Regenerative Earth Summit
Food + Fiber + Climate
“There is hope if people will begin to awaken that spiritual part of themselves, that heartfelt knowledge that we are caretakers of this planet”
~ Brooke Medicine Eagle
Plan to participate in the premier gathering of leaders in Organic and Regenerative Food, Farming and Fashion for Climate Action. Held in beautiful Boulder, Colorado, The Regenerative Earth Summit: Food + Fiber + Climate gathers influencers, designers, producers, ranchers, academics, and industry and community leaders for transformative conversations and action planning. The Summit is designed to provide a context to build strategies and match resources across food and fashion industries to influence and accelerate systemic change in land to market systems. Together, the two industries can contribute to the regeneration of critical ecosystems while supplying raw materials of the highest quality and efficacy to meet consumer demand for traceability and eco-conscious products.
re·gen·er·
Regeneration is the process of renewal, and restoration that makes life and ecosystems resilient to natural fluctuations or events that cause disturbance or damage. Regenerative concepts take sustainability to the next level, moving from ‘doing less bad’ to actually ‘doing good’ for people and planet.
Why The Summit
Fashion and Food are two of the biggest polluters on the planet. Agriculture plays a role in both and offers a pathway toward more restorative and regenerative practices for each industry to reduce it impact. The Regenerative Earth Summit is boldly breaking down silos. Together these industry leaders will explore how new approaches to sourcing, traceability and partnerships with producers can transform their carbon footprint, restore ecosystem resilience and mobilize their industries for systemic change.
Who’s Coming
At the Epicenter convenes visionaries from the food and fashion industries, farmers, ranchers, entrepreneurs, investors, activists, and academics who are willing to work collaboratively to tackle the audacious vision of shifting how agriculture is practiced. With mindfulness practice, interactive working sessions, Regenerative Slams, and panel conversations, colleagues will generate ideas and actionable steps to change the status quo and bring new vigor and rigor to sourcing and partnerships across sectors. By focusing on restoration of soil health we cure a host of challenges. Deficient nutrient density in food, excessive carbon in the atmosphere, hydrology and ground water recharge, biodiversity and pollinator health – the list is endless and it begins beneath our feet.
If you are bold, passionate and willing to be a catalyst for change — this event welcomes YOU.
Who’s Coming
At the Epicenter is bringing visionary food and fashion industry leadership, farmers, ranchers, entrepreneurs, investors, activists, and academics together to deep dive in a Summit experience designed for the robust flow of ideas, a shared sense of purpose, and the fostering of collaborative relationships. With mindfulness practice, interactive working sessions and inspired presentations, we seek to empower the food and fashion industries and their many stakeholders to bring regenerative principles to the agriculture system. Let’s begin the restoration of our relationship to all the life and envision a new approach to business that restores ecosystems, provides meaningful work and shared prosperity.
If you are bold, passionate and willing to be a catalyst for change — this event welcomes YOU.
Wednesday, December 5
8:00 AM
Registration
Set up for Marketplace of Ideas
Enjoy coffee, tea and snacks
9:00 AM
Welcome
Opening Ceremony — Guided by Tré Cates and Seleyn DeYarus
Mindfulness Practice — Guided by Greg Burdulis, Mindfulness Teacher
9:45 AM
Themed Working Group Activation
Introductions at Tables and Goals for Day
10:10AM
Keynote Regenerative Slam™
Rose Marcario, CEO and President, Patagonia
10:30 AM
Forging a Path to Regenerative Food and Fashion
Plenary Session Roundtable
Rose Marcario, CEO/President, Patagonia
Daniela Ibarra-Howell, Co-founder/CEO, Savory Institute
Marci Zaroff, Founder, MetaWear and Co-founder, Good Catch
Moderator: Seleyn DeYarus, Executive Director, At the Epicenter
11:30PM
Themed Working Group Session
Guided by peer Discussion Leaders each group of ten people will brainstorms ideas to a unique set of questions.
*The Summit will feature 5 primary themes to support the food and fashion industries to re-imagine sourcing as a path to empower regenerative agriculture to build healthy soils that enhance carbon sequestration.
12:30 PM
Enjoy a Healthy Lunch
Explore the Marketplace of Ideas
1:30 PM
Body Tune and Mindful Pause
Guided by Greg Burdulis, Mindfulness Teacher
1:40 PM
Regenerative Slam™ Climate Beneficial Fashion
Lani Estill, Rancher, The Bare Ranch, Sunrise Valley, CA
Carol Shu, Sustainability Manager, The North Face
Chris LeRoy, Fashion Designer
Moderator: Rebecca Burgess, Executive Director, Fibershed
2:00PM
Traceability and Transparency as Building Blocks of Supply Chains
Plenary Session Roundtable
Elena LéCué, Executive Vice President of Sales, Gaia Herbs
Moderator: Carlotta Mast, Senior Vice President of Content and Insights, New Hope Network
More Panelists to be Added
3:00 PM
Regenerative Slam™ How Producer and Manufacturer Partnerships Drive Organic Farming Transition
Kashi
Eric Thalken, Farmer, Kashi 1% Transition Program
3:15 PM
Themed Working Group Session
Guided by peer Discussion Leaders each group of ten people will brainstorms ideas to a unique set of questions.
