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May 8th - 11th, 2026 Online

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All sessions listed are online. Specific sessions are noted as hybrid panel discussions or livestreams from the on-the-ground convergence in Port Townsend, Washington, US.

Friday, May 8th

12am - 2:30am PDT (9am - 11:30am Central Africa Time)

Africa Program: Repairing Landscapes - From Degradation to Regeneration
Keynotes, Practitioner Voices, Research Spotlights, and Reflective Dialogue
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5:30am - 8:00am PDT (9:30am - 12:00pm Brasilia Standard Time)

Ibero-America Program: Diagnosis and Networks w/ Gabrielle Astier – Architect, PhD in Urbanism, Action Research Network Action of the Americas; Isabel Isoldi – Geographer, PhD in Sciences, Omo Aiye Institute; Leonardo Werá Tupã; and the Yvyrupá Commission

8:00am - 10:00am PDT (5pm-7pm Central Africa Time)

Africa Program: Panels, Breakout Rooms, Collective Harvest, and Commitments on Repairing Landscapes - From Degradation to Regeneration
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10am - 12pm PDT (1pm - 3pm EDT)

Opening Circle livestreamed from the in-person Global Earth Repair Convergence in Port Townsend

Zeedyk Structures and Induced Meandering to Heal Incised Waterways: 'Thinking Like Water' Docuseries w/ Filmmaker Renea Roberts

Ibero-America Program: Workgroups on Diagnosis and Networks (to 1pm PDT)

12:15pm - 1:45pm PDT (3:15 - 4:45pm EDT)

Heal the Farmer, Heal the Farm w/ Gail Fuller
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Setting the Stage w/ David Holmgren (Pre-Recorded Interview)
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Healthy Meat: From Understanding Cows Don't Eat Grass w/ Rodger Savory
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Water & Climate: The Untold Story w/ Hart Hagan
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Permaculture and Sociocracy as Off-Ramps from Our Current Reality w/ Rhonda Baird
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1:45pm - 3:15pm PDT

Mapping Our Technosphere w/ Katie Singer

Ocean Restoration Advisory Council w/ Brian von Herzen and Alfredo Quarto live in Port Townsend joined by Tom Goreau online

Intertribal Leadership Council livestreamed from in-person convergence with possible special guests joining remotely for a hybrid discussion
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Megafires, Floods, and Fungi w/ Maya Elson
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Natural Floating Wetlands for Habitat and Clean Water w/ Julie Vanderwal
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Growing Resilience to Floods, Fire, Heat, and Drought through the Soil Sponge and Living Climate w/ Didi Pershouse livestreamed from in-person convergence in Port Townsend
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3:35pm - 5:05pm PDT

Fixing Watersheds is How We Fix the World w/ Andrew Millison
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Megafauna and the Return of Water at Kachana Station: Special Film Screening & Hybrid Panel Discussion w/ John D. Liu and Cassandra Kikiama live in Port Townsend joined by online panelists Cindy Eiritz, Anthony James, Sam Bartels, and Dr Arian Wallach

Breaching the Lower Snake River Dams to Restore Salmon, Orcas, and Tribal Rights w/ Debra Ellers, Freddie Lane, & Vera Schope livestreamed from the in-person convergence in Port Townsend with possible special guests online

The Role of Data in Earth Repair w/ Mitch Rawlyk
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Resilience Design: Regenerating Landscapes and Livelihoods in Humanitarian Settings w/ Warren Brush
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Mobilizing People to Restore Land and Livelihoods w/ Tony Rinaudo
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saturday, May 9th

12am - 2:30am PDT (9am - 11:30am Central Africa Time)

Africa Program: Repairing Food Systems and Communities through Agroecology, Local Economy, Seeds,and Knowledge
Practitioner Voices, Participatory Research Spotlight, and Small Group Dialogue
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5:30am - 8:00am PDT (9:30am - 12:00pm Brasilia Standard Time)

Ibero-America Program: Financing and Networks
w/ Rob de Laet – Arara.earth Network for Distributed Finance for Restoration | Nuno Nunes – Philosopher and Anthropologist, PhD in Participatory Territorial Planning with Indigenous Communities | Daniel Habib – Agroecologist, Ecotopias: Sustainability and Regeneration

