[Southern California Permaculture] SBCC Channels Writes Up Bioneers Film Showcase Ocean & Climate Event/Youtube

Mon Apr 10 21:33:01 PDT 2017

Did you miss the Bioneers Film Showcase last night at SBCC?  You can read
about it below, and if interested,  watch the inspiring main feature we
showed, The Least Deadly Catch, with Bren Smith, GreenWave founder & 2015
recipient of the Buckminster Fuller Challenge Award on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjFPdTnclUA.   We had a great time, hope to
do again next year.  Margie

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Film showcase highlights environmental innovations

 <http://www.thechannels.org/staff/?writer=KATHYVAN%20TRAN> KATHYVAN TRAN,
Features Editor
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http://www.thechannels.org/features/2017/04/10/film-showcase-highlights-envi
ronmental-innovations/

Groups of like-minded advocates met Sunday evening to learn about
environmental innovations happening locally and coast to coast.

The  <http://www.sbcc.edu/environmentalhorticulture/> environmental
horticulture department co-sponsored the "
<https://www.facebook.com/events/820021114821921/> Central Coast Bioneers
Film Showcase" alongside  <http://www.sbpermaculture.org/> Santa Barbara
Permaculture Network and  <https://ecologistics.org/> Ecologistics from 5 to
8 p.m. Sunday evening at the Fe Bland Forum, where clips from the 27th
Annual  <https://nationalbioneersconferenceo2016.sched.com/> Bioneers
Conference were shown.

"Bioneers are people that look at solutions found in nature to solve human
problems," said Stacey Hunt, chief executive officer for Ecologistics.
"Bioneers [Conference] is where you go to get energized, to get excited
again about solutions."

Early arrivals to the event were treated to samples of seaweed products from
<https://www.amaseabeauty.com/> AMA SeaBeauty, organic herbal dandelion
coffee from Carpinteria-based company  <http://teeccino.com/> Teecchino and
informational flyers from the  <http://www.cecsb.org/> Community
Environmental Council.

Nonprofit organization Ecologistics, headquartered in San Luis Obispo, aims
to create resilient and healthy communities for Central Coast residents that
are environmentally and economically sustainable. Service areas include
Monterey, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties.

Ecologistics last hosted the showcase in Santa Barbara in 2013.   Hunt said
Bioneers allows Ecologistics the licensing and media rights to distribute
its videos to the public to offer a showcase such as this one.  "We try to
reach out to all the counties," Hunt said. "We love to bring the information
anywhere because it's really good information."

The first clip featured a mural created by London-based eco-artist
<http://louismasai.com/> Louis Masai of a
<http://www.synchronicityearth.org/blog/2015/10/q-a-with-louis-masai-the-cor
al-mural-and-campaign> coral reef system.   Masai uses his street art to
raise awareness about endangered species and ecosystems such as the coral
reef. A statistic from the film said that by 2050, 90 percent of reef
systems will be in danger.  "Coral reefs are resilient," a quote from the
clip read. "Our smallest actions together can help them to regenerate."

The  <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll9T2AuRGVw> second clip featured
speaker  <http://www.billmckibben.com/> Bill McKibben, the founder of
grassroots climate campaign  <https://350.org/> 350.org, who used the
analogy of "lights going out on earth" to refer to the loss of natural
systems such as arctic sea ice.  "I see lights go out," McKibben said. "When
they go out, we don't see as well as we used to. These lights aren't just
going off on their own, they're being turned off."

Nonetheless, McKibben expressed hope that other lights were coming on,
including the increasing affordability of solar panels, whose prices have
decreased by 80 percent in the last 10 years.

The  <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li7ifi83LV0> third clip introduced
biologist  <https://twitter.com/janinebenyus> Janine Benyus, founder of
<http://biomimicry.org/> Biomimicry, an organization that draws inspiration
from nature to seek sustainable solutions and innovations. She argued that
plants grow together as whole networks or "parties" and that we need to
understand them to "help the helpers."  "We need to make the planet great
again," Benyus joked.

The pace picked up again with the
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrwDqN5Z-xc> fourth clip which featured
youth activist and hip hop artist
<http://www.earthguardians.org/xiuhtezcatl/> Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, who
rapped two songs for the audience. Martinez is the founder of
<http://www.earthguardians.org/> Earth Guardians, an organization of young
activists, artists and musicians devoted to defending the planet.

The feature film of the evening, "
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjFPdTnclUA> The Least Deadly Catch: Ocean
Farming in the Climate Change Era," was introduced by Daniel Marquez of
<http://www.pharmersea.com/> Pharmersea, a 25-acre sea farm off Ellwood Pier
near  <http://meritagecollection.com/bacararesort/> Bacara Resort where
Marquez and his wife Antoinette grow kelp.  The film featured fisherman
<http://greenwave.org/profile/bren-smith/> Bren Smith, founder of
<http://greenwave.org/> GreenWave and winner of the 2015
<https://www.bfi.org/challenge> Buckminster Fuller Challenge award, which
recognizes efforts to identify and measure effective, enduring solutions to
global sustainability challenges.

"Ecological crisis has nothing to do with the environment," Smith said. "It
has to do with the economy. There will be no jobs on a dead planet."

Smith emphasized the need to adopt more seaweed in culinary cuisine, stating
that seaweed is the most affordable way to grow and eat, and that a network
of farms the size of the state of Washington could feed the world. Smith
came up with the idea of "restorative 3D ocean farming" that has low
aesthetic impact, small footprint and protects the environment.

"Climate change is going to force us into the ocean," Smith said. "This is
our opportunity to protect rather than privatize our oceans."

After the film, Marquez discussed Pharmersea and compared it to Smith's
model of 3D ocean farming, where the Marquezs use their seaweed crops to
create cosmetics and skincare products. The company sells the products under
its brand  <https://www.amaseabeauty.com/> AMA SeaBeauty. Marquez said she
hopes to open up a storefront on State Street by April 30.

Margie Bushman, co-founder of Santa Barbara Permaculture Network, said she
hopes to host the event again next year.

"We were very happy with the outcome," Bushman said. "We always thought it
would be powerful and we would like to keep doing it."  Ecologistics will
host a second Central Bioneers Showcase from
<https://ecologistics.org/bioneers-back-slo/> April 25 to April 27 at Cal
Poly San Luis Obispo.

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