YES! Magazine http://www.yesmagazine.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 41 to 55. Praxis Peace Institute - Mondragón Seminar 2010 http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/praxis-peace-institute-seminar-in-spain Seminar and Tour of the world's largest consortium of worker-owned businesses. Seminar: The seminar will include 4 days of presentations at the Mondragón education center as well as tours of Mondragon businesses, a youth cooperative, an incubator for cooperatives, and Mondragón University. On the 5th day, Praxis Peace Institute will host a day of discussion and brainstorming about how these ideas can be useful in our communities back home and how we can find support for cooperative business ventures.

Excursions: Included in the program are a dinner in the coastal city of San Sebastian, a visit to the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, a trip to the Aranzazu Monastery and Basque Peace Center in the mountains, and visits to other areas of the unique Basque region.

Highlights include:
* The culture and values of Mondragon.
* Visits to cooperative businesses and lectures by their CEOs
* Visit an incubator for new cooperative projects and learn about    the Mondragón Youth Co-op
* A presentation of Mondragon projects for developing countries.
*  Learn about the financial mechanisms of Mondragon: how it works, why it thrives.
*  Mondragon's Corporate Management Model and full employment strategy. While Spain's unemployment rate hovers around 20%, Mondragón's is 0%.
* How Democracy works at Mondragón
* Visit Mondragon University and the education center where the Mondragon movement began.
* Learn how to transfer the Mondragon Experience to your community.

Accommodations:
All participants will stay at the Hotel Mondragon. Daily breakfast and lunch will be included in the hotel and seminar prices. Wireless Internet access is available in all hotel and meeting rooms.

Cost: Shared Room - $2,270  or,  Single Room - $2,700 (Note: If the euro continues to fall, the prices will be lower).

A $500 deposit is required to hold a space on this trip. We plan to take about 22 people, and as of June 1, 2010, we are half full.

Information and online Registration: http://www.praxispeace.org/conference10





]]> No publisher Jori Saeger Conference 2010-07-06T18:35:00Z Event 2nd International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts and Responses http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/climate-change-conference-2010 Climate change and global implications for people, ethics, and equity.
Participants are also welcome to submit a presentation proposal either for a 30-minute paper, 60-minute workshop, or jointly presented 90-minute colloquium session. Parallel sessions are loosely grouped into streams reflecting different perspectives or disciplines. Each stream also has its own talking circle, a forum for focused discussion of issues. For those unable to attend the Conference in person, virtual participation is also available.


We encourage all presenters to submit written papers to The International Journal of Climate Change: Impacts and Responses, a fully refereed academic journal. Virtual participants may also submit papers for consideration by the Journal. All registered Conference participants will receive a complimentary online subscription to the Journal. This subscription is valid until one year after the Conference end date.


All are encouraged to register and attend this significant and timely Conference.

www.on-climate.com/conference-2010

]]> No publisher sknight Conference 2010-05-13T21:06:25Z Event 2010 Reproductive Justice Conference http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/2010-reproductive-justice-conference Building the movement for reproductive freedom. Campus and community activists will gather at Hampshire College to unite for reproductive justice. More than 40 workshops and trainings will be offered. Conference speakers address reproductive freedom as it relates to a broad range of social justice initiatives including economic justice, health care reform, racial equality, freedom from violence, immigrant rights, climate justice, and LGBTQ rights, just to name a few.

Over the weekend, you will deepen your understanding of issues you already know about, make new connections, and unite with others who are passionate about working for social justice.

]]> No publisher sknight Conference 2010-05-13T20:55:23Z Event 2010 NCLR Annual Conference http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/2010-nclr-annual-conference Working to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans. The National Council of La Raza Annual Conference is the largest national gathering of its kind in the Latino community, serving as a meeting ground for community leaders, activists, youth, and public officials. NCLR is the largest national Latino civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States.

NCLR invites you to experience San Antonio’s history, enjoy its legendary cuisine, and explore the famous River Walk all while taking advantage of the workshops and events featured at the 2010 NCLR Annual Conference.

