Felipe Ayala is active in the Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition Urban Environmental Justice Youth Corps.

Generation Empowered: Youth Building a Sustainable Future
With dedication and passion, young people today are powerful advocates for positive social change.

Bamburg, dean of the Bainbridge Graduate Institute MBA Program, spent several years in community journalism and high-tech marketing before becoming an adult educator.

Getting to Scale
Based on her book Getting to Scale: Growing Your Business Without Selling Out, Bamburg will discuss how to create more business for your company while maintaining your company’s sustainable business practices. She will highlight some of the stories and lessons learned from her conversations with more than 30 leading companies innovating sustainable business models. 

Bestselling author of numerous books, Barlow is national chairperson of the Council of Canadians and serves on the board of the International Forum on Globalization.

Blue Alert! The Global Water Crisis
The world is running out of fresh water. Through polluting, diverting and mismanaging freshwater resources, humans have interrupted the hydrologic cycle. 

With 17 years working in the Seattle environmental community, Beres is executive director of Earth Ministry, an ecumenical organization that engages people of faith in environmental stewardship.

Climate Change as a Moral Issue
People of faith are called to care for all creation, which includes dealing with the issue of global climate change. Climate change puts the health of all earth’s creatures at risk. From an ethical perspective, it is unacceptable to allow global warming to continue unchecked. Come find out how the religious community is taking action on one of the most important moral issues of our time. 

A poet and a member of the Asian Pacific American Women’s Leadership Institute, Burgess, a Wai’anae native and activist, is also a community building facilitator, trainer and consultant.

Building Beloved Communities: Organizing from a Native View
A native Hawaiian poet, cultural translator and storyteller, Burgess will reflect on how to build beloved communities, drawing on her deep experience in community, family and values-based economic development. Interviewed on stage by Yes! editor Sarah van Gelder, she will share how mediation and storytelling processes can be part of conflict transformation.

A former member of the National Organic Standards Board at USDA, Caughlan established PCC Cooks, the largest natural and organic foods cooking school in the Northwest.

Elements of Ethical Eating in the 21st Century
What’s in the food you eat? Caughlan shares insights based on more than 25 years of personal and professional advocacy and educational efforts, working with consumers, regulators, farmers and producers. She shines a light on the shame of the dominant global industrial agricultural system, and the terrible consequences inherent in eating over-processed and unwholesome foods, while celebrating sustainable and sustaining, local food options.

A leading advocate for justice issues and spiritual renewal in the church, Rev. Charleston is President and Dean of Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

Cousins teaches environmental politics at Western Washington University. He focuses his research efforts on the politics and economics of striving toward equitable and sustainable societies.

Panel: Saving Our Forests, Saving Our Climate
Forests are under tremendous pressure from the logging industry. Despite technological advances, forest and paper products companies often employ production processes that destroy habitat, contaminate drinking water and release greenhouse gasses. 

Kevin Danaher is a co-founder of Global Exchange, the noted human rights organization based in San Francisco. Dr. Danaher received his PhD in sociology (1982) from the University of California at Santa Cruz. His areas of expertise include: Elite Globalization vs. People's Globalization; The World Trade Organization: Secret Global Government ; Fixing the Main Flaw in US Foreign Policy ;Building the Local Green Economy

Dr. Danaher has appeared on television and radio shows around the country. He has published articles in the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the International Herald Tribune, Harvard Educational Review, The Nation, The Progressive, and many others. Click here to see Kevin speak at the San Francisco Green Festival.

Director and faculty member at Antioch’s Center for Creative Change, Davies has more than 25 years of environmental experience as a consultant and senior government advisor.

Pollution in our Homes: Campaigns to Keep Them Out
Toxics by definition are not good for people or animals, yet we find these chemicals in products that we encounter every day—in our clothing, our furniture, the kids’ toys, our groceries, and even the air and water we consume. Learn what three groups are doing and how you can help.

Deal is the political director for the United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 21.

What's the Economy For Anyway? Series
Labor and Justice
How does the U.S. compare to other countries when it comes to social and environmental justice? What are the areas in which we lag behind other countries and what can be done about it? And, what role can the business community take in shaping a more just economy? Deal and Rowland will offer solutions to the areas that need improvement, with a particular emphasis on organized labor and how create a more sustainable and just society.
 

Diangson is director of the Environmental Justice & Service Equity Division at Seattle Public Utilities. She also helped start the Community Coalition for Environmental Justice.

Panel: Environmental Justice in the Seattle Area
All communities should have equal access to environmental benefits and share equally in environmental risks. Communities most affected should have a say when it comes to solutions and outcomes. Locally and globally, poor communities and communities of color suffer disproportionately from environmental hazards, while receiving limited access to environmental benefits and little recourse. Leaders in Seattle’s environmental justice movement will describe local efforts to balance the situation.
 

A Nisqually Tribal member and chairman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, Frank has spent much of his life advocating for human rights for all.

The Quest for Truth
People of the Pacific Northwest have always been accountable for their actions. If a man places himself ahead of Mother Earth, polluting the water or destroying animals to attain power and wealth, he might gain temporary enjoyment, but at what cost? Drawing on the wisdom of the ages, Frank will discuss this cost, the people who pay, and the solutions to our extensive environmental challenges.

Executive director of Missoula-based Women’s Voices for the Earth, Gilels spent years working to protect water quality and wilderness in the west from mining pollution.

Panel: Pollution in our Homes: Campaigns to Keep Them Out
Toxics by definition are not good for people or animals, yet we find these chemicals in products that we encounter every day—in our clothing, our furniture, the kids’ toys, our groceries, and even the air and water we consume. Learn what three groups are doing and how you can help. 

