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Michael
Reynolds
FRIDAY KEYNOTER
 Michael
Reynolds is an architect out of Taos, New Mexico who
speaks the language of dirt and garbage. For over forty
years he has been designing and building homes that heat
and cool themselves, are built from natural and recycled
materials, produce their own electricity, collect their
own water, treat their own sewage, and grow their own
food. This theory of building and living is called
Earthship Biotecture.
Earthship n. 1. passive solar home made of natural and
recycled materials,
2. thermal mass construction for temperature
stabilization,
3. renewable energy & integrated water systems make the
Earthship an off-grid home with little or no utility
bills.
Biotecture n. 1. the profession of designing buildings
and environments with consideration for their
sustainability,
2. a combination of biology and architecture.
Michael Reynolds is a world leader in
sustainable housing. He is the author of seven books,
the initiator of three off-grid communities, subject of
the documentary Garbage Warrior, and travels with his
team around the world demonstrating
Earthship/sustainable principles. Recent international
projects include a teahouse in the Netherlands, a
sustainable home in Nicaragua, an eco resort in Jamaica,
hurricane relief in Mexico, tsunami relief in India, a
residence in France and demonstrations in England,
Scotland, Norway, Spain, Japan, Bolivia, Bonaire, and
Honduras.
Visit
www.earthship.net for
more information
Lisa M.
Hamilton
SATURDAY KEYNOTER
 Lisa
M. Hamilton is a journalist based in San Francisco, who
focuses on agriculture, particularly the stories of
farmers and ranchers.
Lisa M. Hamilton has a knack for
discovering and uncovering those stories that need to be
told about the farmers and ranchers, butchers and
bakers, anyone who has stepped outside of the norm of
food production — and giving them a voice through word
and image. In her work, the future of agriculture can be
heard in an inspiring and thought provoking way.
As a writer and photographer she has
traveled from sacred rice paddies in Japan to castration
time on a Wyoming sheep ranch, and her work has been
published in The Nation, National Geographic Traveler,
The Christian Science Monitor, Orion, and New Farm. She
is the author of “Deeply Rooted: Unconventional Farmers
in the Age of Agribusiness” (Counterpoint, 2009).
Visit
www.lisamhamilton.com
to learn more
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