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GLBD | Detroit MI

Welcome to Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit - GLBD

GLBD promotes collaboration and networking among SE Michigan individuals and organizations working on sustainability and eco-justice issues.

Next Event Friday April 13

6-8pm at First Unitarian-Universalist Church
4605 Cass Avenue
Detroit, MI 48201

A series of Conversations and Meals on the Earth Charter and Southeastern Michigan. Friends of Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit is an emerging collaborative of folks committed year round to deepening the values of GLBD. This year, the Friends of GLBD invites you to join us for four conversations delving deep into the Earth Charter.

Hope to see YOU there.

A FREE monthly Gathering celebrating the connections between health, the environment, agriculture, food security, the economy & our community.

Learn more about the Bioneers experience.

Listen to interviews with 2011 Conference participants:

Audio 1 - Rhonda Anderson
Audio 2 - Leadership
Audio 3 - Undoing Racism
Audio 4 - Peter McCreedy

Helene Bienvenu Nora Mandray

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8th Annual GLBD Conference
2012 October 19-21

Each year, GLBD brings together people from all areas of the sustainability movement. Whether you are a long-time activist or just curious, you can join us for a weekend of learning and inspiration.

THANK YOU for a wonderful conference in 2011.

Three New Events -
GLBD Sponsored and Co-Sponsored
Check them out.

News in Celebrating Sustainable Communities
A Permaculture Design Course and a Free Film Series - Get the Details

GLBD COSPONSORS
Join New York Times Best-Selling Author

Join Tracie McMillan, the New York Times best-selling author of the American Way of Eating for a community conversation at COLORS-Detroit. Ms. McMillan will kick off our Talk Soup Series, community conversations with social justice and food justice thinkers dreamers and doers.

Colors - Detroit Restaurant
311 East Grand River Ave
Detroit, MI 48206

Co-sponsored by Great Lakes Bioneers, the Restaurant Opportunities Center of Michigan (ROC-Michigan), and COLORS Restaurant.

Thursday April 5th
Program begins promptly at 6pm

Copies of Ms. McMillan's book as well as soul-warming COLORS soup dinners ($5) will be available for purchase by interested participants. Hope to see you there!

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GLBD COSPONSORS
2012 Monday Community Movie Nights

A FREE monthly Gathering celebrating the connections between health, the environment, agriculture, food security, the economy & our community.

Monday - March 26th
BLUE GOLD
Blue Gold follows numerous worldwide examples of people fighting for their basic right to water, from court cases to violent revolutions to U.N. conventions to revised constitutions to local protests at grade schools. As Maude Barlow proclaims, "This is our revolution, this is our war". A line is crossed as water becomes a commodity. Will we survive?
hosted by: PEOPLE'S WATER BOARD COALITION

6:30 -8:30p
MSU Detroit Center
3408 Woodward
48201
313-578-9701

More Details Here!

2011 Conference Photos Are Here
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Below photos by Nora Mandray

**Get our GLBD 7th Annual Conference Report**

SUPPORT GLBD

GLBD's work depends on a "gift" economy: the gift of time from numerous volunteers, the gift of talents and skills from conference presenters, the gift of artists, chefs, farmers, the support of our sponsors, exhibitors and vendors. Contact Gloria Rivera at river1143@comcast.net to learn how you can be a part of GLBD.

We also need and value your financial gift. Your tax-deductible donation helps us bring the conference and ongoing events to Detroit each year.

Thank You.

2012 Conference is October 19-21st 2012

Photo by Ellen Wara

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