With Mathew Dillon and Sara McCamant of Seed Matters; Rebecca Newburn of Richmond Grows Seed Lending Library; Stacy Malkan, Media Director, California Right to Know ballot initiative.

Seeds are a legacy we’ve inherited from generations of farmers and gardeners, and with that inheritance comes a responsibility to care for the diversity and beauty of seeds. Community Seed Toolkits, a program of Seed Matters, empowers communities to create successful local seed swaps, seed banks and libraries, seed gardens, and plant breeding clubs that reflect the resilience and diversity of our local food and gardening communities. Join representatives from Seed Matters, local seed libraries, and other seed educators to learn how you can become part of the grassroots seed community.

Santa Rosa Room | 2:45pm-4:15pm, Fri

With Kirk Bergstrom, Founder and President of WorldLink; Emily Ryan, Program Director, Cultivating an Ecoliterate Worldview, Schumacher College; Shana Rappaport, Bioneers Education for Action Program Director; Melanie Ida Chopko, graphic recorder.

A vital movement is growing within the Bioneers community to combine our shared experience and wisdom in the service of education for sustainability. This highly interactive session is for educators, students, and social change agents who believe education is central to creating a truly sustainable future – and are committed to leveraging the strength of our collective capacity to do it. This is a unique opportunity to learn, share and connect around one of the essential questions of our time: “How can education ensure the long-term integrity of the biosphere and human well-being?”

Participants will explore a core set of principles and practices that define Education for Sustainability (EfS), engage in framing central questions of value to the field, and begin building an allied network to put them into action. Extend the experience by joining the “Wiser Together” session on Saturday, and Friday evening’s Education for Action (EfA) Networking Reception.

Embassy Suites Ballroom | 2:45pm-4:15pm, Fri

Hosted by Kevin Danaher, Co-Founder of Global Exchange.

With john a. powell, Director of the Haas Diversity Research Center at UC Berkeley; Steven Hill, political writer, author of Ten Steps to Repair American Democracy; Victor Menotti, Executive Director of the International Forum on Globalization (IFG); Katie Redford, Earth Rights International.

This revelatory exploration of the plutocracy covers an arc of critical issues: outing the economic monopoly and political stranglehold of the top 1%; revealing the racial politics corporations use to divide and conquer; transforming our corrupted political system with authentic election reform and the restoration of democracy; the need for a Constitutional Amendment to revoke corporate “free speech;” and how the upcoming Supreme Court Kiobel v. Shell lawsuit — which arose out of the executions of the Ogoni 9 in Nigeria, including Ken Saro Wiwa — has Shell arguing it cannot be held accountable for the torture and killing of the environmentalists because it’s a corporation, yet it says corporations are people when it gives them rights. That’s mighty corporate!

Showcase Theater | 2:45pm-4:15pm, Fri

Presented by SOCAP.

With Kevin Jones, Founder of SOCAP, Good Capital, and Hub Bay Area; Shaun Paul, General Partner of People and Planet Holdings; Konda Mason, founder and CEO of Hub Oakland, LLC; John Perkins, author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man;.

The Social Capital Markets (SOCAP) conference has become the world’s leading convening for people who want to mix what has meaning with their investment dollars. Three groundbreaking social capitalists take a look at new ways of thinking about money and what it does in the world.

Manzanita Room | 2:45pm-4:15pm, Fri

With Andy Lipkis, Founder and President of Tree People; Astrid Scholz, Executive Vice President of Ecotrust; Tom Goldtooth of Indigenous Environmental Network; Jim Sheehan of Envision Spokane; Mark Mykleby, retired Colonel of the Marine Corps.

One key to resilience in the face of the Great Disruption is the greater decentralization of our basic systems and infrastructure. These leading models highlight a diversity of radically innovative approaches to the greater localization and regionalization of systems of energy, water, finance, governance and spiritual values put into action.

Epiphany Theater | 2:45pm-4:15pm, Fri

Presented by Women’s Media Center. Hosted by Carol Jenkins and Jodie Evans of the Women’s Media Center

With Aimee Allison, Co-Executive Director of RootsAction; Rose Aguilar, host of “Your Call” on KALW 91.7 FM.

Don’t let anyone else frame your story! Come hear from women journalists, bloggers and media-makers how their storytelling has evolved and what they’ve learned. In an emergent conversation, experiment with telling your own story and learn tools and practices to increase your effectiveness.

Interactive

Restoration Nation Theater | 2:45pm-4:15pm, Fri