Upcoming events
October 2024: COP16 in Cali (Colombia)
Mongabay will be at COP16 with Mongabay Latam, our Spanish-language bureau. We will host two free events in Spanish:
- How to investigate oceans without dying in the process
- Journalism on stage: Indigenous peoples displaced by palm oil
RSVP: More information and sign up.
September 2024: New York, NY (USA)
Mongabay will be celebrating its 25th birthday at an event held during New York City’s Climate Week. The gathering takes place on September 27th at the Explorers Club NY at 5pm.
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September 2024: San Francisco, CA (USA)
Jane Goodall is coming to San Francisco. Come celebrate Jane’s 90th birthday and Mongabay’s 25th anniversary on September 16th in San Francisco. Climate One’s Greg Dalton will be hosting a conversation between the conservation legend and Mongabay Founder and CEO Rhett Ayers Butler for the occasion of our respective milestones. The event will be held at Sydney Goldstein Theater, 275 Hayes St, San Francisco CA 94102. It will also be livestreamed and taped for future broadcast on the Climate One TV show on KRCB TV 22. Ticket sales benefit Climate One and Jane’s work.
A block of free tickets will be available to elementary, middle and high school students. The form to request these tickets at the RSVP link below.
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Past events
June 2024: Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo
Join us for the launch of Mongabay Africa in Kinshasa on June 4, 2024 from 6:00pm to 9:00pm.
The launch will provide an opportunity to discuss our new approach to journalism and its role in
promoting better decision-making, informed public dialogue, transparency, and accountability.
Mongabay is pleased to invite you to participate in this historic occasion marking another crucial
milestone in environmental journalism in Africa.
February 2024: Madrid, Spain
Join us for the launch of Mongabay Data Studio in Madrid at Impact Hub Madrid – Alameda on February 20, 2024 from 6:00pm to 8:30pm. The event, in collaboration with our partners at Vizzuality, will showcase Mongabay’s environmental data journalism, the tools we use to bring novel evidence into our stories, and the people who make them happen.
December 2023: Menlo Park, CA (USA)
The State of Rainforests: An update on the world’s tropical forests by Mongabay Founder and CEO Rhett Ayers Butler. Menlo Park Council Chambers.
October 2023: Atherton, CA
Stories from Nature’s frontline: A talk by Mongabay Founder and CEO Rhett Ayers Butler about the state of conservation journalism. To be held at the Jennings Pavilion at Holbrook Palmer Park.
June 2009-October 2019: Various locations
Mongabay convened nearly 100 events via the Bay Area Tropical Forest Network (BATFN) over a 10-year period. These events were held in a variety of locations with numerous different speakers covering a range of topics. About 3,000 people attended BATFN events over its history.