RenewableEnergyStocks.com Announces Celebrated Environmentalist to Present at "Bioneers by the Bay: Connecting for Change", Hosted by Non-Profit Featured Company Marion Institute

RenewableEnergyStocks.com Announces Celebrated Environmentalist to Present at "Bioneers by the Bay: Connecting for Change", Hosted by Non-Profit Featured Company Marion Institute

Paul Hawken, Celebrated Environmentalist, Entrepreneur, Best-Selling Author and Bioneers Icon Will
Open the "Bioneers by the Bay: Connecting for Change" Conference

POINT ROBERTS, Wash., August 15th, 2005 - www.RenewableEnergyStocks.com (RES), an investor and industry news portal for the renewable energy sector, announces that Paul Hawken - environmentalist, entrepreneur, journalist, and best-selling author - has joined the list of presenters to be featured at the "Bioneers by the Bay: Connecting for Change" Conference, to be held at UMASS Dartmouth, from October 14-16th. Hawken will open the "Bioneers by the Bay: Connecting for Change" Conference [the 2005 northeast regional Beaming Bioneers satellite event] on the morning of October 14th.

Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, journalist, best-selling author, and a proponent of corporate reform with respect to ecological practices. He is author and co-author of dozens of articles as well as six books including The Next Economy, Growing a Business, and the best-selling The Ecology of Commerce. His latest book, Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution [with Amory Lovins] has been referred to by several heads of state including President Bill Clinton, who called it one of the five most important books in the world today. Hawken has founded or co-founded several companies including Groxis, Smith & Hawken, and several of the first natural food companies in the U.S that relied solely on sustainable agricultural methods.

Hawken also founded and directs the Natural Capital Institute, a research group dedicated to researching principles and practices leading to social justice and environmental restoration. NCI is currently developing two databases, Sustainable Civil Society [a world-wide catalogue of individuals and organizations dedicated to healing the planet] and ResponsibleInvesting.org [a public database containing complete equity holdings and screening categories of SRI mutual funds in the US and Canada].

"Paul is the most far-reaching, innovative environmental thinker on our planet today," says Marion Institute co-founder Michael Baldwin. "He is also an absolute and precious icon for the Bioneers community and we are honored that he will be taking part in our "Bioneers by the Bay" gathering."

Other featured presenters include Anna Lappé, Gunter Pauli, Juliet Schor, Jim Kunstler, John Cronin, Peter Forbes, Jonathan Todd, Susan Witt, John Lash, John Holdren, Roger Payne & Lisa Harrow and Dennis Whittle & Mari Kuraishi. Topics will include renewable energy systems, new paradigms in business, native ecology, healthy food, brownfields, youth leadership, holistic health, sustainable communities, smart growth and more. We are also hoping to bring environmentalist icon Julia Butterfly Hill.

"Bioneers by the Bay: Connecting for Change" Conference will feature such topics as renewable energy systems, new paradigms in business, native ecology, healthy food, youth leadership, holistic health, sustainable communities, a Youth Initiative program and much more and is expected to attract over 1,000 attendees, on each of the three days.

The conference will also present a program of speakers, workshops, panel discussions, exhibitors, food, entertainment, a film festival and related events. The "Bioneers by the Bay: Connecting for Change" Conference will be linked, via satellite, to the main Bioneers event in San Rafael, California.
Those interested in attending, exhibiting or sponsorship opportunities are invited to visit www.connectingforchange.org, call 1.508.743.0511 or email info@connectingforchange.org

About "Bioneers by the Bay: Connecting for Change"
"Bioneers by the Bay: Connecting for Change" is a partnership between the Marion Institute, the Small Planet Fund, the E F Schumacher Society, the New England Grass Roots Fund, The Coalition for Buzzards Bay, UMASS Dartmouth and a wide array of local colleges and grassroots organizations — ensuring that this event becomes a profoundly inspiring, dynamic and successful annual experience. This conference features a live satellite downlink of the Bioneers Conference in San Rafael, CA. Visit the Bioneers website at www.bioneers.org for more information about the Bioneers Conference and our partnership.

Early Bird registration runs until August 15th. For more information about the "Bioneers by the Bay Connecting for Change" Conference, please call visit www.connectingforchange.org, call 1.508.743.0511 or email info@connectingforchange.org. Space is limited.
About Paul Hawken
Paul Hawken is an environmentalist, entrepreneur, journalist, and best-selling author. At the age of 20, he became fascinated with the relationship between human and living systems. His concerns extended from health to farming, from commerce to social justice. He started several ecological businesses, writes and teaches about the impact of commerce upon the environment, and consults with governments and corporations on economic development, industrial ecology, and environmental policy. Mr. Hawken has also founded or co-founded several companies including Groxis, a graphic information delivery provider for search engines, libraries, scientific repositories, and databases; Metacode, a software company specializing in proprietary content management tools. He is presently creating PaxIT, PaxTurbine, and PaxFan, three companies associated with Pax Scientific—a California-based research and development corporation focused on proprietary technologies involving but not limited to fluid dynamics, convection, flow form geometry, propulsion, and thermodynamics. He is author and co-author of dozens of articles, op-eds, and papers, as well as six books including The Next Economy (1983), Growing a Business (1987), and The Ecology of Commerce (1993). 
For a more detailed look at Mr. Hawken's professional experience, please visit www.paulhawken.com

About Bioneers
Founded in 1990, Bioneers is a nonprofit organization that promotes practical environmental solutions and innovative social strategies for restoring the Earth and communities. For more information about Bioneers, please call 1.877.BIONEER, email info@bioneers.org or visit us online at www.bioneers.org

About The Marion Institute
Founded in 1992, the Marion Institute is dedicated to identifying and promoting programs that seek to enhance life for the Earth and its inhabitants. The Institute has long been dedicated to exploring new frontiers in health and healing of the mind, body, and spirit. We are committed to uniting people who want to heal the planet-and themselves-by encouraging a deeper understanding of the past, a dynamic experience of the present, and a passionate vision of a healthy future. We believe in the interdependence of all life and the critical balance necessary for a sustainable future. For more information about the Marion Institute, please call us at 508.748.0816, email us at info@marioninstitute.org or visit us online at www.marioninstitute.org

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