Five of NCLR’s Affiliates serve in the San Antonio area, providing services such as education, economic development, senior activities, and history preservation.

www.nclr.org/section/events/conference

]]> No publisher sknight Conference 2010-04-28T21:06:45Z Event National Green Building Conference http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/national-green-building-conference How to make the National Green Building Standard work for you. There are many different approaches to green building--in site design and development, in sourcing materials and in methods for energy and water efficiency.  Throw in a client's geography and budget and everything can change.  At the 2010 NAHB National Green Building Conference, we'll be taking a whole-house approach and emphasizing what you need to do from start to finish--whether you're remodeling a home or building from the ground up.  You'll learn how to make the National Green Building Standard work for you. 

Get contacts, tools and ideas that are good for both the environment and your bottom line. The NAHB National Green Building Conference is the only national conference targeted to green building for the mainstream residential building industry. Network with suppliers and manufacturers to discover what products will work for your projects, Attend exceptional education sessions and gain new perspectives.

Who Should Attend:
  • Single family builders
  • Multifamily builders
  • Remodelers
  • Developers
  • Land planners
  • Architects and designers
  • Energy raters, home inspectors, utilities staff  
  • Product manufacturers and suppliers

Pre-conference courses May 13-15.

 ]]> No publisher sknight Conference 2010-04-28T21:05:54Z Event US Green Building Council 2010 Federal Summit http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/us-green-building-council-2010-federal-summit Exploring the role of the US government in advancing green building. The government sector promises to be a significant part of the job growth and economic promise of green building.

  • Much of the $787 billion in federal stimulus money is supporting publicly owned green building and retrofit projects at the local, state and federal levels.

  • The federal government alone owns and operates some 500,000 buildings.

  • 30 percent of all LEED projects are government-owned.

  • In January, the Obama administration set a 28 percent greenhouse gas reduction target for public buildings by 2020.

Join the U.S. Green Building Council, government officials, industry leaders and experts from the non-profit community for Federal Summit 2010, one-and-a-half days of high-quality education, policy-oriented discussions and presentations, networking with the decision-makers you need to know to be part of the public sector's green building boom, and other essential opportunities. And for government employees only, the additional half-day Government Forum will offer government-focused programming.

And Federal Summit 2010 is in the process of applying to qualify for continuing education hours toward satisfying GBCI's LEED Professional Credential maintenance requirements as well as AIA continuing education.

Speakers will include:

  • Director of U.S. General Services Administration Office of Federal High Performance Green Buildings Kevin Kampschroer

  • U.S. Department of Energy Federal Energy Management Program Manager Richard Kidd

  • Urban Land Institute Senior Research Fellow Tom Murphy

  • U.S. General Services Administration Commissioner of Public Buildings Bob Peck

  • Office of Management and Budget Deputy Associate Administrator for Procurement and Senior Budget Analyst Cynthia Vallina

Example program topics include:

  • Retrofits of existing buildings

  • Implementation of current executive orders and legislation

  • Leadership and success stories in green building

  • Federal programs and resources

  • State and local programs

  • Multiple buildings and campus greening

  • Sustainable communities

  • Climate change

The event is open to all government agencies, non-government organizations and private firms that work with government agencies.

]]> No publisher sknight Conference 2010-04-28T21:05:34Z Event World Change Conference http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/world-change-conference Bringing about a thriving, beautiful, sustainable world. Common Circle Education is hosting a powerful nine-day experiential intensive for people wanting to take an active, empowered role to bring about a thriving, beautiful, sustainable world.  

The intensive will bring together some of the greatest teachers of our time, including:

- Joanna Macy (joannamacy.net)
- Jon Young (8shields.org)
- Christopher Kuntzsch (christopherkuntzsch.com)
- James Stark (regenerativedesign.org)
- John Kinyon (johnkinyon.com)
- Shaktari Belew (honoringalllife.org)
- Starhawk (starhawk.org)
- Kevin Danaher (globalexchange.org)
- Richard Register (ecocitybuilders.org)

The core components of this course will be:
- Work That Reconnects
- Theory of Spiral Dynamics
- Conflict Mediation through Non-Violent Communication
- Ecology of Leadership
- Eight Shields Model of Mentoring
- Transition Town Training

www.commoncircle.com/world-change-conference

]]> No publisher sknight Conference 2010-04-28T21:05:13Z Event 14th Annual Community Food Security Coalition Conference http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/14th-annual-community-food-security-coalition-conference Food, Culture, and Justice: The Gumbo that Unites Us All At the 14th Annual CFSC conference, you will have the opportunity to see first-hand the unique regional and multi-cultural approach to food organizing taking place in New Orleans.  In the region, food is used to make a cultural connection uniting urban farmers, food banks, fishers, faith-based organizations, and others as they work towards social justice. The four-day conference will cover a broad range of topics relevant to YOUR food system including field trips, workshops and speakers on topics such as ending poverty through rebuilding local food economies; the intersection of food, culture and justice; food policy; food access; farm to cafeteria and much more.

