The Gulf: Now What?
 
Host Mike McIntee of The Uptake will be joined by three of our most esteemed Bioneers presenters to bring direct personal testimony of what's happening on the ground, and to offer their insights and guidance as to what needs to happen. The webcast will feature three illustrious changemakers who've been on the scene, up close and personal:
 
J. Wallace Nichols is a scientist, ocean activist, author and dad. He's a former senior scientist at the Ocean Conservancy and a research associate at the California Academy of Sciences. He works with many non-profit organizations, youth, fishermen and researchers around the world to build an Ocean Revolution. He's especially fond of sea turtles. J. has been on the Gulf documenting the crisis and organizing an on-the-ground response.

Diane Wilson is a fourth-generation fisherwoman on the Texas Gulf Coast, mother of five, mother of five, and author of An Unreasonable Woman. In l995 she won "zero discharge" agreements from Formosa Plastics, one of the largest producers of PVC in the world, and Alcoa Aluminum, among the nation's largest polluters, by conducting hunger strikes and attempting to sink her shrimp boat on top of a wastewater discharge pipe. Diane is a first-hand witness to the devastation being wrought in traditional Gulf Coast fishing communities.

Dr. Riki Ott was a commercial salmon  fisherma'am" who experienced firsthand the devastating effects from the Exxon Valdez oil spill, and chose to do something about it. She retired from fishing to found three nonprofit organizations to deal with the lingering harms and social consequences of our oil dependency. Her work today is focused on offering practical approaches to restoring democracy. She has authored three books on her experiences, and speaks from her personal knowledge about what the Gulf can expect in the coming years. Ricki has recently been on the ground in the Gulf as a biologist and political organizer.
 
Join us online for this front-line webcast at www.bioneers.org/webcast. We will broadcast live tomorrow, Thursday, August 5th, at 11:00AM Pacific Standard Time, 2PM Eastern. The webcast will be available for downloading after it has gone live.

The struggle to restore the Gulf has just begun. Join us!