*The Summit will feature 5 primary themes to support the food and fashion industries to re-imagine sourcing as a path to empower regenerative agriculture to build healthy soils that enhance carbon sequestration.
4:30 PM
Synthesizing the Day
This session will allow sharing from table groups with all participants
5:30 PM-
5:45 PM
Closing the Day
Guided by Tré Cates and Seleyn DeYarus
6:30 PM
Farm to Table Dinner
Ticketed separately, this tantalizingly delicious meal is prepared by Chef Daniel Asher and hosted at his restaurant River and Woods, Boulder, CO. Featuring wine pairing with Demeter Certified Biodynamic Wines all enjoyed in a warm and inviting atmosphere to relax and unwind.
Thursday, December 6
8:00 AM
Coffee & Tea
Explore Marketplace of Ideas
Enjoy coffee, tea and snacks
9:00 AM
Welcome Back
Review Goals for the Day — Guided by Tré Cates and Seleyn DeYarus
Mindfulness Practice — Guided by Greg Burdulis, Mindfulness Teacher
9:30 AM
Themed Working Group Activation
Introductions at Tables and New Objectives for Day
10:00 AM
Regenerative Slam™ – The Power and Purpose of Policy
Hammad Atassi, CEO, American Sustainable Business Council
10:15 AM
Regenerative Slam™
Coming soon
10:30 AM
Attracting Capital and Investment for Regenerative Supply
Plenary Session Roundtable
Panelists to be added soon.
11:30 AM
Regenerative Slam™
Coming Soon
11:45 PM
Themed Working Group Session
Guided by peer Discussion Leaders each group of ten people will integrate key insights and propose actions. This session works through lunch.
12:00 PM
Lunch
Working sessions continue through lunch.
1:45 PM
Body Tune and Mindful Tone
Guided by Greg Burdulis, Mindfulness Teacher
2:00 PM
Impact and Action Session
Guided by Tré Cates and Seleyn DeYarus with visual scribing by Emma Ruffin
3:30 PM
Summit Conclusion
Speaker Line Up
Check out our AMAZING line up of world class speakers!
Rebecca Burgess
Rebecca Burgess is the Executive Director of Fibershed, and Chair of the Board ...
Carlotta Mast
Carlotta Mast is the senior vice president of content and insights for ...
Hammad Atassi
Hammad Atassi is CEO of the American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC), the ...
Lani Estill
The Bare Ranch in Surprise Valley, California is the headquarters for the ...
Elena LéCué
Elena Lécué is a mission-driven executive in the organic and natural products ...
Chris Leroy
Born in 1971 in Santa Clara, California, Christian Gutierrez began his apparel ...
Daniela Ibarra-Howell
A native Argentinean, born and raised in Buenos Aires, Daniela is an ...
Finian Makepeace
Finian co-founded Kiss The Ground because for the first time in his ...
Seleyn DeYarus
Seleyn DeYarus is founder and executive director of At the Epicenter, a ...
Discussion Leaders
Rebecca Burgess
Rebecca Burgess is the Executive Director of Fibershed, and Chair of the Board ...
Carlotta Mast
Carlotta Mast is the senior vice president of content and insights for ...
Hammad Atassi
Hammad Atassi is CEO of the American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC), the ...
Brenna St. Onge
Brenna Simmons-St. Onge is the Executive Director of the Alliance Center, where ...
Lara Dickinson
Lara has nearly twenty years of consumer packaged goods marketing, sales, and ...
Elena LéCué
Elena Lécué is a mission-driven executive in the organic and natural products ...
Larry Kopald
Considered a leading brand-building architect, Larry Kopald spent over twenty years at ...
Daniela Ibarra-Howell
A native Argentinean, born and raised in Buenos Aires, Daniela is an ...
Katherine DiMatteo
Katherine DiMatteo is the Executive Director of the Sustainable Food Trade Association ...
Finian Makepeace
Finian co-founded Kiss The Ground because for the first time in his ...
Kim Coupounas
Kim Coupounas is a visionary leader and entrepreneur who is a passionate ...
Summit Facilitators
Emma Ruffin
Emma is a wearer of many hats: graphic facilitator, community organizer, and ...
Seleyn DeYarus
Seleyn DeYarus is founder and executive director of At the Epicenter, a ...
Greg Burdulis
From Cave to Corporate America, Greg Burdulis is a mindfulness teacher and ...
Tré Cates
Consulting with organizations in a variety of industries across 6 continents and ...
Farm to Table Dinner
Enjoy a tantalizingly delicious organic and regenerative dinner prepared by Chef Daniel Asher and hosted at River and Woods Restaurant in Boulder, CO on Wednesday, December 5, 2018 @ 6:30 PM. Enjoy wine pairing with each course featuring Demeter Certified Biodynamic wines. Space is limited. Tickets sold separately.
Daniel Asher
Executive Chef and Owner
River and Wood
Producer
Collaboration
Partners
Sponsors
Flourish
Regenerate
Steward
Renew
Product Heros
Media Partners
Travel & Accommodation
We encourage you to use public transportation from DIA (Denver International Airport) to Boulder. If you take the express bus from DIA it arrives at Downtown Boulder Transit Center. If you are staying at the Hilton Garden Inn, it is a short ride from the bus station. If you are staying at the Hotel Boulderado, it is walkable.