The fifth Annual Bioneers by the Bay: Connecting for Change conference is presented
by the Marion Institute in the historic Downtown of New Bedford, MA, on October 22-25, 2009. Bioneers by the Bay: Connecting for Change is an internationally acclaimed annual gathering of environmental, industry and social justice innovators who have demonstrated visionary and practical models for restoring the Earth and its inhabitants.

Over 2,000 students, teachers, green business innovators, scientists, grassroots leaders and everyday folks from across the East Coast will gather to embrace, share, brainstorm, network, heal, learn, teach, celebrate, recharge and connect for change. We will roll up our sleeves and harvest tangible, practical solutions to the specific challenges we face here in the Northeast and the world at-large.

We have planned a rather remarkable three days of live keynote presentations, afternoon workshops, an extensive Youth Initiative program, a downlink of the 20th Annual Bioneers Conference in California [www.bioneers.org], an exhibition hall featuring sustainable businesses and organizations, a community action center, films, music, art installations, a farmers’ market and local & organic food.

As a national Beaming Bioneers Conference site, we join eighteen other sites throughout the entire country in producing a local Bioneers Conference. We will be telecasting plenaries from the main San Rafael Bioneers Conference, which is in its 20th year, each afternoon.