Retreat at-a-Glance

Pre-Retreat Day Trips

Saturday, October 7

• Explore Elkhorn Slough by Kayak or Pontoon Boat
• Hike Big Sur
• Kelp Forest Scuba Diving
• San Francisco Bay Area Flatlands Tour: Building a Regional Movement for the Environment and Social Justice
• Uniting Concerns: Organics and Social Justice

Sunday, October 8

• A Bird’s-Eye View of Marine Protected Areas: A LightHawk Flyover Adventure
• Condor Viewing at Ventana Wilderness in Big Sur
• Explore Elkhorn Slough by Kayak or Pontoon Boat
• Monterey Bay Whalewatching Tour
• Salinas to the Sea

FALL RETREAT

7:00 – 8:00 am
Breakfast

9:00 am – 4:30 pm

Diversity Workshop for Funders

Institutes

8:30 – 10:00 am

• Make No Little Plans: Megaregions and the Supersizing of America
• Not “Anti-” but “Alter-”: Grantmaking in Support of Alternative Globalizations at Home and Abroad

10:30 am – 12:00 pm

• Environmental Trespass Is a Human Rights Violation!
• Sustainability: The Leading Edge Is Local

12:00 – 1:00 pm
Lunch

1:30 – 3:00 pm

• Health Is Our Common Ground: Environmental Health Grantmaking 101
• Strategies for Grantmaking in Water

3:30 – 5:00 pm

• The Security and Environmental Perils of our Addiction to Oil
• Small Foundations—Big Impact

5:30 – 6:30 pm

Newcomers’ Welcome

7:00 – 10:00 pm

Opening Reception
Ocean’s Edge, Monterey Bay Aquarium

Monday, October 9

7:00 – 8:00 am
Breakfast

8:15 – 8:30 am
Welcome

8:30 – 9:00 am
Keynote Address: Rha Goddess

9:00 – 9:45 am
Keynote Address: Carlo Petrini

10:00 – 11:30 am

Featured Conversation: Roots of Change and the New Mainstream—A Sustainable Future through the Food System

12:00 – 1:00 pm
Lunch

1:30 – 3:00 pm

Concurrent Sessions

• Arctic Power: Igniting Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Alliances
• Artists as Environmental Change Agents
• Environmental Victories around the World—Lessons and Inspiration
• Future Taste: The Global Agro-Biodiversity Crisis
• An Insider’s Guide to the Game
• The Public and the Environment: Engaged, Enraged, or Indifferent?
• Think Outside the (Big) Box: Birthing a New Environmental/Community Politics

3:30 – 5:00 pm

Concurrent Sessions

• From the Bottom Up: State and Local Leadership on Global Warming
• How to Turn a Pink Ribbon Green!
• Indigenous Approaches to Conservation and Territorial Defense
• Keeping Score when the Game Is Big and the Players Diverse
• The New Blue-Green: Co-Creating an Agenda for Economic Vibrancy and Environmental Health
• Poverty and the Environment: Gaining Attention, Working Change

6:00 – 7:00 pm

EGA Working Groups Reception

7:00 – 8:00 pm

Dinner

8:30 – 10:00 pm

Tuesday, October 10

7:00 – 8:00 am
Breakfast
Ad Hocs

8:30 – 10:00 am

Featured Conversation: Reflections on Change—An Exploration of Social Movements

10:30 am – 12:00 pm

Concurrent Sessions

• The 95% Solution—Aligning Mission, Program, and Investment
• Cleaner Air in the San Joaquin Valley: Success through Collaboration
• Gender Power: Women’s Leadership in the Environmental Health Movement
• The Gulf Coast Hurricanes: One Year Later
• The Russian Far East: Ten Years of Conservation in a Global Hotspot
• What’s the Matter with Coal? US Energy Demand Leaves Rural America Behind

12:30 – 1:30 pm
Lunch

3:00 – 4:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions

• Challenging the Status Quo: Emerging Environmental Leaders from Rural America
• From Worst to First: Los Angeles Goes Green and Clean
• Green Chemistry: Where Science Meets Environment, Health, and Equity
• The River Unites Us: A Bi-National Effort to Restore Economic, Cultural, and Ecosystem Vitality to the Colorado Delta
• Saving God’s Creation: The New Generation of Evangelical Environmentalists

4:30 – 6:00 pm
Open Time
Green Chemistry Fair
Hatha Flow Yoga Class with Amanda Dates

6:00 – 7:00 pm
Town Hall Meeting

7:00 – 8:00 pm
Dinner

8:30 – 10:00 pm
Hoedown!

Wednesday, October 11

8:00 – 9:00 am
Breakfast
Ad Hocs

9:30 – 11:30 am

Featured Conversation: We’re Not Alone—New Voices in the Fight on Climate Change

12:00 – 1:00 pm
BBQ Lunch and Closing

Post-Retreat Afternoon Trips

• An Aerial Perspective on Sustainable Agriculture: A LightHawk Flyover Adventure
• Cheers to Sustainability: Sustainable Winery & Vineyard Tour