November 16 - 19, 2008

2008 Behavior, Energy and Climate Change Conference

We can visualize a sustainable future - how do we get there?  The 2008 Behavior, Energy and Climate Change Conference is the second annual conference focused on understanding the nature of individual and organizational behavior and decision making and using that knowledge to accelerate our transition to an energy-efficient and low carbon economy. The 2008 BECC Conference builds on the overwhelming success of the first BECC Conference in 2007, during which over 500 participants discussed successful policy and program strategies, shared important research findings, and built dynamic new networks and collaborations.  The 11th Hour Project is proud to support this timely convening.

November 18 - 19, 2008

Governors' Global Climate Summit

The Global Climate Summit will bring key world leaders to the drawing board to discuss new and creative ideas to combat climate change and create an alliance of states, provinces and regional governments to implement those solutions. The new global agreement emerging from the U.N. talks, culminating with a meeting to be held in Copenhagen in December, 2009, will be stronger and more sustainable due to the work of the dedicated leaders participating in the Governors' Global Climate Summit.  For more information, see the Summit's website here.

October 23-24, 2008

A Viable Marine Renewable Energy Industry: Solutions to Legal, Economic, and Policy Challenges, Roger Williams University

This two-day Symposium will explore means to achieve a viable marine renewable energy industry for the United States with a focus on offshore wind, hydrokinetics (wave, current and tidal), and ocean thermal energy conversion. Its panels will discuss a range of solutions for the nascent U.S. marine renewable energy sector's current legal, economic and policy challenges.  The Symposium's goal will be to quantify means of supporting a marine renewable energy industry, while addressing local, tribal, state, federal and public needs related to the protection, conservation, and management of our marine resources, as well as co-existing with the many uses of the marine environment.   The 11th Hour Project is proud to support this timely convening.  For more information, please visit the website here.

October 17 - 19, 2008

2008 Bioneers Conference, San Rafael, CA

The Bioneers Conference is an acclaimed leading-edge forum where you can see tomorrow today: a future environment of hope. Social and scientific innovators focus on breakthrough solutions inspired by nature and human ingenuity. These visionaries are already creating a healthy, equitable, diverse and beautiful world, our legacy for future generations and the web of life on which our lives depend. Here you can connect with hundreds or thousands of engaged folks making a real difference. For more details, visit the website today.

October 1, 2008

Energy Seminar with Professor Mark Jacobson, Stanford University

The Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford University brings a diverse array of professors and other energy experts together for weekly energy seminars.  From sustainable design to the new geopolitics of energy, each seminar promises a detailed lecture and in depth conversation.  On October 1, Professor Mark Jacobson will give a comprehensive review of our energy solutions in a seminar entitled:  Evaluation of Proposed Energy Solutions to Climate Change, Air Pollution, and Energy Security.  For additional details on this and future seminars, see the website here.

September 27, 2008 San Francisco

Grand Reopening: California Academy of Sciences

The transformed California Academy of Sciences includes sustainable features that blend the beauty of architecture with the park's natural setting. The innovative design has already gained international recognition as a cultural icon.  The 11th Hour Project is proud to support the evolution of the Academy from a world class museum to a model of sustainability in which the "big picture" of our changing natural world and our place within it can be seen throughout this dynamic setting.  Stay tuned for more details.  Visit the Academy's website here.

September 27, 2008 Nationwide

National Day of Action: Green Jobs Now

Green Jobs Now is a National Day of Action that will empower everyday people to stage hundreds of grassroots events throughout the country.  There will be a special focus on low-income communities, communities of color and indigenous people. This will send a message to our leaders that, when it comes to creating green jobs for a more sustainable economy, PEOPLE ARE READY!  Join Green For All, 1Sky, and the We Campaign for this dynamic call to action.  For more details, visit the website today.

July 24, 2008 San Francisco

A Conversation with Van Jones and Senator Darrell Steinberg, The Commonwealth Club

Could "green-collar" jobs clean the "dirty-energy economy" and lift people out of poverty? In the past, job creation and protecting the environment have been, some say, mutually exclusive. But in 2007, the Green Jobs Act and the founding of Green for All, an organization that focuses on green job training, marked the beginning of a movement to redefine economic growth. Is it possible to reconcile these historic opposites? Senator Steinberg and Green for All founder Van Jones talk about green economic development and its potential.  The 11th Hour Project is proud to support this timely and inspired event presented by Commonwealth Club's INFORUM - the leading platform for the open and controversial discussion of issues relevant to people ages 21 - 35 in the Bay Area.  For tickets and additional details, visit the Club's website here.

April 29, 2008

Gulf of the Farallones, First Biennial Ocean Climate Summit

Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary addresses climate change impacts within the San Francisco Bay Area's coast and ocean environment through fostering awareness, advocating solutions, and promoting action amongst the public and private sector in order to build ecosystem resilience and sustainability.

In order to further this mission, the Marine Sanctuary will convene a summit to bring together agencies, non-profit organizations, scientists, policy advisors, educators, and private businesses to: 1) promote partnerships to address climate change in the Bay Area coast and ocean environment; and 2) develop strategies for an Action Plan to establish the "Climate Solutions Initiative" for the Bay Area marine environment. 11th Hour Project is proud to be a sponsor of this inaugural event.

April 30 - May 1, 2008

Energy Crossroads 2008, Stanford University

Now in its second year, student-led Energy Crossroads brings together the world's experts dedicated to a clean, secure, and prosperous energy future. Building on the momentum from 2007, this year's conference will focus on the international markets for renewable fuels. 11th Hour is proud to support Energy Crossroads in their mission to bring tomorrow's solutions to an increasingly diverse and international audience.  For more information, see here.

