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Recent Events
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With an extended family of supporters, including some of today's leading influentials and pioneers in green issues, CI events are both successful in generating conservation dollars and in igniting new ideas and discussion about worldwide conservation.
October 20, 2011
Washington, D.C. Dinner
June 27, 2011
New York Dinner
May 16, 2011
Los Angeles Dinner
March 29, 2011
A Bid to Save the Earth
Christie's Auction House, New York City
March 3, 2010
San Francisco Dinner
November 11, 2010
Seattle Dinner
November 1, 2007 “It’s much more important to change your leaders than to change your lightbulbs.” These bold words were delivered by New York Times columnist Tom Friedman from the podium at CI's November 1, 2007 dinner. October 9, 2007 2007 Seattle Dinner August 19, 2007 2007 Jackson Hole Dinner June 4, 2007 Two real life Indiana Joneses took the stage at CI’s 11th Annual Los Angeles Dinner. Adventure photographer Art Wolfe shared stories of his travels and CI President Russ Mittermeier discussed CI’s work worldwide. May 17, 2007 We hosted our most successful dinner ever at the American Museum of Natural History on May 17, 2007. The event, CI’s 10th Annual New York Dinner, raised a record $1.9 million. March 1, 2007 We brought Wal-Mart’s Rob Walton and UCLA geography professor Dr. Jared Diamond together to discuss the stake all of us have in the future health of our planet. November 2, 2006 Conservation is not the concern of just a small niche of the American public. Protecting nature is strategic, economic, and even patriotic, making conservation everyone’s issue. May 24, 2006 Asked by Tom Brokaw why he was concerned about the environment, Ted Turner replied, “If we don’t stop doing things wrong and start doing things right, if we keep acting stupidly instead of acting smartly, we’ll be extinct.” March 2, 2006 Best-selling author Bill Bryson told guests that not only were they lucky to be enjoying CI’s 10th Annual Los Angeles Dinner, they were also extraordinarily lucky to be living on Earth. January 9, 2006 “How do you make the circle wider?” was the question Peter Seligmann, CI's Chairman and CEO, posed to a group of more than 100 who gathered at The Ruins in Seattle on January 9 to celebrate and support Conservation International’s work. November 3, 2005 2005 Washington, D.C. Dinner Human welfare took center stage at CI’s second Washington D.C. Dinner on November 3, 2005. May 3, 2005 CI hosted one of its most successful fundraisers ever for its Eighth Annual New York Dinner on May 3, 2005. With more than 800 guests, the event raised over $1.5 million for CI’s conservation efforts around the world. |
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