Registration begins in July.

 www.communityfoodconference.org/14

]]> No publisher sknight Conference 2010-04-28T20:56:48Z Event ReVisioning Value Conference 2010 http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/revisioning-value-conference-2010 The Intersection of Purpose and Profit How do we get the needed resources and talent for solving our most challenging problems? Government, traditional business, and charities can't do it all. This crossroads is an opportunity. Meet pioneers Tamzin Ractliffe, founder of SASIX, and Alex Counts, President of Grameen Foundation, and Don Shaffer, President and CEO of RSF Social Finance as they convene in Portland, Oregon to join 30+ experts from around the world. What they're proposing will change the world.

The one day conference is followed by a day of hands-on workshops and strategic action roundtables designed to help participants apply the ideas offered at the conference to their own organizations and to create real tools and strategies as an outcome. 

ReVV 2010 will:

  • Inform and inspire those interested in financing change through social investing
  • Provide information on how to create new kinds of change organizations, from nonprofits to social businesses
  • Create new tools, formats, structures for social action
  • Build the field for social innovation and sustainable communities


 www.revisioningvalue.org 

]]> No publisher sknight Conference 2010-04-19T22:51:06Z Event 16th Annual Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Conference http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/16th-annual-pedagogy-and-theatre-of-the-oppressed-conference Flex and Flexibility: When to bend? When to stretch? When to engage? PTO is a not-for-profit (IRS 501C3) organization with the following mission: To challenge oppressive systems by promoting critical thinking and social justice. We organize an annual meeting that focuses on the work of liberatory educators, activists, and artists; and community organizers.

Pre-conference workshops begin June 1st and post-conference workshops conclude June 8th.

www.ptoweb.org/conference.html

]]> No publisher sknight Conference 2010-04-19T18:52:27Z Event Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/good-jobs-green-jobs-national-conference Building a green economy that creates good jobs. The 2010 Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference is the leading forum for transforming ideas into action and building a green economy that creates good jobs, reduces global warming, and preserves America’s economic and environmental security.

The 2010 Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference promises to be an extraordinary event, with three days of keynotes, plenary sessions, and workshops dedicated to transforming our ideas into action and building a revitalized, green economy that creates good jobs, reduces global warming, and preserves America’s economic and environmental security.

The goals of the 2010 Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference are to:

  • Provide a forum for labor, environment and businesses to turn ideas into action and build a revitalized, green economy in the United States;
  • Demonstrate the diversity of the coalition supporting the creation of good, green jobs;
  • Showcase the successes of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the ideas and strategies that have already been implemented;
  • Underscore the breadth of private-sector green investment and job creation;
  • Identify additional federal and state policy tools to accelerate the growth of the green economy and the creation of clean energy jobs;
  • Highlight strategies for rebuilding the middle class and creating opportunities for underserved and underemployed communities with clean energy investments; and
  • Model partnerships between federal agencies, the private sector and local interests.

www.greenjobsconference.org

]]> No publisher sknight Conference 2010-04-19T18:47:37Z Event CLIMATE 2010/KLIMA 2010 http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/climate-2010-klima-2010 The world's CO2-friendly scientific online climate conference. Let the conference introduce you to the latest scientific findings on the social, economic and political aspects of climate change. Enter this platform and read about new projects and innovative initiatives being undertaken in both industrialized and developing countries by universities and scientific institutions, government bodies, NGOs and other stakeholders.

This year, the third CLIMATE 2010 conference will focus on "Climate Change and the Sustainable Management of Water Resources". CLIMATE 2010 is being organized in cooperation with UNEP, UNESCO, WMO, IPCC, FAO and other world bodies. Be part of this worldwide climate-friendly event and use this unique opportunity to present and discuss your work with fellow researchers, practitioners, NGOs and the interested public from all around the world.

www.climate2010.net

]]> No publisher sknight Conference 2010-04-19T18:44:50Z Event National River Rally 2010 http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/national-river-rally-2010 Protecting our home rivers and waters. Together we are an unstoppable force for the protection of our home rivers and waters. And River Rally is the place where the movement grows and strengthens!

