Yes there is one this year, the focus being on Green culture, it will be on April 22nd, more info to follow soon.
Peace
Dov

April 22, 2006 Green Century Institute, Planetwork
and a host of evolutionary agents
are pleased to announce

Digital Be-In 14: Planet Code THE EARTH DAY BE-IN
April 22, 2006 SOMARTS 934 Brannan @ 8th St SF

Be-Integrity Symposium and Exhibition
12 noon to 6pm
Digital Be-In
Luminaries and Special Guests, Performances, Live Music
7 pm – 11 pm
Planet Code Dance Party
11 pm – 4 am

Participating Organizations (partial list)
--Earth Day Network www.earthday.net
--Natural World Museum www.naturalworldmuseum.org
--Environmental Non-Profit Network www.enpn.org
--Earthdance www.earthdance.org
--San Francisco Alliance for Urban Sustainability www.sfuas.org
--Women’s Global Green Action Network www.wggan.org
--California Institute of Integral Studies www.ciis.edu

Overview
This 14th edition of the Digital Be-In combines its lineage of invention and cultural evolution marking the dawn of the digital age with the emerging green economy and sustainable culture movement. Producer Michael Gosney (whose Verbum magazine began the Digital Be-In during the late 1980s) developed the Paradox conferences on sustainable communities at Arcosanti, Arizona in 1997, 1999 and 2001 www.greencenturyinstitute.org/par....htm and formed the Green Century Institute in San Francisco in 2002. Planetwork, founded in San Francisco by Jim Fournier and Elizabeth Thompson in 1998, fosters the creative application of digital tools for positive global change through a series of conferences and monthly forums in major cities. The Green Century Institute and Planetwork are working with several San Francisco Bay Area groups that were involved in the seminal World Environment Day week in San Francisco June 5–11, 2005 www.wed2005.org in the development of this combination daytime symposium, evening rally/celebration and late night dance party. As in the past, the Digital Be-In will reach beyond the physical event with a live netcast, information-intense website and new kinds of exposure and interaction via social networks and blogs. The theme “Planet Code” implies our writing (and re-writing where necessary) the “codes” that define our place within and interaction with the natural environment, and calls upon the high technology community we have encouraged and celebrated over the years to empower the sustainability movement with bold, forward-thinking initiatives.

Sponsorship
Digital Be-In 14 will offer a variety of opportunities for sponsors to reach opinion leaders, press and a receptive public interested in SOLUTIONS FOR A SUSTAINABLE CULTURE. All presentations and content associated with the EARTH DAY BE-IN will emphasize new projects and initiatives: actions! We encourage sponsors to use the Be-In as a launching platform for products and campaigns that are making a difference. Outreach via marketing messages, the Be-In website, associated organization websites, social networks and public relations will be designed to inform and connect the public with sustainable culture resources. 2006 is a vital year for shifting the tide of awareness and action toward sustainability and April 22, 2006 promises to be a pivotal date. Please contact Michael Gosney or Justin Weiner from GCI for details on sponsorship programs.

Event Sub-Themes
Climate Change
Environmental Justice
Alternative Energy Solutions
Urban Environmental Accords
Sustainable Communities
High Technology and Sustainability
Women and the Environment
Building the Green Economy

Previous Be-In Themes
8 – Freedom of Speech on the Internet (EFF Blue Ribbon campaign launch) - 1996
9 – Cultural Diversity in Cyberspace (w/ Unity Foundation) - 1997
10 – Human Rights in the Digital Age (with UN 50th Anniv. of Declaration of Human Rights) - 1998
11 – Body, Mind and Cyberspace (feat. Drug Peace Campaign) - 1999
12 – Media Revolution - 2002
13 – Transparent Network - 2004

Interested sponsors, participants and collaborators are encouraged to contact the event producers in early January.

Green Century Institute
www.greencenturyinstitute.org
Michael Gosney
Be-In Producer
415-531-9977
michael@greencenturyinstitute.org
Justin Weiner
Be-In Assistant Producer
415-531-0927
justin@greencenturyinstitute.org

PlaNetwork
www.planetwork.net
Karri Winn, Executive Director
Be-In Associate Producer

Here is the schedule for Symposium part of the Be-In.

Moderators
Michael Gosney –
Karri Winn –

Jair –

General Themes
Climate Change
Environmental Justice/Social Justice
Renewable Energy Solutions: Consumer Options, Power Grid Conversion
Sustainable Communities: Urban Environmental Accords, Eco-cities, Permaculture
High Technology and Sustainability
Women and the Environment
Building the Green Economy: Conscious Consumers and Green Start-ups

Schedule

NETWORKING SALON
5:00 pm – 6:00
Hosted by San Francisco Alliance for Urban Sustainability

PLANET CODE OVERVIEW
6:00 – 6:30
Michael Gosney – Green Century Institute
Karri Winn – Planetwork
Jair –

Rick Tarnas – California Institute of Integral Studies; author,


DIGITAL SOLUTIONS PANEL
6:30 – 7:10
Michael Gosney – Moderator

Kaliya Hamlin – Planetwork
John Clippinger – Berkman Center at Harvard Law School
Eric Sundelof – Stanford Digital Visions Program; Barnraiser
David Ulansey – California Institute of Integral Studies; editor, Mass Extinction website, co-producer, Call of Life: Facing the Mass Extinction

ORGANIC SOLUTIONS PANEL
7:15 – 7:55
Karri Winn – Moderator

“Redwood Mary” Kaczorowski – co-founder, ; United Nations
Mark Kasky – co-founder, Green Century Institute; Foundation; Ft. Mason Center Director emeritus
Randy Hayes – Executive Director, International Forum on Globalization; City of Oakland Director of Sustainability; co-founder Rainforest Action Network

INTEGRAL SOLUTIONS PANEL
8:30 – 9:00 (Planetwork model) Jair – Moderator
Jim Fournier – CEO,
Greg Steltenpohl – founder,
Michael Gosney – co-founder, Green Century Institute; evangelist, Califia, proposed Bay Area eco-city project
Laurent Pacalin – co-chair, California Clean Tech Open [www.cacleantech.org/]


EVENING SPEAKERS
Chris Deckker – founder, Earthdance – global festival for peace and sustainability
Patrick Flanagan – Phi-Sciences
Erik Davis – editor, Evolver magazine
Melinda Kramer –
others to be announced