Soil Not Oil International Conference | San Francisco

The Soil Not Oil Conference will focus this year on community-powered methods to drawdown carbon levels in the atmosphere and recognize the problems associated to inequity and lack of education in all levels.

The conference highlights agro-ecological practices, including regenerative agriculture, carbon farming, no-till/bio-intensive farming, permaculture, bio-dynamics and other alternatives to the industrial food system as tools to sequester carbon. We will feature creative solutions from leaders in the global south to adapt and prevent the ecological and social impacts of climate change.

Our keynote speakers are Vandana Shiva, Miguel A. Altieri, Tom Goldtooth, John Dennis Liu, Starhawk, and Wenonah Hauter, and there will be dozens of other presenters as well.

We believe there can’t be a discussion on climate change without addressing the reckless extraction of fossil fuels and its root causes. We will explore successful campaigns adopted by communities and NGOs, both locally and globally, and will learn from environmental justice advocates regarding air/water quality, synthetic fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides, as well as noise and visual pollution.

We encourage local investing to grow our community’s capacities and enable local development. We trust the traditional knowledge of indigenous people and we honor the borderless collaboration among organizations led by women, caretakers of the land, elderly, youth and others, who are rarely appropriately represented. This year our goal is to provide a platform in which the voiceless can speak on behalf of their communities in live-streamed presentations.

Soil Not Oil is an educational event in which attendees learn the root causes and effects of climate instability and are inspired by practical solutions. We highly recommend it to students, educators, activists, farmers, scientists, investors, policy makers, health providers, families, urban planners and everyone else concerned with life on earth.

We will have available tickets with food included at a lower rate for members of your organization and scholarships for low income, single parents and people of color.

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