WORKSHOPS AND PRESENTATIONS
Jon Biemer P.E. is comfortable presenting a wide range of sustainability-related topics. Most material may be presented in inspirational presentations, interactive workshops or consulting engagements. Arrangements are made collaboratively to support the client’s objectives.
Presentation and Workshop Menu
Handprint and Footprint Thinking
Handprint thinking – the good we do – complements the awareness of resource limits imposed by Footprint thinking. Ways to intervene in a system. Organizational Development. Offsetting my Carbon Footprint. Setting intensions.
Education and Inspiration
How can we grow people to become wise stewards and change agents? Scientists in elementary schools. Outdoor schools. Education for sustainable development. Living Systems. Stories.
Community and Generosity
We are more sustainable when we take care of each other. Placemaking. Ecovillages. Community rights. Philanthropy – small and large scale. On-line giving. Re-selling. Teachings of White Buffalo Calf Woman.
Business, Investment and Sustainability
We can make money and promote sustainability. Re-selling and other eco services. Responsible investing. The Carbon Underground 200. Benefit Corporations. International environmental standards. Putting a price on carbon.
Being a Change Agent
Businesses, politicians and bureaucrats can be moved by the people. Historical activism – forest policy, nuclear power. Protecting the Alaska and the Antarctic. Exxon Valdez/Ceres principles. Environmental justice. Bottled water. Planetwalker.
Renewable Energy, Elegant Buildings, and Graceful Transportation
Creating green infrastructure is a work in progress. Cost-effective wind and solar. Evolving sustainable building – the role of LEED. Walking. Riding bikes. Inter-urban trains. The millennial generation.
Sustainable Food and Agriculture
What we eat and how we grow it makes a difference. Food labeling. Vegetarian cooking. Community supported agriculture. Organic agriculture. Regenerative agriculture – real carbon sequestration.
The Land, The Rivers, Our Ocean – Stewardship
We have a track record of protection and recovering land, reviving rivers, and conserving our oceans. Bio-remediation. The Willamette River. Whales. Outlawing plastic bags. There is more to be done.
Environmental Constitutions and Treaties
We really can cooperate to protect the environment. Nations that write nature into their constitutions. Gross National Happiness. One treaty every nation has signed – and the many other environmental treaties.
Sustainable Religion, Spirit and Motivation
A lot needs to be done, but where do we get the motivation? Bring spirit to sustainability. Pope Francis’ encyclical. Green pilgrimage. Ceremony. Process psychology. Indigenous wisdom. Making it personal.
Handprint thinking – the good we do – complements the awareness of resource limits imposed by Footprint thinking. Ways to intervene in a system. Organizational Development. Offsetting my Carbon Footprint. Setting intensions.
Education and Inspiration
How can we grow people to become wise stewards and change agents? Scientists in elementary schools. Outdoor schools. Education for sustainable development. Living Systems. Stories.
Community and Generosity
We are more sustainable when we take care of each other. Placemaking. Ecovillages. Community rights. Philanthropy – small and large scale. On-line giving. Re-selling. Teachings of White Buffalo Calf Woman.
Business, Investment and Sustainability
We can make money and promote sustainability. Re-selling and other eco services. Responsible investing. The Carbon Underground 200. Benefit Corporations. International environmental standards. Putting a price on carbon.
Being a Change Agent
Businesses, politicians and bureaucrats can be moved by the people. Historical activism – forest policy, nuclear power. Protecting the Alaska and the Antarctic. Exxon Valdez/Ceres principles. Environmental justice. Bottled water. Planetwalker.
Renewable Energy, Elegant Buildings, and Graceful Transportation
Creating green infrastructure is a work in progress. Cost-effective wind and solar. Evolving sustainable building – the role of LEED. Walking. Riding bikes. Inter-urban trains. The millennial generation.
Sustainable Food and Agriculture
What we eat and how we grow it makes a difference. Food labeling. Vegetarian cooking. Community supported agriculture. Organic agriculture. Regenerative agriculture – real carbon sequestration.
The Land, The Rivers, Our Ocean – Stewardship
We have a track record of protection and recovering land, reviving rivers, and conserving our oceans. Bio-remediation. The Willamette River. Whales. Outlawing plastic bags. There is more to be done.
Environmental Constitutions and Treaties
We really can cooperate to protect the environment. Nations that write nature into their constitutions. Gross National Happiness. One treaty every nation has signed – and the many other environmental treaties.
Sustainable Religion, Spirit and Motivation
A lot needs to be done, but where do we get the motivation? Bring spirit to sustainability. Pope Francis’ encyclical. Green pilgrimage. Ceremony. Process psychology. Indigenous wisdom. Making it personal.
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