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History of SolFest SolFest is the place to hear some of the finest visionary speakers, musicians and performers in the world. Over the years, SolFest’s stages have featured giants of knowledge and activism, and legendary entertainers. 2007 Legendary activist musician Bruce Cockburn, jazz virtuoso Charlie Hunter, actor and activist Daryl Hannah, biodiesel expert Josh Tickell, New Dimension’s Michael Toms, and author and radio personality Thom Hartmann Former Texas Agricultural Commissioner Jim Hightower, tree-sitter and activist Julia Butterfly-Hill, songwriter Michelle Shocked, astrologer and activist Starhawk, folk legend Holly Near, Moosewood Cookbook author Mollie Katzen, professor David Orr, campaign finance activist Granny D. Smith-and-Hawken founder and author Paul Hawken, radio journalist Amy Goodman, energy activist S. David Freeman, Hollywood's Ed Begley, Jr. and Shelley Duvall, and musicians Todd Snider, Danny O’Keefe, Tempest, and Michael Franti and friends. Legendary keyboardist Merl Saunders, Bay Area dance favorites Dr.Loco’s Rockin’ Jalapeno Band, EarthFirst! co-founder Dave Foreman, sociologist Marianne Williamson, yoga expert Rodney Yee, and ecofeminist and author Starhawk. Consumer advocate and Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader, treesitter and organizer Julia Butterfly Hill, and activist musicians Michael Franti and Spearhead. Guitar legend Leo Kottke, author and anti-nuclear activist Dr. Helen Caldicott, Earth Day co-founder Denis Hayes, Native American musician, poet and activist John Trudell and his band Bad Dog, and Julia Butterfly Hill, live from Luna in the California Headwaters Forest. Musician Scott Huckabay, Jim Hightower, 1996 Green Party Vice Presidential Candidate Winona LaDuke, Ben & Jerry's Homemade Ice Cream’s Ben Cohen, and actor and environmental activist Ed Begley, Jr. Folk legend Richard Thompson, Ralph Nader, Harvey Wasserman, Greenpeace Sr. Advisor John O'Connor, Nilak Butler, Native American activist, John Roulac, author of Hemp Horizons, and Michael Doucet and Beausoleil. Local folk icon Nina Gerber, the Rocky Mountain Institute’s Amory Lovins, the Land Institute’s Wes Jackson, and architects Sim Van der Ryn and David Arkin. |
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