TGT 2011 - Directory of Speakers
The following is a directory of the phenomenal speakers who helped to co-create the 2011 Great Turning Unconference.
Click on a speaker's name to learn more about them.
ACTION:
- Miriam Palacios, Oxfam Canada: Women & Food Justice
- Ben West, Wilderness Committee: Oil Tankers on the BC Coast (Watch Video!)
- Tyee Bridge, The Wild Salmon Circle: Fish Farms
- Carmen Mills & Eric Doherty: Join the Wave, Stop the Pave: Stopping The Gateway Project
- Taina Uitto, Plastic Manners: Living Without Plastic
- Karl Perrin, Pilgrimage to Burns Bog
- Melanie Schambach, goldminingart.com: Vancouver's Goldcorp in Latin America
- Ana Linares, Justicia for Migrant Workers BC: Migrant Farm Labour in BC
- John Vissers, Fraser Valley Conservancy: Community Rail
- Joe Foy, Wilderness Committee: Clayquot Sound
- Inge Mueller-Langer, Save The Elms of East 6th: Valuing Our Urban Forest
INNOVATION:
- Andrea Reimer, Vancouver Deputy Mayor: Community Resiliency
- Jeff Chiu, BC Hydro: Community Energy Conservation
- Ross Moster, Village Vancouver: Neighborhood Food Networks
- Jordan Bober, Village Vancouver: Community Currencies
- Ann Pacey, Village Vancouver: Emergency Preparedness (Watch Video!)
- Louise Towell, Stream of Dreams: Urban Streams
- Rosemary Cornell, Be The Change: Neighborhood Plastic Depots
- Chanel Ly, Winderemere Secondary: Windemere & School Gardens
- Susan Maxwell & Helen Spiegelman, Zero Waste BC: The Zero Waste Project
- Grant Watson, Grant's Gourmet Gardens: Edible Landscapes
- Anna Chase, Backyard Beekeeping Group: Backyard Beekeeping
- Gregory Almas, Be The Change: Action Circles
- David Tracey, Eco Urbanist: Engaged Ecology (Watch Video!)
- Olive Dempsey, City of Vancouver, The Greenest City
- Amy Tran, Cedar Cottage Seed Savers/Environmental Youth Alliance: Seed Saving
- Joanne Bays, Food Policy Council: Local Food in Institutions
- Nickolas Grabovac: Vancouver Permaculture Meetup: Permaculture: Design for Sustainability
- Erin Nichols, FarmFolkCityFolk: Local Food Online
CONSCIOUSNESS:
- Rex Weyler, author & Greenpeace co-founder: Shambhala Warrior Today
- Ajay Masala Puri, Rangi Changi Roots: Bringing Color to the Green Movement (Watch Video!)
- Suzanne Barois & Anne Thompson, What's Your Tree: Finding Your Purpose & Passion
- Jeffrey Armstrong, Vedic Academy: The 10 Words: A Universal Vocabulary for a Global Spiritual Community
- Mia Amir, Transformative Communities Project: Arts for Community Empowerment
- Kate Sutherland, author: Make Light Work: Inner Work Tools for Joyful, Effective Action
- Naomi Steinberg, Vancouver Society of Storytelling: Community Storytelling
- Conrad Schmidt, Work Less Party: Work Less
- Maureen Jack La-Croix, Be The Change Earth Alliance: Evolving Consciousness
- Tara Mahoney & Fiona Rayher, Gen Why Media Project: Activating Gen Why