Summit Presenters
Paul Hawken
Pioneering Environmentalist, Activist and Corporate Reform Champion, Founder of Erewhon and Smith & Hawken, Author of Growing a Business
Joan Halifax
Founder, Abbot, and Head Teacher of Upaya Institute and Zen Center
Dr. Daniel Siegel
Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Founder of Mindsight Institute, Author of several books including Aware, Mind, and Brain Storm
Jane Hirshfield
Award-winning Poet, Author of nine books of poetry, Ecologist, Teacher, Founder of Poets for Science
Lynne Twist
Co-Founder of Pachamama Alliance, Rainforest Journey Guide, Author of The Soul of Money
Rick Hanson
Psychologist, Senior Fellow of UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Science Center, author of six books including Neurodharma and Hardwiring Happiness
Spring Washam
Meditation Teacher, Shamanic Practitioner, Co-Founder & Core Teacher at East Bay Meditation Center, Founder of Lotus Vine Journeys
John P. Milton
Pioneering Ecologist, Spiritual Teacher, Founder of The Way of Nature
Michael Yellow Bird
Dean and Professor of Social Work at the University of Manitoba, Mindfulness Teacher for Tribal and Indigenous Peoples
Nina Simons
Co-founder of Bioneers, Speaker, Author of award-winning book Nature, Culture & the Sacred: A Woman Listens for Leadership
Chip Conley
Founder, Modern Elder Academy; Former Head of Global Hospitality and Strategy at Airbnb
Kaira Jewel Lingo
Mindfulness Teacher, Educator, Editor, Planting Seeds: Practicing Mindfulness With Children
David Abram
Cultural Ecologist, Geophilosopher, Founder & Creative Director of Alliance for Wild Ethics
Lori Schwanbeck
Emotional Intelligence Curriculum Designer and Facilitator, Mindfulness Teacher, Senior Faculty Member at Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute (SIYLI)
Mark Coleman
Mindfulness Teacher, Wilderness Guide, Author of From Suffering to Peace and Awake in the Wild, Co-Founder of The Nature Summit
Kriste Peoples
Media Producer, Mindfulness Teacher, Outdoor Leader, Founder of Black Women's Alliance
Dacher Keltner
Professor of Psychology at UC Berkeley, Faculty Director at the Greater Good Science Center.
Matthew Fox
Author, Theologian, Activist, Co-Founder of the Order of the Sacred Earth
Camille Seaman
Award winning Photographer, TED Fellow, Author of The Big Cloud and Melting Away
David Loy
Teacher, Writer, Ecologist, Co-Founder of Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center
Parker McMullen Bushman
Environmental Activist and Educator, Founder of Ecoinclusive, Colorado State University Director of Extension for Denver
Sandra Ingerman
Shamanic Teacher, Author of 12 books including Soul Retrieval: Mending the Fragmented Self and Medicine for the Earth
Louie Schwartzberg
Award-winning Cinematographer, Director, and Producer; Feature films include Mysteries of the Unseen World, Wings of Life, and Fantastic Fungi
Kathleen Allen
Leadership and Organizational Specialist, Author of Leading from the Roots: Nature Inspired Leadership Lessons for Today’s World
Bill Plotkin
Founder, Animas Valley Institute, Psychologist, Wilderness Guide, Author of Soulcraft: Crossing into the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche
Sam Lee
UK Singer, Folk Song Interpreter, Conservationist, Author of The Nightingale: Notes on a Songbird
Kristin Barker
Meditation Teacher, Co-Founder and Director of One Earth Sangha, Environmental and Anti-Racism Champion
Pat McCabe (Woman Stands Shining)
Navajo activist, artist, writer, ceremonial leader, and voice for global peace
Fred Bahnson
Writer, Teacher, Permaculture Gardener, and author of Soil & Sacrament: A Spiritual Memoir of Food & Faith
Micah Mortali
Author of Rewilding: Meditations, Practices and Skills for Awakening in Nature, Founder of the Kripalu School of Mindful Outdoor Leadership
Amos Clifford
Founder, Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides and Programs; Author, Your Guide to Forest Bathing
Elissa Epel
Professor, Researcher, Co-Lead of the UC San Francisco Task Force on Climate Crisis and Mental Health
Susie Harrington
Guiding Teacher for Desert Dharma, Nature Retreat Leader, Former River Guide and Mountaineering Guide
Summit Co-Hosts
Mark Coleman
Meditation Teacher, Wilderness Guide, Author, Founder of Awake in the Wild and Mindfulness Training Institute, Co-Founder of The Nature Summit
Lori Schwanbeck
Emotional Intelligence Curriculum Designer and Facilitator, Mindfulness Teacher, Senior Faculty Member at Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute (SIYLI)