A BIONEERS NETWORK EVENT, PRESENTED BY SUSTAIN DANE

Badger Bioneers 2014 Highlights

impact of participants found the skills and

techniques presented relevant and

useful for their sustainability work

of participants felt inspired by the

national Bioneers videos screened

of participants plan to bring up

sustainability in conversation

with others

reactions@pablobaxter Inspired by #badgerbioneers2014

@ChelseaSteeves So thankful to be a part of #badgerbioneers2014 as a

student facilitator. And during a year where such influential women were

recognized!

@Norma_gavas7 Building #GreenCommunities in Madison

#Badgerbioneers2014 #SustainDane

@joshuafeyen #badgerbioneers2014 annually sustains me through the

rest of the year. #thankful to @amfam for supporting such a great event

“This conference stands out for me among

all the other conferences I attend every

year. Please keep up the cutting-edge,

forward-thinking work that you are doing!”

“One of the best conferences I’ve been to in a

while. Thank you”

“In terms of professional development within

sustainable businesses, this conference was

invaluable!”

86%of participants thought the skills and

techniques presented relevant and

useful for their personal lives

88% 90%

of participants are committed

to sustainability

99%of participants intend to take small

steps to make the world better

98%96%

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Before Badger Bioneers After Badger Bioneers

“A Third WAy”Jessie Lerner, Executive Director, Sustain Dane

“...each of us has the capacity to re-imagine what is possible and guide a wave of

positive disruption that puts us on a trajectory to living more sustainably.”

“...let’s use the abundance of human creativity to embrace change, to shape the

disruptive forces to create new systems, new policies, new products and

new social norms and create the world we want.“Ph

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HIGHLIGHTS

SPONSORS

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2Featured SpeakersRebecca Ryan, Next Generation

Consulting - “The Future of

Sustainability”

Chris Kucharik, College of

Agriculture and Life Sciences,

Center for Sustainability and

the Global Environment, Nelson

Institute for Environmental

Studies, UW-Madison - “Local

Spotlight: Yahara 2070”

Roald Gundersen,  Whole Trees

- “Why Are Trees Stronger Than

Wood?”

Sara Ansell, City of Philadelphia

Mural Arts Program - “The Art of

Disruption”

Badger BioneersAnnette Miller, MGE

Caryl Terrell, Madison

Metropolitan Sewerage District

Jen Voichick, Habitat ReStore

Interviewed by Erika Janik,

Wisconsin Public Radio

Video Keynotes from National BioneersTerry Tempest Williams, “A Love

That is Wild: Why Wilderness

Matters in the 21st Century”

John Warner, “Green Chemistry:

Biomimicry and Molecular

Psychology”

SAve The dATeBadger Bioneers 2015November 10th, 2015UW-Madison, Union South

Sustain Dane will host four encore screenings

of the most inspiring keynote videos from the

Bioneers Conference in 2015 in partnership with

YWCA Madison, 100State, the Aldo Leopold

Nature Center, and the Center for Resilient

Cities. Find out more at sustaindane.org

American Family is proud to have sponsored

the Badger Bioneers Resilient Communities

Network Events for the last five years. Our

sustainability specialist served on the original

steering committee to bring Bioneers to the

region.

We believe our company’s vision to inspire,

protect and restore dreams is powerfully

aligned with the National Bioneers well-

established foundation of social and

scientific vision, knowledge and practices

toward advancing a great transformation in

human civilization.

Badger Bioneers has allowed us the

opportunity to connect and collaborate

with businesses, academics and civic

leaders around a common goal: a brighter,

more sustainable future for our region. We

value the long-term partnership we have

established with Sustain Dane and the UW

Office of Sustainability as we continue to

collaborate on this path.

This year’s event provided another robust

experience where we had the opportunity

to engage in and explore disruptive thinking

and envision new possibilities together

toward a more sustainable future. American

Family participants had an opportunity to

both provide facilitation and contribute to

the collaboration around complex problem-

solving.

American Family continues to support

communities, such as the one Sustain

Dane brings together through Badger

Bioneers, both locally and nationally through

sustainability and charitable efforts.

EmceeBrennan Nardi, Editor of Madison Magazine

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Monona Level Sponsors

Mendota Level Sponsors

Kegonsa Level Sponsors

Media Partners

Waubesa Level Sponsors

Wingra Level Sponsors

Community Shares of Wisconsin

Edgewood College

GL Envision

Home Savings Bank

MCD

Meriter Hospital

Michael Best & Friedrich

Next Generation Consulting

Pope Farm Conservancy

Summit Credit Union

Urban Land Interests (ULI)

UW Credit Union

WI Sustainable Business Council

City of Madison

designCraft Advertising

Great Big Pictures

Greater Madison Convention & Visitors Bureau

Ian’s Pizza on State

Isthmus Engineering

Land’s End

Monroe Street Family Dental, LLC

Palmer Johnson Power Systems

Rapid Improvement Associates

Revolve Promotions / I’m Organic

Scott Savage Consulting LLC

Sergenian’s Floor Coverings

TDS Custom Construction

Uniek, Inc.

Union Cab

Webcrafters

WECC

WI Environmental Initiative

ThANKS TO OUr SPONSOrS