Hosted by Atossa Soltani, Founder and Executive Director of Amazon Watch

With Kris Tompkins, conservationist, former CEO of Patagonia; John Liu, international filmmaker, conservationist and ecological restorationist; Marina Silva, Brazilian environmental leader.

Come learn about the struggles to preserve some of the last large-scale vibrant ecosystems on Earth, crucial to the diversity of life on our planet, the climate and to our own species’ survival. Kris Tompkins will describe the remarkable work she and her husband Doug Tompkins, Co-Founder of Esprit, are doing as conservation philanthropists and practitioners to create national parks that protect and restore wildlands and biodiversity, inspire care for the natural world, and generate healthy economic opportunities for communities in Patagonia in Chile and Argentina.

John Liu will show how understanding the true value of ecological functions including hydrological cycles, climate regulation and soil fertility reveals an astonishing cost-benefit ratio that points to both the ecological and economic imperative of large-scale ecological restoration worldwide, such as he has demonstrated in China and Rwanda. Marina Silva will describe what can and must be done to protect the forests and peoples of the Amazon while alleviating poverty.

Epiphany Theater | 2:45pm-4:15pm, Sat

Hosted by Akaya Windwood, President, Rockwood Leadership Institute

With Gabor Maté, MD; James Gordon, MD, Founder and Director of The Center for Mind–Body Medicine, professor at Georgetown Medical School; Staci Haines, national leader in the field of Somatics, teacher, author and pathfinder in healing sexual traumas.

In our culture, illnesses, traumas and addictions are usually viewed as the problems of individuals, but they are, above all, social phenomena. Physical and emotional disturbances vary a lot culture by culture. Ours seems to be very prone to creating cancer, depression, obesity, stress, sexual dysfunction and violence, and anxiety disorders. Three brilliant healers and thinkers on the social context of illness explore how our society generates illness, and how, by understanding those processes, we can build up our resilience and achieve higher degrees of balance and wellness, skills we can pass on to our children. They will also look at what we can do to begin transforming our society into a source of solidarity, mutual aid and healing, rather than of disease, separation and fear.

Restoration Nation Theater | 2:45pm-4:15pm, Sat

Hosted by Rev. Canon Sally Grover Bingham of The Regeneration Project and the Interfaith Power and Light campaign.

With G.L. Hodge, Administrator, Providence Baptist Church of San Francisco; Marilyn Youngbird, Tribal Member, Arikara and Hidatsa Nations; Linda Ruth Cutts, Abiding Abbess Green Gulch Zen Center; Krithika Harish, Young Leaders Program Coordinator, United Religions Initiative.

Religions have increasingly taught that protecting the Earth is a moral responsibility. In this panel, learn how religious leaders from diverse communities are putting these beliefs into action in ways that create environmental benefits. Panelists will share successes in organizing faith-based environmental advocacy and justice efforts, ‘green’ social enterprises, environmental health education, and more.

Autodesk Atrium | 2:45pm-4:15pm, Sat