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© CI/Photo by Haroldo Castro
© CI/Photo by Haroldo Castro
      

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.

June 14th, 2012
Los Angeles Dinner

May 30, 2012
New York Dinner

May 11, 2012
San Francisco Dinner

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

May 6, 2010
New York Dinner
November 5, 2009
Washington, DC Dinner
October 20, 2009
Seattle Dinner
September 13, 2009
Portland Dinner
June 8, 2009
Chicago Dinner
November 6, 2008
Seattle Dinner
April 24, 2008
2008 Portland Event
Tom Friedman at Washington, D.C. Event
November 1, 2007
Washington, DC
“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 14, 2007
Chicago, IL
June 4, 2007
11th Annual Los Angeles Dinner
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
10th Annual New York Dinner
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
2007 San Francisco Dinner
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
2006 Seattle Dinner
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
9th Annual New York Dinner
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
10th Annual Los Angeles Dinner
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
2006 Seattle Dinner
“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
8th Annual New York Dinner
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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