I know it is almost three months away, but don’t forget to purchase your Bioneers Conference tickets soon. The annual event, in San Rafael, CA, sells out early. Founded in 1990 by Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons (pictured above), the Bioneers Conference is a gathering of scientific and social innovators who have demonstrated visionary and practical models for restoring the Earth and communities.

A nonprofit organization that promotes practical environmental solutions and innovative social strategies for restoring the Earth and our communities by looking to natural systems and biology as an inspiring model of how we can organize a more just, humane and authentically sustainable society, Bioneers members are inspiring a shift to live on Earth in a more balanced and holistic way. The Conference attracts a well balanced mix of big names and newcomers in the sustainability movement, shining a light on innovative individuals and organizations that offer pragmatic solutions that honor the living web of the natural world as the most fertile source of inspiration and models. If you’ve never been before, it is an experience not to be missed. An excellent opportunity for learning, networking, growth and inspiration.

The Bioneers message is similar to our EcoMom Alliance mantra, Sustain Your Home, Sustain Your Planet, Sustain Your Self, all anchored in indigenous wisdom of global interconnectedness. I’ll be speaking this year on the 17th, sharing a Children and Nature panel with Cheryl Charles, president of the Children and Nature Network, and Gary Paul Nabhan, author of The Geography of Childhood. Join Bioneers and get your tickets at www.bioneers.org. I hope to see you there.