Water’s Edge Speaker

Co-founder and president of the Pacific Institute, Peter Gleick, was the speaker at the Stroud Center’s 2010 Water’s Edge gala at Longwood Gardens.

Island naturalist and conservationist Ian Hutton was the speaker at the Stroud Center’s seventh annual fundraising gala at Longwood Gardens.

Flip Nicklin, the foremost underwater photographer in the world, presented “Whales, A Changing View” at The Water’s Edge gala on October 2, 2008.

Kristine McDivitt Tompkins, surfer girl, former CEO of Patagonia Inc., and “deep ecologist,” was the 2007 Water’s Edge speaker at Longwood Gardens.

Dr. Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, was the 2006 Water’s Edge speaker on October 19, 2006 at Longwood Gardens.

Speaking to a packed audience, William McDonough mesmerized the 460 attendees with his vision of the future and indicating that the future is now.

2004 Water’s Edge speaker. Marine biologist, National Geographic Society Explorer-in-Residence, former chief NOAA scientist

2003 Water’s Edge Speaker. Primatologist, author, founder of The Jane Goodall Institute, mentor, United Nations Messenger of Peace