8:00am - 9:30am PDT (5pm-6:30pm Central Africa Time)

Africa Program: Repairing Food Systems and Communities Panel Discussion on seeds and livelihoods with breakout rooms and collective group harvest
(Africa Program continues to 9:55am PDT / 6:55pm CAT)
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9:30am - 10:30am PDT

Human Nature: Re-Indigenizing Landscapes and Ourselves w/ Lyla June
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Interview on Reinventing Institutions w/ Ian Gill (pre-recorded)
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Ibero-America Program Workgroups Begin

10:30am - 12:00pm PDT

Seneca Effect w/ Ugo Bardi
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Phytoplankton's Role in Earth's Climate & How to Increase it in the Ocean hybrid panel w/ Alex Carlin, Russ Speer, & Patti Lowe live in Port Townsend joined by Peter Fiekowsky online

Seaweed and Mangrove Solutions: Regenerative Practices for Coastal Restoration w/ Alfredo Quarto live in Port Townsend and Yasmin Mohamud

Ecospirituality Panel Discussion w/ Shaayi Indrayani Hashimoto, Rebecca Wildbear, Ayya Ānandabodhī, Ilarion Merculief, Gene Tagabon, Alyx Soma livestreamed from Port Townsend

Furnace Brook Ecosystem Restoration Community w/ Alistair Gould, Maarten Klop, Michael Kennard, and Cassandra Shaffer
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The New Water Paradigm w/ Michal Kravcik
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Ibero-America Program Workgroups continue through 1pm PDT

12:30pm - 2:00pm PDT

Regenerative Disaster Preparation w/ Koreen Brennan
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Biosphere Restoration Plan w/ Bru Pearce
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Deserts to Grasslands: Is It Possible? w/ Rodger Savory
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Myceliation as a Theory of Change w/ Morag Gamble
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Zeedyk Structures and Induced Meandering to Heal Incised Waterways: 'Thinking Like Water' Docuseries Film Screening

2:00pm - 3:30pm PDT

Weaving in Wholeness w/ Katie Ross & Jane Slattery

Intertribal Leadership Council hybrid panel discussion connecting in-person indigenous leaders in Port Townsend with Council members online
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Ecosystem Restoration in Russia w/ Alex Carlin live in Port Townsend joined by Anatoly Goroneskoand Roman Zhuk pre-recorded

Nature Connection, Climate Action, and Plant Medicines w/ Isabel Santis, PhD, MA
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Global Water Cycle Restoration: Reversing Flood, Drought and Fire through Partnership with Nature w/ Zachary Weiss livestreamed from Port Townsend
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Women’s Leadership in Climate Justice: New Cultural Narratives, Reforestation, and Forest Protection w/ Osprey Orielle Lake & Judith D. Schwartz
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3:50pm - 5:20pm PDT

Marine Permaculture: Carbon Removal & Seaweed Foliar Biostimulant Applications for Regenerative Agriculture w/ Brian von Herzen and Tim Visi
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The New Ecological Civilization w/ John D. Liu and Michael Pilarski live in Port Townsend joined by David Korten and Jeremy Lent online

Challenging the Prevailing Climate Change Narratives through Words and Film hybrid panel w/ John Feldman, Rob Lewis, and Didi Pershouse live in Port Townsend joined by Judith Schwartz online

How Plants Cool and Heal the Climate w/ Peter Bruce-Iri
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Assisted Natural Regeneration(ANR): How People and Nature Can Work Together w/ Robin Chazdon
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ARARA — Financing the Regeneration of the Amazon w/ Rob de Laet
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7:45 - 8:15pm PDT

Keynote Speakers livestreamed from the in-person Global Earth Repair Convergence on-the-ground in Port Townsend, Washington, US

8:15 - 10:30pm PDT

Intertribal Cultural Sharing livestreamed from the in-person convergence

sunday, May 10th

5:30am - 8:00am PDT (9:30am - 12:00pm Brasilia Standard Time)