April 17-18, 2008

2008 Yale Conference of Governors on Climate Change

This conference will confront the present climate challenge, and envision a new future. In particular, this conference will recognize those governors who have demonstrated global leadership in addressing climate change and also provide these leaders with an opportunity to exchange ideas and chart a forward path on state, national, and international action. The event will include both an exclusive forum for private discussion among the governors as well as an open plenary session to give participants the opportunity to address the media, policymakers, students, and the world. The 11th Hour Project is proud to be a sponsor of this important convening. For more information, see here.  Watch speeches by Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger here.

November 13, 2007

Climate of Hope: U.S.-India Connection

On Tuesday, November 13th, in partnership with the Worldwatch Institute and Malini Mehra, founder of the Centre for Social Markets, The 11th Hour Project hosted a Symposium that highlighted the growing cooperation between the U.S. and India on climate change and the need to work together as international efforts towards a Global Deal on climate escalate over the next two years.  Bringing together leaders in business, government, and civil society, this event spurred the rising leadership of India and the United States on clean energy, and explored the economic advantages to be gained from pro-active climate change strategies in both nations.

November 2-5, 2007

Powershift 2007

11th Hour is proud to be a sponsor of Powershift 2007, a gathering of youth from across the country in Washington, DC.  They hope to change the climate on global warming in the United States and create a shift in the fight for a clean and just energy future.  Read more here

September 12-13, 2007

UC Berkeley: Meeting of the Minds

The Meeting of the Minds Conference -- jointly convened by Toyota, the UC Berkeley College of Environmental Design, LandDesign, and Urban Age Institute --  brought two worlds together around one common goal: designing more sustainable post-carbon cities while creating more sustainable vehicles. This Conference provided a unique platform for leading automotive technologists/engineers, who focus on designing cars and buses, to share their future visions with leading urban planners and designers, who focus on the built environments which house more than half of humanity.  The 11th Hour Project hosted a dinner reception for conference attendees.  Go to conference site.

July 2007

Spotlight: Green is the New Red White and Blue

A follow-up to the 2006 Spotlight on Global Warming, in 2007 Interfaith Power and Light offered Green is the New Red White and Blue. In this documentary Thomas Friedman explores various and not-so-green technologies--hydroelectric, solar, wind, and nuclear power, hybrid, electric, and hydrogen-fuel-cell cars, clean-coal, bio-fuels, and energy-conservation methods. He looks at what works to reduce the output of greenhouse gases, carbon emissions and ultimately stop global warming and ensure political stability throughout the world.  The 11th Hour Project proudly assisted The Regeneration Project with this initiative.  To find out more, visit their website.

May 21, 2007

Religious Leaders Summit, Grace Cathedral

A small group of the nation’s highest-ranking religious leaders convened in San Francisco to learn more about the science of global warming. Led by Rev. Sally Bingham of The Regeneration Project, this marked the first time an interfaith group like this has assembled for such a meeting. Dr. Stephen Schneider from Stanford University presentated the latest IPCC findings in the morning and in the afternoon, the leaders discussed how they can best convey the message to their constituencies. An invitation-only dinner for the guests occurred the evening before, April 13, and featured a visionary presentation by Bill McDonough, world renowned designer and architect.  As a result of the groundbreaking summit, a petition was delivered to Washington signed by the interfaith group.  Read the petition and sign on.

May 7-8, 2007

Cornell Global Labor Institute

Changes in the way we produce and use energy need a major overhaul — starting now.  Will labor be involved in making key decisions about this overhaul or be on the sidelines? By taking on the fight for environmental sanity, unions will open up new avenues for organizing, grow the labor movement, and be able to forge powerful alliances.  The 11th Hour Project is proud to be a sponsor of this forward-looking event.  See more here.

March 1-2, 2007

Energy Crossroads, Stanford University

Energy Crossroads was organized by a consortium of student leaders committed to learning the latest about global warming mitigation strategies. Former Director of the CIA R. James Woolsey opened the conference at on Thursday, followed by a discussion featuring Steven Chu, Director of LBNL, Ralph Cavanagh of NRDC, and John Denniston of KPCB venture capital. Thomas Friedman gave the keynote address at 1 p.m. on March 2 to a packed Memorial Auditorium. 11th Hour Project hosted an invitation-only dinner to close the conference on March 2, featuring a presentation by Dr. Stephen Pacala of Princeton University.

October 1, 2006

Spotlight on Global Warming

11th Hour Project and The Regeneration Project distributed 4,000 DVD copies of "An Inconvenient Truth" to churches, synagogues and mosques around the country. Each screening was provided with a kit to encourage discussion and individual packets of educational materials for each participant. 

May 6, 2006

Vinod Koshla & Daniel Kammen, The Village Pub

The 11th Hour Project brought Vinod Koshla and Daniel Kammen together to speak to alternative energy ideas, including biofuels and electric vehicles.

January 29, 2006

Energy Action Week, Campus Climate Challenge

The 11th Hour Project helped to distribute over 500 copies of “An Inconvenient Truth” to college campuses the week of January 29th, 2006. Colleges can still participate in the Challenge by registering at www.campusclimatechallenge.org.

December 5, 2005

Al Gore, Stanford University

At this inaugural event, The 11th Hour Project brought Al Gore to Stanford University to present his famous "slide show" presentation on the facts about climate change.  This event sparked many of the sustainability initiatives that exist today in Silicon Valley as well as the birth of The 11th Hour Project.