers experience

• 32:53 Youth at the conference

• 35:32 Bioneers Learning and media

• 40:29 Focusing on the local

• 46:35 Government and civil society

• 53:02 Women’s leadership and gender equity

• 56:20 Kenny’s closing comments

RESOURCES

• Rights of Nature at Bioneers: https://bioneers.org/rights-of-nature/

• Center for Democratic and Environmental Rights: https://www.centerforenvironmentalrights.org/

• Secret Life of Plants: https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Life-Plants-Fascinating-Emotional/dp/0060915870

• E.O. Wilson: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._O._Wilson

• Laura Flanders at Bioneers: https://bioneers.org/laura-flanders-community-wealth-building-most-important-global-economic-movement-time-zstf2305/

• Gender Equity and Reconciliation: https://www.genderreconciliationinternational.org/

• Penny Livingston: https://www.pennylivingston.com/

• Saru Jayaraman at Bioneers: https://bioneers.org/bioneers-2023-keynote-videos-from-saru-jayaraman-shane-gero-jade-begay-zmaz2304/

• Tree People: https://www.treepeople.org/

• Kim Stanley Robinson at Bioneers: https://bioneers.org/kim-stanley-robinson-on-his-book-the-ministry-for-the-future/

This interview took place during Bioneers 2023: https://bioneers.org