Ibero-America Program: Partnerships & Networks
w/ Cândida Shinn - Biologist, PhD in Ecotoxicology, CFE/UC e Collective Impact; Luiza Nascimento - Journalist, PhD in Literary Studies, documentarist and author on etnomusicology and aquilombamentos; Lucas Krasucki - Anthropologist, specialist in agroforestry networks

6:30am - 8:00am PDT (5pm-6:00pm Central Africa Time)

Africa Program: Repairing Systems - Finance, Technology, and The Future of African Restoration
Technology panel, gaps breakout, three-day harvest and closing commitments
Africa Program continues to 9:55am PDT
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9:00am - 10:30am PDT

Trigger Points for Earth Repair w/ Ali Bin Shahid
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Ecosystem Restoration Alliance Member Hybrid Caucus w/ Co-Founder Jon Schull live in Port Townsend and others in person and online from around the world

Green World Campaign in Kenya - The Regenerative Society: Holistic Village Development w/ Marc Barasch live in Port Townsend joined by Caroline Dama online

Intertribal Leadership Council livestreamed from the in-person convergence
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Down to Earth w/ Sonia Demiray
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Ibero-America Program Workgroups Begin at 10:00am PDT (2:00pm BST)

10:50am - 12:20pm PDT

Funding the Earth Repair Movement w/ Didi Pershouse live in Port Townsend joined by Rob de Laet and Bru Pearce online
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Weaving Ways of Knowing: Indigenous Science and Western Science in Dialogue w/ Ilarion Kuuyux Merculieff, Gavin Shawn, Libby Roderick, and Jeffrey Sterling live in Port Townsend joined by Prajna Horn, Robin Youngblood, Catherine Murupaenga-Ikenn, and Valerie Luzadis online

Saving What's Left: Why Earth Repair also means Land Protection w/ Rob Lewis live in Port Townsend joined by Anastassia Makarieva and Susan Masino online

Groasis Waterboxx: Restoring Biodiversity with 90% Less Water w/ Wout Hoff
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The Use of Fungi in Agroforestry w/ Peter Paap
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Land Maxing: Tropical Land Use Restoration with Social and Economic Benefits for Farmers w/ Roger Leakey

Integrative Socio-Ecological Regenerative (ISER) Design in Nepal and the Greater Himalayas Pre-Recorded Panel w/ Pramad Parajuli
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Ibero-America Program Workgroups continue through 1pm PDT

12:30pm - 2:00pm PDT

Intro to Sociocracy w/ Rhonda Baird
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Shared Living and Eco Villages Pre-recorded Panel Discussion on Jan's Place, Walnut St Coop, Enright Ridge, and LA Eco Village w/ Jan Spencer, Emily Kostuch, Emily Kostuch, and Lois Arkin
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Re-hydrating and Re-enlivening Our Communities with Rain-watered Neighborhood Native Food Forestry w/ Brad Lancaster

Regenerative Aqua Forestry Technologies w/ Neal Spackman
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Riparian and Wetland Restoration in Slocan Valley w/ Gregoire Lamoureux

Supporting Refugees in Establishing Regenerative Cultures w/ Ananda Fitzsimmons & Owen Allen
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2:00pm - 3:30pm PDT

Fuels to Flows: Bringing Nature-Based Stewardship to the Headwaters w/ Brock Dolman
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Ecosystem Restoration in Africa and the Africa Climate Band w/ Alex Carlin live in Port Townsend joined by Steeven Agbelessessi and Ousmane Aly Pame online

Roundtable Long Range Planning for the Global Earth Repair Movement hosted by John D. Liu, Michael Pilarski, and Cassandra Shaffer live in Port Townsend

Wildfires: Fact, Fiction, and Misinformation w/ Hart Hagan
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Spiritual Solutions to the Climate Crisis w/ Peter Bruce-Iri

Permaculture in Challenging Places w/ Rosemary Morrow

3:45pm - 5:00pm PDT

Closing Circle livestreamed from the on-the-ground earth repair convergence

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Global Program 

Bringing you presentations and workshops from around the world and live from the in-person gathering in Port Townsend, and bringing you into the global conversation through facilitated discussions and hybrid panels. Registration in the global online convergence program includes all sessions from the Africa and Ibero-America Online Convergence Programs, and from our speakers across North America, Europe, Australia & New Zealand, India, and South Asia.