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Posted - 10/17/2014
Pause...and Play

On the heels of the 3rd Annual Invoking the Pause Grant Partner Gathering, we wish everyone at Bioneers a very Happy 25th Anniversary!!



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Maggie Kaplan, Founder/Executive Director ITP & Nina Simons, Co-Founder Bioneers, 2010
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ITP 3rd Annual ITP Grant Partner Gathering 10/15/2014
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ITP 3rd Annual ITP Grant Partner Gathering 10/15/2014
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Joshua Fouts, Executive Director Bioneers at ITP
Grant Partner Gathering 10/15/14

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Maggie Kaplan; Lisa Micheli, Executive Director, Pepperwood Preserve and Anne Fitzgerald, ITP Advisory Committee 10/15/2014
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As You Sow storyboard, ITP Grant Partner Gathering 10/15/2014


UofM_adapt.jpgHere’s a video giving you a glimpse into the serious fun we had during the Let’s Adapt workshop. You can also visit us on Flickr to find images from the workshop.

We often think of games as just for entertainment and fun and as an activity to pass the time, possibly when socializing with friends. We spend 3 billion hours a week as a planet playing videogames. Fortunately, there are also games out there designed to make a positive social impact by either making players aware of a political concern like the Darfur conflict or a socioeconomic issue like unemployment and poverty. Games are also starting to be used by humanitarian organizations that have a tough job explaining intangible concepts with long-term consequences. Like climate change adaptation, well-designed games involve decisions with consequences. » Read More

As You Sow

ITP Grant Partner, As You Sow, is developing a project that includes planning the development of a media campaign that will dispel myths propagated by the fossil fuel industry that people need fossil fuels to thrive.


Our campaign will encourage individuals to reject the fossil fuel reliance myth and publicly ‘break up with fossil fuels.’ During our 'Pause', we learned and examined the importance of several themes that may be useful for the larger climate movement to consider going forward, one of which I will highlight here.

Message climate change with hope, opportunity, and profit. Very often, climate change is explained in terms that are negative, bearish, or forecast doomsday, » Read More

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Find out who the Change Makers of today are at the 25th Anniversary of Bioneers Summit Conference, October 17-19. 
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Tribal Changes App releases blog site focusing on the impacts of climate change on indigenous people and their culture.  Visit here
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Public awareness of climate change is reaching new highs, and the Caribbean is just one of many areas around the world that has its eyes on the future. As a result, understanding climate risks and helping communities reduce their vulnerability to future climate change is a priority for a number of organizations in the region. Thanks to funding from Invoking the Pause, the University of Miami’s School of Communication (UM), the IFRC Red Cross Caribbean Disaster Risk Management Reference Center (CADRIM), and the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre (RCCC), were able to introduce an innovative approach to reach stakeholders in the Caribbean with climate-related games.                                                                                         » Read More

Screen_Shot_2013_11_14_at_12.30.08_PM.png Invoking the Pause Grant Partner, HighWaterLine, has traversed the ocean to the UK where it began its chalk line visual message of the potential risks of rising sea levels for two coastal towns. From September 9-21, 2014, residents from along 32 miles of waterfront in Bristol and Avon Mouth, UK will be drawing their HighWaterLine.  Read the article that ran in Guardian here.

And for more information on the drawing of the line, or to join in, visit the webpage or join the Facebook page.

Posted - 09/09/2014
E2 Clean Energy Jobs Report
E2 - Environmental Entrepreneurs Bob Keefe, E2 Executive Director, gives Invoking the Pause an update on their latest quarterly clean energy jobs report, which really illustrates how E2 continues to use what has become one of their signature advocacy tools to drive smart policies that will cut carbon pollution, increase renewable energy/energy efficiency and address climate change.
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anhe_logo.pngOn July 26 – 30, the Alliance of Nurses for Health Environments (www.enviRN.org) convened a retreat to explore the value of marrying artists and activists in an effort to strengthen climate change campaigns while building a more comprehensive, progressive movement that seeks environmental sustainability, social justice, and spiritual fulfillment.  In attendance were artists who work in a variety of media (poetry, performance, film), environmental activists, health professionals, and community organizers.  Care was taken to amass as diverse a group as possible in terms of age, sex, race, and so on.  » Read More

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