About the Show
Bioneers
Bioneers brings bold innovators with break-through solutions to the airwaves with our eighth annual radio series. "Bioneers: Revolution from the Heart of Nature" airs in more than 250 cities in the U.S., Canada, Australia and Ireland and is free to all stations, distributed by WFMT Radio Network.
“There are three problems: we’re trashing the planet; we’re trashing each other; and we’re not even having fun. I think that people know in their guts that we are deeply on the wrong path in society and that’s why I think the moment is so ripe for change.”
In cartoons, we often see a light bulb switch on to symbolize a character getting a bright idea. It’s quite ironic because – in reality – a conventional light bulb is a pathetic 4% efficient! Not a very brilliant idea after all!
The startling truth is that our entire industrial system is as dim as that bulb –96 percent of the energy it uses ends up as waste. You might say its main product is waste.
