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.