6th Soil Not Oil Online Conference

Dr Vandana Shiva’s keynote speech

Live streaming @ https://www.facebook.com/pg/soilnotoilcoalition/videos/

The 6TH Soil Not Oil Online Conference is co-organized by Navdanya International and the Soil Not Oil Coalition and this year, will emphasize the deadline to stop the 6th Mass Extinction which has been linked to loss of biodiversity and the spread of new viruses to which humans have not been in contact yet, causing a new trend of pandemics with unknown implication for human societies. It is why we advocate for agro ecological food systems, regenerative Ag, Ecosystem Restoration and any other tool that will help decarbonize and re-carbonize soils, we promote resilience and will continue connecting people from Kenya Mexico, India, Argentina, Brazil, Australia, Canada, Puerto Rico, Cuba the USA and other countries where there are projects worthy to learn about.

We trust the traditional knowledge of indigenous people and we honor the borderless collaboration among organizations led by women, caretakers of the land, elderly, youth and others, who are rarely appropriately represented. -We work with them in Chiapas in a daily basis-. Every year our goal is to provide a platform in which the voiceless can speak on behalf of their communities.

Soil Not Oil is an educational event in which attendees learn the root causes, effects and solutions towards creating climate stability. We highly recommend it to students, educators, activists, farmers, scientists, investors, policy makers, health providers, families, urban planners and everyone else concerned with life on earth.

Here is the whole schedule,
– Remember that everything is in Central Standard Time-

https://soilnotoilcoalition.org/program/

6th Soil Not Oil International Agro-Ecological and Environmental Conference
August 14-15, 2020�
ONLINE EVENTS

Soil Not Oil International Conference Day ONE
August 14th @ 9:00 AM CST – Central Standard Time-

9:00 AM Welcome by Miguel Robles Founder and Executive Director of the Soil Not Oil Coalition

9:05 AM Keynote Dr. Vandana Shiva, Environmentalist and Author

10:00 AM Keynote The Sixth Mass Extinction and the Future of Humanity
Dr. Gerardo Ceballos, Senior Researcher at the Institute of Ecology at the UNAM

10:45 AM Promoting Agroecological Solutions in Kenya
Dalmas Tampati, Fonder and Director of Masai Center for Regenerative Pastoralism
Stella Nyambura, Ph.D. Scientist and Researcher
Mlesh Ellija, Founder and coordinator of Garden of Hope Community Based Organization
Facilitator: Esther Ngumbi, Assistant Professor of Entomology and African-American studies and the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign

Latin American Perspectives for a Healthy Planet Session ONE

11:45 AM Building a regenerative economy, now!
Eduardo Muller, Founder and Director of University for International Cooperation Costa Rica
Marta Astier, Professor at the Center of Environmental Geography, UNAM, Campus Morelia. Mexico

12:25 PM Sustainable Health Equity
David Chiriboga, Former Minister of Health of Ecuador
Juan Garay, Medical Doctor. Spain

1:05 PM Agroecology and Sustainable Rural Development
Clara Nicholls, Ph.D. Colombian agronomist with a Master in Entomology from the Colegio de Posgraduados, Chapingo, México
Peter Rosset, Professor of agroecology at the ECOSUR Advanced Studies Institute in Chiapas, Mexico
Rosa Castizo, ECODES, Ecology and Development Foundation

1:45 PM The Importance of Small-Scale, Regenerative Vegetable Farming in Crisis and Change
Keynote Elizabeth and Paul Kaiser, Owners of Singing Frogs Farms

2:30 PM Keynote Anuradha Mittal, founder and executive director of the Oakland Institute

3:15 PM Performance by Diana Gameros

3:30 PM Addressing the Tragedy of Modern Meat.
Katie Cantrell, Founder and Board Co-Chair of the Factory Farming Awareness Coalition
Alexis Baden-Mayer, Political Director of Organic Consumers Association
Darryl Morin, President & Chairman of the Board of Forward Latino

4:30 PM Soil Health for Climate Health
Seth Itzkan, Co founder and Co Director of Soil4Climate Inc.
Paigelynn Trotter, Rotationally Grazes Goats, Sheep and Cattle in Sonoma and Marin County
Dr. Cindy Daley, Director and Co-founder of the Center for Regenerative Agriculture at California State University, Chico