Grab your co-worker, board member, spouse and/or loved-one(s) and join with hundreds of the most effective innovators in watershed protection for a truly amazing experience.

River Rally provides an unparalleled opportunity for concentrated and focused learning, extensive networking, and the inspiration and celebration you need to recharge.

This year’s River Rally also focuses on two critical “bridge building” strategies: 1) creating stronger connections to federal agencies (EPA, USGS, NOAA, US Fish & Wildlife, National Park Service, USDA, US Forest Service, etc) that can now offer a host of new technical resources, funding and policy/management changes to local groups, and 2) building closer relationships with different constituencies like land groups, environmental justice organizations and others who have a similar stake in clean, abundant water.

Of course, spending time in the beautiful Wasatch Mountains is a nice perk too. Utah has 11,000 miles of fishing streams and 147,000 acres of lakes and reservoirs, plus glorious mountains, spectacular canyons and natural arches galore. Plan to stay a few extra days to explore all that the Beehive State has to offer.

Intensive sessions; Field trips; Office hours with potential funders and in-person conversations with leaders in the new administration; the National River Heroes Banquet; River Idol, music jams, Wild & Scenic Environmental Film Festival; a gorgeous setting...what are you waiting for? Register Today!

www.rivernetwork.org/programs/national-river-rally

]]> No publisher sknight Conference 2010-04-19T18:41:17Z Event The World People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/the-world-peoples-conference-on-climate-change Developing proposals and actions for addressing climate change. The Plurinational State of Bolivia will host an historic conference on climate change in April with an expected attendance of more than 10,000 people along with government  representatives from more than 50 countries. Many more people are expected to participate via the Internet and in campaign actions on the final day of the conference, 22 April which marks UN Mother Earth Day. Among the confirmed speakers are NASA scientist Jim Hansen; environmental journalist and leader of 350.org, Bill McKibben; Indian environmentalist Vandana Shiva; Uruguayan writer Eduardo Galeano; Miguel D’Escoto, former President of UN General Assembly; American actor, director and activist Danny Glover; along with leaders from leading environmental organizations and communities at the front line of climate change.

Bolivia has invited all 192 governments in the UN to attend the conference and is working closely with the United Nations Development Program to bring representatives from nearly all the 49 Least Developed Countries (LDCs), whose populations will be most vulnerable to climate change. Spain, Russia and France have also indicated that they will send representatives and others are still confirming.

The conference was announced by President Evo Morales of Bolivia in the aftermath of the widely denounced outcomes of the Copenhagen UNFCCC conference in December 2009. The aim of the Peoples’ World Conference on Climate Change is to advance an agenda led by civil society organizations and in dialogue with proactive governments dedicated to preventing climate change. The conference aims to analyze the structural causes of climate change, and develop specific proposals and actions for addressing it.

All media and journalists are warmly encouraged to come to Bolivia to cover this event. Registration is free and can be done at the conference website at http://cmpcc.org (Spanish) or http://pwccc.wordpress.com (English)

]]> No publisher sknight Conference 2010-04-19T18:30:00Z Event 8th Annual BALLE Business Conference http://www.yesmagazine.org/events/8th-annual-balle-business-conference Lighting the way to a new economy. The Business Alliance for Local Living Economies (BALLE) is North America's fastest growing network of socially responsible businesses, comprised of over 80 community networks with over 21,000 independent business members across the U.S. and Canada.

In these uncertain economic times, BALLE is convening the community of business owners and innovation leaders who are proving that things can and should be different!  Our economy ought to be by the people and for the people. The BALLE conference will demonstrate how the new economy is being shaped at the grassroots level in local communities around North America.

Join hundreds of entrepreneurs and business owners, BALLE network leaders, economic developers, local government representatives and community connectors, as we explore innovative best practices in growing community health and wealth. Together we will find inspiration, share proven tools and successful programs, and explore how communities like yours are stepping forward as leaders of the new economy.

www.livingeconomies.org/conference/2010-conference

]]> No publisher sknight Conference 2010-04-01T19:45:00Z Event