Seattle Magazine’s #1 Eco-Hero for 2007, Golden is policy director for Climate Solutions.

The Climate Challenge: From Interest to Action
The science is clear: we have a short time to reverse the trends toward dangerous climate disruption before our planet is changed forever. But just how much time do we have and with what energy sources? Addressing these issues, these national and local leaders will explore what other countries are doing, and what fairness and equity mean in a time of global threat.

Currently Earthjustice’s vice president of litigation, Goldman has led its Pacific Northwest office as managing attorney in efforts to protect the spectacular Pacific Northwest environment.

Moving Toward a More Organic Pacific Northwest
Pesticides are a major health concern for the people and environment of the Pacific Northwest. Thanks to efforts by Earthjustice, however, the tide is turning away from the use of pesticides in agriculture and toward a more organic approach.

Amy Goodman began her career in community radio in 1985 at Pacifica Radio's New York Station, WBAI. She produced WBAI's Evening News for 10 years. In 1990 and 1991, Amy traveled to East Timor to report on the US-backed Indonesian occupation of East Timor. There, she and colleague Allan Nairn witnessed Indonesian soldiers gun down 270 East Timorese. Indonesian soldiers beat Amy and Allan, fracturing Allan's skull. Their documentary, "Massacre: The Story of East Timor" won numerous awards, including the Robert F. Kennedy Prize for International Reporting, the Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia Silver Baton, the Armstrong Award, the Radio/Television News Directors Award, as well as awards from the Associated Press, United Press International, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Click here to see Amy speak at the San Francisco Green Festival.

Grothaus is currently the interim executive director of the Washington Association of Churches.

What's the Economy for Anyway? Series
Faith and Economics
The great religions of the world call on us to seek justice and be stewards of God’s creation. What kinds of economic policies do we need to put in place to follow through with that calling? Discover what local churches  are doing and what they should be doing to promote those policies. With insight and compassion, Grothaus and Pryne will share how religion can translate to advocacy for this beautiful planet.

Harmon is the Northwest Regional Lead for Industrial Areas Foundation.

The Climate Challenge: From Interest to Action
The science is clear: we have a short time to reverse the trends toward dangerous climate disruption before our planet is changed forever. But just how much time do we have and with what energy sources? Addressing these issues, these national and local leaders will explore what other countries are doing, and what fairness and equity mean in a time of global threat.

Thom Hartmann is a nationally syndicated radio host and bestselling author.
His national program, syndicated by Air America Radio, is carried on more than 80 radio stations across the US and draws some 3 million listeners.

Thom is the author of 17 books, including The Last Hours of AncientSunlight; We the People; Unequal Protection; What Would Jefferson Do and his most recent book; Screwed: The Undeclared War Against the Middle Class˜And What We Can Do About It. Hartmann has been featured in countless media outlets, including NPR and BBC radio, CNN television, the front page of TheWall Street Journal, and Time Magazine. Click here to see Thom speak.

Harvey is COO of Burgerville, a company whose goals include conducting food and business operations in a loving, sustainable manner.

Burgerville: A Commitment to Sustainability
Burgerville, The Holland, Inc. company, uses fresh, locally-grown ingredients to provide guests with flavorful, nutritious, quality food. The unique Burgerville concept focuses on a commitment to sustainable business practices through partnerships with local businesses, farms and producers. Harvey and Mears will provide insight into why it is important for businesses to adopt sustainable practices and how to ensure business practices are moving toward sustainability.

Richard Heinberg is a senior fellow at the Post Carbon Institute and is the author of eight books on ecological issues, including Peak Oil. He is the author of eight books, including The Party's Over: Oil, War, and the Fate of Industrial Societies (2003) and Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World, The Oil Depletion Protocol: A Plan to Avert Oil Wars, Terrorism and Economic Collapse (2006), and Peak Everything (2008).

Herbert is founder and president of Newground Social Investment, merging values with dollars.

Sustainable Business and Fair Trade
What's the Economy for Anyway? Series
Injustice runs rampant in the global marketplace. Farmers struggle to make a living while multinational corporations benefit from huge profits. How can we invest in a positive future using our personal economic decisions to reach outcomes that are in line with social justice and sustainability ideals?

Matt Hill and Stephanie Tait cofounded the Run for One Planet Society, an ongoing run endeavour focused on inspiring people to get fit and healthy for themselves, and take action for our planet.

Run for One Planet
Learn about Hill and Tait’s Run for One Planet 2008/2009 North America Tour, a carbon neutral year-long run around the continent by these two crazy Canadians to inspire environmental action.

Steven Hill is the director of the Political Reform Program at the New America Foundation.

What's the Economy For Anyway? Series
Alternative Economic Models
When it comes to promoting quality of life, social justice and sustainability, Canada and the nations of the European Union rely more on government intervention than the U.S. does. How do their social democratic policies affect their economies? How do they measure success? Find out what we can learn from these other models and which policies could be borrowed for use here in the U.S.

Rozie Hughes is Executive Director of the New Road Map Foundation, helping people achieve financial integrity.

What's the Economy for Anyway? Series
The Costs of Consumerism
Consumerism has become pervasive in much of the world. What are the social, environmental and personal impacts of overconsuming? Beginning with Annie’s 20-minute animated film The Story of Stuff, this presentation will provide a look at how to align personal economics with humane values. Find out what we can do together to promote sustainability and frugality in our own lives and in our society.

Jeffrey is founder and CEO of the Black Dollar Days Taskforce in Seattle’s Columbia City neighborhood.

Environmental Justice in the Seattle Area
All communities should have equal access to environmental benefits and share equally in environmental risks. Communities most affected should have a say when it comes to solutions and outcomes.