5:30 PM Keynote Tom Goldtooth, Executive Director of the Indigenous Environmental Network

6:15 PM Keynote John D Liu, Ecosystems Ambassador, Commonland Foundation

Soil Not Oil International Conference Day TWO
August 15th @ 9:00 AM CST – Central Standard Time-

9:00 AM Indigenous Traditional Farming, Loss of Biodiversity and Disease and Changing Paradigms away from a Fossil Fuel Economy
Linda Black Elk, Dukha/Catawba descendant and is an ethno botanist and food sovereignty activist at United Tribes Technical College
Ed Mendoza, Indigenous farmer, Permaculturist, Teacher and a Native American Church Ceremonial Leader
Dallas Goldtooth, Isanti Dakota and Dine’ man from the village of Cansayapi within the territory of the Oceti Sakowin
Moderator, Kandi Mossett, Mandan/Hidatsa/Arikara tribes in North Dakota

10:00 AM Ecosystem Restoration and Ecosystem Restoration Camps
Natalie Topa, Permaculture Teacher for the Danish Refugee Council.
Willem Ferwerda, CEO and Founder of the Commonland Foundation
Jonathan Kabat, Camp Director at Camp Hotlum in California
Lauren Bond, Co Founder of Ecosystem Restoration Camps Hotlum
Rhamis Kent, Director of Agroecological Natural Technology Solutions (ANTSregenerate)
Moderator John D. Liu, Ecosystems Ambassador, Commonland Foundation

11:00 AM Video Global News of Resistance

11:10 AM Keynote Oil and Power by Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow of Post Carbon Institute and author of several books on energy and the environment.

Latin American Perspectives for a Healthy Planet Session TWO

12:00 PM Challenges and Opportunities for Transitioning to Sustainable Rural Energy Systems in Latin America.
Omar Masera, Professor of Energy and Ecotechnology. Mexico
Jorge Vera, Aeronautical Mechanical Engineer and Professor. Argentina
Luis A Bertolino, Electrical Mechanical Engineer and Professor. Argentina
Marianela Carubelli, Phd. Phisics. Argentina

12:40 PM Agroecology
Miguel Altieri, Professor Emeritus of Agroecology University of California Berkeley
Leidy Casimiro, Ph.D in Agroecology

1:20 PM Food Sovereignty in Urban Areas
Beatriz Giobellina, Ph.D. Architect and Territorial Environmental Planner. Argentina
Henri Audirac, Engineer. Argentina

2:00 PM Genetically Modified Viruses, What Could Possible Go Wrong?
Jonatham Latham, PhD, He is co-founder and Executive Director of the Bioscience Resource Project and the Editor of Independent Science News
Mark Squire, Owner and General Manager of Good Earth Natural Foods & Tara Firma Farms

2:45 PM NEOshamanism” Performance by OLOX – Arctic Siberian DUO

3:00 PM The Making of A Regenerative Pandemic
Timothy J. LaSalle, Ph.D. Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Regenerative Agriculture Initiative, CSU Chico.
Larry Kopald, Leading brand-building architect
Thomas Newmark, Former CEO of the dietary supplement brand New Chapter
Dr. Cindy Daley, Director and Co-founder of the Center for Regenerative Agriculture at California State University, Chico

4:00 PM Youth Rising
Mackenzie Feldman, Founder and Executive Director of Herbicide-Free Campus
Rachel Parent, Food Climate Youth Activist and Speaker
Sierra Robinson, 17 year old homeschooler, environmental activist, permaculture teacher, and farmer
Carmen Ramirez, UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health

5:00 PM Sustainability–Urban Agriculture and Rural Wilderness Conservation-Growing our World Whole
Paul Rogé, Ph.D. Agroecology Profesor
Theo Ferguson, Healing Living Systems, Inc. (HLS), Founder and CEO.
Seth Wilson, G-C Solutions, Healing Living Systems, Inc.

6:00 PM Resilience in a Time of Chaos
Starhawk, American Writer, Teacher and Activist. She is known as a theorist of feminist Neopaganism and ecofeminism
Brock Dolman, Co Founder of the Sewing Circle, LLC
Tom Duncan, CEO of Earthbanc, a Green Digital Banking and Investment Platform
Don Tipping, Owner of Seven Seeds Farm,

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