Thanks to everyone who joined us for our Sixth Annual Gala & Fundraiser on Thursday, December 13th, 2007 in New York City. A highlight of the event was a special Democracy Cocktail Hour with Luis Antonio Pasquetti, a leader of the Landless Workers Movement, one of the largest social movements in Latin America and a Small Planet Fund core grantee. At the annual bash, guests drank and dined on local organic food and wine, rubbed elbows with environmental movers and shakers while bidding on silent and live auction items, and enjoyed an impromptu rendition of Puff the Magic Dragon from guest Peter Yarrow (of Peter, Paul, and Mary) and his daughter Bethany (who performed at the party—see bethanyandrufus.com).
We would love you to join us next year or to make a contribution to the annual auction. Sign up on our mailing list or contact our event coordinator, Carrie Wykoff, at Carrie@eventsthatmatter.net.
About Our Auction Contributors
About Our Host Committee
About Past Events
About Our Auction Contributors
For our annual auction we receive contributions from some of the most respected names in the sustainability field and from artists, filmmakers, and restaurateurs. To see our 2007 items please click here.
About Our Host Committee
(organizations listed for identification purposes only)
Hilary Baum & Richard Stein, Baum Forum
Jessica Walker Beaumont & Sidney Beaumont
Rebecca Bray
Cinde Boutwell
Rebecca Bray
Jen Chapin, World Hunger Year
Mary Cleaver, The Cleaver Co.
Jaimie Cloud & David Levine
Mary Davidson, Marion Institute
Gita Drury, League of Young Voters
Diane Hatz, Sustainable Table
Tate Hausman & Shawna Hausman
Lisa Jobson
Anthony Lappe
Mia MacDonald & Martin Rowe
Holly Roberson & John Goldstein
Richard Rowe, OLE
Christina Salvi, FREECYCLE
Chris Talbott, Heifer International
Kerry Trueman and Matt Rosenberg, Eating Liberally
About Past Events
2006: We were also honored to welcome our special guest last year, Dr. Vandana Shiva of the Research Foundation on Science, Technology, and Ecology, who joined us for an intimate pre-party Living Democracy Cocktail Hour. A gutsy critic of the false promises of chemical farming and genetically modified seeds, Dr. Shiva has long done cutting-edge work to conserve bio-diversity and protect people's rights from threats to their livelihoods and environment.
An additional thank you to our 2006 co-sponsors:
The Cleaver Company
Sustainable Table
© 2002-2007, Small Planet Fund. All artwork and photos by Anna Lappé.