Retreat at-a-Glance

Friday September 21 – Saturday September 22
Pre-Retreat Overnight Trip

Exploring the Border: Colonias, Survival and Success along the US-Mexico Border

Saturday September 22
Pre-Retreat Day Trips

Truchas: Tradition and Innovation in Local Communities
Water, Justice, Agriculture: Off the Beaten Path in Albuquerque

Sunday September 23
Pre-Retreat Day Trips

Jemez: Fire, Water and Nuclear Energy
Rowe Mesa: Ranchers as Green Grazers and the Nation’s Only Real Healthy Forests Initiative

EGA Institutes

The EGA Institutes are designed as “101 and 102 Sessions” geared toward those new to an issue area or those who wish to delver deeper into funding strategies. The sessions are hosted by fellow funder affinity groups and are for funders only.

8:30 – 10:00 am
Media + Policy = Impact! with Grantmakers in Film + Electronic Media

Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining - Making Global Connections Around A Hidden Environmental and Human Rights Tragedy with the Funders Network on Trade and Globalization

10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Green Beyond Grants: Implementing Sustainability Practices in your Foundation Offices and at Events with the Funders Workgroup for Sustainable Production and Consumption and the Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems Funders

Heart of the Earth: Building Collaborations to Sustain Indigenous Environments with the International Funders for Indigenous Peoples

12:00 – 1:00 pm
Lunch

1:30 – 5:00 pm
Grantmaking with a Racial Equity Lens with the Philanthropic Initiative for Racial Equity

1:30 – 3:00 pm
Defining Focus, Maximizing Impact with the EGA Small Foundations Group

5:30 – 6:30 pm
Newcomers’ Welcome Reception

7:00 – 10:00 pm
Opening Dinner and Strolling Reception

Monday September 24
Funder Only Day

6:00 – 7:00 am
Yoga Class

7:00 – 8:00 am
Breakfast

8:30 – 9:00 am
Welcoming Remarks
Spiritual Welcome
Peter Pino

9:00 – 9:15 am
Keynote Address
Arturo Sandoval

9:15 – 9:30 am
Keynote Address
Regis Pecos

9:30 – 11:30 am
Featured Conversation
20/20: Viewpoints in Environmental Philanthropy, 1987-2027

12:00 – 1:00 pm
Lunch
Ad Hocs

1:30 – 3:00 pm
Concurrent Sessions

Ballot Measures: Yes, You Can!

Bringing New Partners to the Dance

Competing for Attention: Leveraging Funding to Help Grantees Communicate Effectively

The State of Change: Innovations and Opportunities in State-level Grantmaking

Wildlands Philanthropy: A “Just Buy It” Approach to Saving Wild Nature

3:30 – 5:00 pm
Concurrent Sessions

An Arranged Marriage: Linking Reproductive Justice and Environmental Health to Transform a Movement

Meet Your Allies

Nuclear Power: Lighting a Cleaner Tomorrow or Darkening Our Future

Transcending Our Philanthropic Comfort Zones: Bold Grantmaking in Earthshaking Times

Winning at the State Level: The Power of a Common Agenda

5:30 – 7:00 pm
EGA 20th Anniversary: Reflect and Celebrate

7:15 – 8:15 pm
Dinner

8:30 – 10:30 pm
A Sense of Wonder: The Life of Rachel Carson by Kaiulani Lee

Tuesday September 25

6:00 – 7:00 am
Yoga Class

7:00 – 8:00 am
Breakfast
Ad Hocs

8:30 – 10:00 am
Concurrent Sessions

Critical Mass: Building Community Alliances to Protect New Mexico’s Environment from Nuclear Weapons Programs

The Future of Environmentalism

The Global Energy Economy: Infrastructure, Development and the Impact on Local Communities

Nanotech: What’s the Big Deal About Tiny Tech?

“Taking” Charge: Turning Back the Property Rights Movement

A Tale of Two Rivers: How the Mississippi and the Rio Grande are Building Bridges across Geography and Race

‘When You Drink the Water, Remember the Spring’: Linking Water, Food Systems, Landscape and the Commons

10:30 am – 12:00 pm
Concurrent Sessions

Green Is Now Green: The Role of the Marketplace in Environmental Issues

On the Greenbeat: Environmental Journalism in the Global South

The New South: Where Clean Energy Is King

Pollinators Imperiled: Their Loss, Our Pain. What’s Happening? What Can Be Done?

Simplicity, Agility, Discipline: Building Permanent Civic Engagement Infrastructure in the Land of Enchantment

Why Not Here? Building on Successful Strategies in Europe

12:30 – 1:30 pm
Lunch

2:00 – 3:30 pm
Featured Conversation
Cultural Roots of Environmentalism

3:30 – 4:00 pm
Meet the EGA Working Groups

3:30 – 6:00 pm
Open Time

4:00 – 6:00 pm
Affinity Group Fair

6:00 – 7:00 pm
EGA Town Hall Meeting

7:15 – 8:15 pm
Dinner

8:30 – 9:30 pm
International Funders Reception

9:00 pm – midnight
Dance Party with Nosotros

Wednesday September 26

6:00 – 7:00 am
Yoga Class

7:00 – 8:00 am
Breakfast

8:30 – 9:00 am
Closing Remarks with EGA's Board Chair and Executive Director

9:00 – 10:30 am
Featured Conversation
Leading the Way:  Western States Turn Up the Heat on Climate Change

10:45 am – 12:15 pm
Featured Conversation
Green Revolution 2.0: New and Old Agendas for Poverty, Agriculture and Environment

12:30 – 1:30 pm
Lunch

Post-Retreat Afternoon Site visit
Petroglyph Site Visit: Struggling to Protect Ancient Indigenous Art and Sacred Places