Bioneers is a nonprofit organization that highlights what are felt to be breakthrough solutions for restoring people and planet. Founded in 1990 in Santa Fe by social entrepreneurs Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons, it acts as a hub of social and scientific innovators to create practical solutions for the world’s most pressing environmental and social challenges.
Setting out to be a celebration of human ingenuity, Bioneers connects people with solutions and each other. Its annual national conference and local Bioneers Network events are complemented by extensive media production including an online media presence, radio and podcast series, book series, and role in third-party media projects such as Leonardo DiCaprio’s movie The 11th Hour and Michael Pollan’s book The Omnivore’s Dilemma.
Here is a range of content focused on youth activism: