The Institute hosts a variety of programs, which include events for the general public and invitation-only conferences, meetings and retreats for leaders in the nonprofit, government, and business sectors.

Our 2010-2011 Conversations with Eco-Innovators series, in collaboration with Conservation International, features some of the world’s leading environmental thinkers and activists, who will share an insider’s perspective on hot topics from the African plains to the Mekong River.

All Conversations with Eco-Innovators events below are $15 general admission and FREE for Parks Conservancy members and Cavallo Point guests. Click below for more information on upcoming events and to register. If you are a Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy member or Cavallo Point guest, please contact us to register for FREE Eco-Innovators tickets at events@instituteatgoldengate.org or call (415) 561-3560. General admission tickets are available online at the links below.

Upcoming Events

Conversations with Eco-Innovators: Greening the Green Revolution
September 28, 2010
6:30-8:30 pm
Location: Fort Baker, Institute at the Golden Gate, Public Event, Marin County
Presented in collaboration with Conservation International Featuring Sandy Andelman, Vice President, Tropical Ecosystems Assessment & Monitoring, Conservation International

Climate One at the Commonwealth Club Presents James Hansen: Storms of My Grandchildren
October 14, 2010
7 pm
Location: Institute at the Golden Gate, Public Event, San Francisco
Presented as part of Climate One at The Commonwealth Club

Climate One at the Commonwealth Club Presents The New, New Math: Calories & Carbon
October 21, 2010
6:30 pm
Location: Institute at the Golden Gate, Public Event, San Francisco
Presented as part of Climate One at The Commonwealth Club Featuring Ken Cook, Founder and President, Environmental Working Group and Whendee Silver, Professor of Ecology, U.C. Berkeley; Marin Carbon Project

Conversations with Eco-Innovators: Planting Trees for Mekong Giants
October 26, 2010
6:30-8:30 pm
Location: Fort Baker, Institute at the Golden Gate, Public Event, Marin County
Featuring David Emmett, Regional Director, Greater Mekong Region, Conservation International

Bill McKibben & "Food for the Parks" Panel at the Institute at the Golden Gate
November 7, 2010
3-5 pm
Location: Fort Baker, Institute at the Golden Gate, Public Event, Marin County
Presented in collaboration with Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT)

Conversations with Eco-Innovators: 20 Years of Exploration and Discovery to Protect the World’s Most Exotic Places
December 7, 2010
6:30-8:30 pm
Location: Fort Baker, Institute at the Golden Gate, Public Event, Marin County
Featuring Leeanne Alonso, Vice President, Rapid Assessment Program (RAP), Conservation International

Previous Events

Click the links below to learn more and watch archived video of past Institute events, which have featured Nobel Laureates, youth activists, CEOs, philanthropists, venture capitalists, nonprofit leaders, and trailblazing scientists and artists from around the globe: 

• Turning the Tide 2010
• Conversations with Eco-Innovators Lecture Series (2009-2010)
• Plastiki Leaders David de Rothschild and Jo Royle in Conversation with Doug McConnell (February 25, 2010)
• Turning the Tide 2009
• Head in the Sky, Feet in the Mud Lecture Series (2008-2009)
• Golden Gate National Parks Celebrates Fort Baker Transformation
• Travel and Tourism Sustainability Session (June 19, 2008)
• Comments About the Institute by Greg Moore, Executive Director of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, from the Fort Baker opening ceremony (June 14, 2008)
• Climate Change Session with Marin Community Leaders (May 12, 2008)