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2019
Summer 2019 - Exhibit at House of Solutions, Governors Island, New York, NY
May 27 - All Students at St. Thomas More Collegiate Create Ribbons, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
May 23 - “What Would Nature Do?” Social Permaculture Course, class closing ritual, Boulder, CO
April 28 - Weaving Earth Care into Presbyterian Church Worship, Nederland Community Presbyterian Church, Nederland, CO
March 15-17 - Spiritual Companionship at the Spiritual Directors Conference, Bellevue, WA
January 20-26 - Climate Ribbon woven with Jewish holiday Tu b’shevat at these events: Wilderness Torah’s B’Shvat Tree Celebration at a redwood forest in CA; Rosh Chodesh group in Los Angeles, CA; a workshop in Seattle, WA; and at Temple Beth Hatfiloh in Olympia, WA.
2018
December 6 - The Sustainable Finance Initiative, Hong Kong
December 1 - Food Shift Anniversary Party, Oakland, CA
November 1-7 - Parliament of the World’s Religions, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
October 23-26 - Making an Impact on Impact Investors, San Francisco, CA
September 8-12 – A space for reflection in a sea of marchers: the Climate Ribbon at Rise for Climate, San Francisco, CA
June 20 - A Tree Grows in Boulder: SOCAP meets the Climate Ribbon, Highland City Club, Boulder, CO
April 27 - Climate Ribbon Tree Installation & Ritual for Earth Day, Congregation Nevei Kodesh, Boulder, CO
April - Elementary Kids Exchange Ribbons Across the Country, Chicago, IL and Encino, CA
April 19 - The Climate Ribbon as an Activity for Art Teachers, Metro State University, Denver, CO
April 17 - Workshop: how to build a tree and facilitate a unifying ritual, Estes Valley, CO
April 8 - Unitarian Universalist Ministry for Earth invites participation with Climate Ribbon Chalice, Portland, OR
2017
Read our year-in-review summary and see pics of the events below!
November Climate Ribbons at the youth-led Sunrise Movement's Climate Time Capsule event (in the aftermath of COP23) in Minneapolis, MN
October 28 - Ribbon installation & tabling at 5 Years After Sandy: We Remember, We Resist, We Rise, NYC, NY
September 21 - Ribbon ritual at Rosh Hashanah prayer service, Congregation Nevei Kodesh, Boulder, CO
August 4-7 - Ribbon tabling with 350.org Colorado at the ARISE Music Festival, Loveland, CO
July 25 - Ribbon tabling at Get Organized BK, Brooklyn, NY
May - Tides Foundation exhibition of the Climate Ribbon, San Francisco, CA
May 6 - Ribbon ritual at the Native Plants & Prairies Day, Dallas, TX
April 29 - Ribbon archway installation and ritual at the national People's Climate March, Washington, DC
April 27 - Ribbon ritual reinvented to mourn community displacement and resist gentrification at JPNDC's State of the Neighborhood summit, Jamaica Plain, MA
April 14 - Innovative "screen-style" ribbon installation and ritual at the Climate & Energy Funders Group Meeting, San Francisco, CA
March 2 - Ritual at the Dutch Parliament building, The Hague, The Netherlands
2016
November - Ribbon installation and ritual at the COP22 in Marrakech, Morocco
September - Innovative ribbon art sculpture install at an environmental conference, Grand Tetons National Park, WY
June - Launch of new Climate Ribbon website & DIY video
May - Climate Ribbon Tree permanently installed in the central square (and as symbol of) the village of Lescar Pau, Southwestern France.
April - Re-dedication of Climate Ribbon Tree @ the Watershed Center, Millerton, NY
2015
December - Large Climate Ribbon Art Ritual & Sculpture Installation at the COP21 in Paris, including the following events (read full blog):
- December 7-11 - Movement convergence space, Climate Action Zone (ZAC), at the CENTQUATRE, Paris, France
- December 5-6 - Large Climate Ribbon Tree sculpture at the People’s Climate Summit and the Global Village of Alternatives / Village Mundial des Alternatives in Montreuil, France
- December 2 - Climate Ribbon ritual with Eroles Project at L'Annexe, Paris, France
- November 30 - December 2 Tree installation at COP21 at Le Bourget with 350.org at Générations Climat, alongside the UN negotiations, Paris, France
- November 30 - Installation at Place To B during the two weeks of the COP21, Paris, France
- November 29 - Ribbon gathering and presence at the mass street mobilization before the UN Climate Summit began, Paris France
November 26-30 - Installation at Conference of Youth / Conférence internationale des jeunes COY, Paris, France
October 15-19 - Large installation at the Parliament of the World's Religions, Salt Lake City, UT (Read article)
October 16-18 - Ribbon gathering at Bioneers, Marin, CA
September 26-27 - Ribbon pulley installation at Alternatiba Village of Alternatives, Paris, France
September 25 - Ribbon ritual at Les Lilas, France
September 12 - Ribbon action at Silent Climate Parade, Berlin, Germany
August 4 - Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center - Climate Ribbon living tree, Falls Village, CT
August - Live tree adorned with ribbons as permanent installation at The Watershed Center, Wassaic, NY
March-June - Ribbon sculpture installation at Judson Memorial Church, NYC, NY
March - The Work that Reconnects training with Joanna Macy, Oakland, CA
February - April ThoughtWorks Climate Arts Show, NYC, NY
January 28 - Northern Arizona University student action, AZ
October 2015 - Ribbon tabling at the Highline Grand Opening, NYC, NY
2014
September 21 - Large-scale Launch of the Climate Ribbon as the art finale of the People’s Climate March, NYC, NY
September 21 - Ribbon ritual at Sinai Free Synagogue Tree of Life event, Mount Vernon, New York
September 19 - Ribbon ritual at 350.org Global Leaders event, NYC, NY
September - Ribbon ritual at 350.org Campus organizers training, NYC, NY
September - Ribbon ritual at New York Writer’s Guild, NYC, NY
September - Ribbon-making event at Romemu Synagogue, NYC, NY
September - Union Theological Seminary interfaith event (see Al Gore’s ribbon from this event), NYC, NY
September - Ribbon-making event Far Rockaways event with Rockaway Wildfire, NY