About the Global Earth Repair Convergence & Festival
The Global Earth Repair Convergence & Festival (GERCF) 2025 will be a ground-breaking gathering of the world’s top scientists, visionaries, practitioners, and advocates of nature-based solutions to green the earth and cool the planet. The Convergence will highlight the most up-to-date solutions to climate warming, global drying, hunger, and biodiversity loss.
This in-person and online collaborative event will feature over 150 speakers and workshop leaders representing the Earth Regeneration movement. There will be inspiring keynotes, workshops, discussions, caucuses, and collaborative working groups, combined with a festival of music, art, storytelling, ceremony, cultural expression and celebration.
We now know that global heating stems in large part from degradation of ecosystems, desertification and the subsequent disruption of hydrological cycles (in addition to greenhouse gases). We now know that global climate cooling stems from the interaction of healthy ecosystems and water cycles. This insight, obscured by the carbon tunnel vision of dominant narratives, COPs and government projects, is a lever by which we can repair the world! The actionable solutions we will demonstrate and explore work deeply with nature’s systems: Agroforestry, agroecology, permaculture, regenerative farming methods of all kinds, Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration, traditional harvesting practices and landscape rehydration through keyline design, swales, half-moons and other water holding structures.
By scaling nature-based solutions, we can restore the climate and cool rapidly. Tangible improvements in local climates are observable within months; regional impacts in 5–10 years. In contrast, emissions reductions alone won’t lower temperatures for centuries. By combining these solutions with grassroots actions, Indigenous leadership and global collaboration, we can heal the planet…and ourselves.
This event will be a grand convergence of many parts of the Earth Regeneration movement. We will partner with People of the Global Majority (PoGM) to create an event rich in diverse disciplines, geographies, race, ethnicities, cultural paradigms and musical traditions. Indigenous worldviews, wisdom and Traditional Knowledge will be highlighted by Indigenous speakers who will share their views and messages with convergence participants and with the world.
Convergence collaborators include EcoRestoration Alliance, Global Center for Indigenous Leadership and Lifeways, Global Evergreening Alliance, Global Restoration Collaborative, Regeneration International, Buckminster Fuller Institute, Design School for Regenerating Earth, Ecosystem Restoration Camps/Communities, United Earth Networks and Global Earth Repair Foundation, Green World Campaign, Regenerate Earth and many other individuals and organizations.
We expect this gathering to be a turning point in uniting global efforts aimed at Earth Regeneration.
Scope of Event:
- In-person Attendance: 1,200 participants including scientists, restoration practitioners, Indigenous people, farmers, and activists.
- Online Outreach: Thousands of participants worldwide via virtual panels, presentations, breakout rooms, and festival live-stream.
- Keynote Speakers: Renowned experts and changemakers advancing climate solutions and regenerative practices.
- Workshops and Planning Sessions: Interactive workshops focusing on practical solutions and strategic planning, collaboration, and actionable outcomes.
- Celebration and Festival: Music, art, ceremony, cultural exchange, entertainment, and hands-on activities.
OUTCOMES:
Improve Food Security and Sovereignty
The Convergence will promote regenerative agriculture, agroecology, agroforestry, and other forms of food production that build soil, sequester carbon, and sink water into the landscape. On-site restoration plantings will provide food and other resources for local populations.
Climate Justice
The Convergence will highlight rights of smallholder farmers, indigenous peoples and the rights of Nature
A Global Action Plan
We will synthesize insights and strategies into a crowd-sourced, living document for planetary restoration that will empower attendees to scale practical, actionable steps within their communities.
Collaborations
The Convergence will initiate global collaborations to support climate repair through ecosystem restoration, resulting in cooling the planet.
Hope
The solutions explored and collaborations created at the Convergence will offer hope to the world and a path forward to which everyone everywhere can contribute, and from which all will benefit. We can reverse the climatic death spiral faster than most people realize.
Amplify Recognition of the Earth Regeneration Movement
The Convergence will provide a voice for and increase the visibility of the regeneration movement and its solutions for a livable climate.
