Major Donors

Denis & Martha Pierce

Jayne Leatherman Walker

Underwriters & Major Sponsors

Pleasanton Brick Oven Bakery	> Saturday Night Film
Eco-Learning Center	> Scholarship Program
Green Island	> Friday Reception
Higher Grounds Trading Co.	> Fair Trade Café
Elise Schlaikjer	> Scholarship Program
Oryana Natural Foods Market	> Conference Programing
ETM Electric	> Family Area
Fernand Footwear	> Earthwork Concert
White Crane Billing Solutions	> Saturday Night Mixer
Lisa Franseen, PhD	> Scholarship Program
Bauer Power	> Conference Programing

Partner Organizations

Bay Bucks	MSU-Student Organic Farm
Eco-Learning Center	N. Michigan Environmental Action Council
Great Lakes Renewable Energy Assoc.	Northwest Michigan Council of Governments
Earthwork Music Collective	Michigan Environmental Council
Inland Seas Education Assoc.	Traverse Bay Watershed Greens
ISLAND	Urban Options
M-TEC Energy Demonstration Center	Watershed Center, Grand Traverse Bay
Little Artshram	Save the Wild UP
Michigan Land Use Institute	MOFFA
Michigan League of Conservation Voters	Northwestern Michigan College
Traverse City Area Chamber of Commerce	Sierra Club - Mackinac Chapter
Green Built Michigan	Natural Awakenings Magazine
MSU-Residential Initiative for the Study of the Environment	Strawbale Studio Natural Building Education
NW MI Onsite Wastewater Taskforce

Sponsoring Businesses

Advanced Building Control Systems	Leelanau Flowers
Backcountry Outfitters	Light of Day Tea, LLC
Bauer Power	Dance of Life Midwifery
Betsie Bay Furniture	ETM Electric
Clothing Matters, Eco-Fasion & LogoWear	Old Town School of Folk Music
Eden Hill Nursery	Oryana Natural Foods Market
Eden Foods	Phoenix Café
Creekside Herbs & Art	Pleasanton Brick Oven Bakery
East Lansing Food Co-op	Renewable Services, LLC
Epicure Catering	Rhythmic Adventures
Fernand Footwear	Rising Star Wellness Center
Glenn Wolff Studio	Rooted to Nature
Lisa Franseen, Psychologist	Sunnyview Pottery
Odom Reusable Bldg Materials	Sustainable Environmental Services
Morningstar Eco-spirituality Center	Leelanau Cheese Co
Moon Works	Food For Thought
Foods For Living	Traverse City Light and Power
Fixed Gear Gallery	Victoria Velting
Green Island	Ware Farm
Higher Grounds Trading Co.	Yana Dee Productions
Home Grown Organic Eatery	Apollo Engineering
Hullman Family Chiropractic	Yoga for Health and Education
Borealis Design	White Crane Billing Solutions
Lake Effects Design	Snap
Leelanau Cheese Co.	*Reclectia*
Living Light Body Works	Fred Bouma Company
Cedar City Market	Anahata Balance
Karas Construction

Great Lakes BIONEERS

The Great Lakes BIONEERS Conference is on the wooded campus of Northwestern Michigan College

great lakes BIONEERS

"This is kind of a seasonal ceremony, this Bioneers. If we were migrating birds, then this is our staging ground--where we come and we talk about what we hatched this year and what breeding was like." -- Janine Benyus

The Great Lakes BIONEERS Conference is co-sponsored by

SEEDS & The Neahtawanta Center

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