THE NATION’S BIGGEST GREEN PRESERVATION INITIATIVE RETURNS TO DETROIT
Great Lakes Bioneers Conference Comes to Marygrove College Oct. 17th – 19th

DETROIT – In its 4th year, the annual Great Lakes Bioneers Conference returns to Detroit. It will take place at Marygrove College from Oct. 17th – 19th. The Great Lakes Bioneers Conference is an environmental conference dedicated to solving eco-issues that affect city dwellers. It builds off of the internationally acclaimed Bioneers Conference held in California, now in its 19th year, and its “Beaming Bioneers,” a companion program of community-based satellite conferences across the US.

The Great Lakes Bioneers Conference will address practical approaches of key environmental issues such as: recycling, energy preservation, urban farming and much more. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from an impressive variety of local environmental leaders in areas of organic farming, environmental activism, recycling, and energy preservation.

Going green will seem much easier after attending one of our workshops! Workshops will address a wide assortment of topics such as: “You Can” Grow Organic Food Year-Round in Michigan, Surviving an Energy Audit of Your Home, Renewable Options for Heating and Cooling Your Home, Michigan’s Renewable Energy Future: How You Can Influence Policy.

The Great Lakes Bioneers conference is happening in three locations this year: in Traverse City (for the 7th year), Detroit (for the 4th year) and Cleveland (for the 2nd year).

Since Detroit and the surrounding region need real solutions for its environmental challenges; the Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit Conference will provide an up-close and personal look towards reversing some of the environmental problems affecting this region. It is an excellent platform to share some of the developments that are already in place and some of our exciting future goals.

This is an interactive conference where five bus tours will take participants to visit the Detroit Public School Catherine Ferguson High School Tour, where they are actively raising goats and chickens; Environmental Justice Tour, a tour through local neighborhoods that are negatively impacted by environmental disregard; An Urban Garden Tour, a tour highlighting the benefits of community gardens and urban agriculture; River Walk Tour, a tour addressing the River Walk transformation and its future development; Mudmats from Tires – Recycling Motown Style Tour, a tour illustrating the transformation of used tires into attractive mudmats. Tours are included in the registration fee, but RSVP is required.