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CONNECTING FOR CHANGE: A Bioneers by the Bay Conference Presented by the Marion Institute
Marion Institute

OCTOBER 26-28 2012 │ NEW BEDFORD, MA

A SOLUTIONS BASED gathering that brings together a diverse audience to create deep and positive change in their communities.  Join the movement.

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2011 Connecting for Change T-Shirt

Soft, organic cotton t-shirts printed sustainably with low-impact, water-based inks by TS Designs. For more information on TS Designs or their innovative REHANCE printing technology please visit, tsdesigns.com.

All proceeds from t-shirt sales will go towards the Connecting for Change Scholarship Fund. 

T-Shirts sold from now until Oct. 20th are to be picked up at the Conference Oct. 21-23, they will NOT BE SHIPPED OUT.  Thank you.

Price: $20.00

This shirt runs quite a bit smaller than a typical medium.

This shirt runs quite a bit smaller than a typical medium.

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Give a Gift of a More Sustainable World

Are you looking for that perfect gift? Is there someone on your list who has everything and you never know what to buy for them? Are you looking for a way to add holiday cheer to the season?

We have the perfect gift, a gift that rewards you and your loved one with a year-long return. Give a gift to the Marion Institute or one of our seven programs and you will be giving the gift of a more sustainable and socially just world by supporting our work.

Browse our “catalogue” of programs below. When you make a donation we will send you a Gift Certificate that you can send on to the gift recipient. Tell your loved ones that you care about them in a new, important and sustainable way.

Thank you and happy holidays from all of us at the Marion Institute!

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Connecting for Change Conference

The annual Connecting for Change Conference is a three-day, solution based gathering that brings together a diverse audience to create deep and positive change in their communities. Join the movement.

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Biological Medicine Network

The Biological Medicine Network is dedicated to the vision of complete health and well being through the advancement, accessibility and widening availability of Biological Medicine in North America.

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Batey Hope

Providing medical care, clothing, food and educational workshops to migrant workers and their families living in the bateys of the Dominican Republic.

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Yoga Kids

Children learn the self-calming, self-regulating techniques inherent in the practice of yoga and meditation.

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Cambodia School Center

A unique youth center in Ksach Poy, educating thousands.

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Energy Medicine

Emma Bragdon, PhD raised funds to complete her second film in a series on Energy Medicine, titled "Spiritism" and also to create a not-for-profit foundation, write articles and a chapter for a medical school textbook about Spiritism, and develop more educational and research opportunities for those interested in spiritual healing in Brazil.

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Cambodian Living Arts

Supporting the revival of Cambodian traditional art forms and to inspire contemporary artistic expression. CLA's four core programs - teaching, performing, recording and new commissions - support 15 master musicians and nearly 300 students in Cambodia.

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Gaviotas Carbon Offset Initiative

This is a carbon offset program that supports the eco-village known as Las Gaviotas in Columbia, South America. It is the only project in the world with a twenty-three year track record of the sustainable regeneration of tropical rain forest.

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Two Angry Moms

A documentary film about school food: it’s not just a movie, it’s a movement!

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Welcome Home Project

The mission of The Welcome Home Project (WHP) is to heal a cultural wound by bridging the historic and painful divide that exists between veterans (including their families) and the civilian communities in which they live.

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Future Primitive

A podcasting website that presents intimate conversations with authors, visionaries and innovators from around the world. Listen to this community of voices who speak about our connection and partnership with the living Earth.

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Green Jobs Initiative

This replicable model is currently a New Bedford-based program that works to align training with real job opportunities by raising awareness about energy efficiency and other elements of sustainability, and connecting residents with resources as a pathway out of poverty that simultaneously helps to thwart climate change.

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Mastate Charitable Foundation

Promoting education, research, community development, natural building, sustainable living and conservation in rural Costa Rica.

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Heart of the World

Recovering 18,920 hectares of indigenous ancestral territory in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta.

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Himalayan Project

Helping to raise critical support for the Sherpa education and the distribution of much needed fleece winter jackets.

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Sponsored Arts for Education [S.A.F.E.]

Theatre group in Kenya promoting acceptance of HIV-positive citizens; also provides HIV/AIDS-prevention education.

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Nouvelle Planète

Supports concrete projects in local communities in the Amazon Rainforest.

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Taktse International School

The mission of Taktse International School is to develop a diverse community of self-motivated students and teachers who have a passion for excellence, inquiry and life long learning.

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Sustainability Education Initiative

The Sustainable Education Initiative strives to deepen the understanding and practice of environmental justice and sustainability within the school system.

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Epic Arts Centre

Epic Arts/Cambodia (EA/C) promotes integration of people of all abilities through utilizing the arts as a form of expression, empowerment, education and employment.

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The Wisdom of the Chakras

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I Am Somebody! is revolutionizing the NGO sector through principles of storytelling, the give and take of listening and the authenticity of exchange. We are multiplying available resources for the benefit of communities and their youth by creating a strong web of relationships that enable authentic exchange.

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Creative Lives

Addressing the decline in creative thinking and well-being for elementary age children through the provision of experiential, innovative after-school programs and creative support for both school-day and after-school educators Demonstrating creativity and well-being as essential curricula in public schools.

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The Marion Institute is dedicated to helping connect individuals with a wide array of innovative, effective and practical solutions that help heal the planet and its inhabitants.

We offer three levels of membership at the Marion Institute, all of which offer benefits that will deepen the level of connection between you, our member, and our many Programs and Serendipity Projects throughout the world.  These benefits are described here.  We invite you to join our team and become an Explorer, Seeker or Reader Member.

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