Bioneers!

The conference was inspiring, a weekend-long pep talk on discovering your better self and saving the world to boot. The site's a conference center just north of San Rafael, adjoining an artificial lake that jumped with Canada goslings in the middle of a shallow basin framed by low hills that were green with valley oak and bay laurel. Paul Stamets talked about mycelial networks as the first internet, and everything from cellulosic ethanol to quick 'n' easy termite control through fungi, and there were good presentation on everything from saving Canadian forest to bringing fresh food to poor cities to the curative power of psychedelic plants. The multicultural dance performances made me resolve to get back to contra sessions.