Kenny Ausubel, Co-CEO and founder (in 1990) of Bioneers, is an award-winning social entrepreneur, journalist, author and filmmaker. A pathfinder in advancing “backyard biodiversity” conservation and organic farming and food, he co-founded the organic seed company, Seeds of Change, serving as its CEO until 1994. His film Hoxsey: When Healing Becomes a Crime (specially screened for members of Congress) and its companion book helped influence national policy on alternative medicine. Kenny has edited several books and written four, including 2012’s Dreaming the Future: Reimagining Civilization in the Age of Nature. Among his honors: runner-up, 2009 Buckminster Fuller Challenge award for Dreaming New Mexico, a Bioneers program Kenny co-directs with Peter Warshall; more than 30 awards in international radio competitions; with Nina Simons, the 2007 Rainforest Action Network REVEL Award, and the 2006 Global Green-Green Cross Millennium Award for Community Environmental Leadership. (www.bioneers.org)
