The Sundance Summit is about championing leadership and has been gifted with the generous support of the following organizations who are leaders in their fields and deeply committed to sustainability — thank you.

2007 Sundance Summit Partners



ICLEI U.S.A. - Local Governments for Sustainability
ICLEI has long been a lead partner for mayors, in the U.S. and across the world. ICLEI’s well–established Cities for Climate Protection® (CCP) Campaign, launched in 1993, is now providing more than 800 cities—home to 260 million people in 29 countries—with a performance–based methodology, technical expertise and resources for developing and implementing climate protection plans. Through the Cities for Climate Protection Campaign, ICLEI is helping these 800+ cities collectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 70 million tons annually. This expertise, uniquely developed for and delivered to local governments, is offered by no other organization.




Sundance Preserve
The Sundance Preserve is dedicated to maintaining the balance of art, natural and community as well as the cultivation of independent, innovative thought amongst artists, scholars, scientists, public policy and business leaders. Residing within the protected splendor of its own preserved lands, it is the mission of the Sundance Preserve to inspire action for the benefit of civil society.
For decades Robert Redford and Sundance have played a role in convening diverse audiences to solve some of our nation’s greatest challenges. Beginning in the early eighties Sundance has convened conferences that bring together environmental, cultural and business leaders to find common ground on crucial issues of our time, including the future of the electric utility industry; resource development on Indian lands, off–shore oil development, urban air quality, global warming and western water issues.




Natural Resource Defense Council
The Natural Resources Defense Council is a national, nonprofit environmental organization with more than 1.2 million members and online activists. NRDC’s attorneys, scientists and other environmental specialists work to protect public health, natural resources and the environment. Since our founding in 1970, NRDC has been a powerful force for environmental protection. In addition to our New York City headquarters, NRDC has offices in Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, San Francisco, Montana, the Midwest and Beijing.




U.S. Green Building Council
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is a non-profit composed of leaders from every sector of the building industry working to promote buildings that are environmentally responsible, profitable and healthy places to live and work. Our more than 10,500 member organizations and our network of 75 regional chapters are united to advance our mission of transforming the building industry to sustainability. The core purpose of the U.S. Green Building Council’s is to transform the way buildings and communities are designed, built and operated, enabling an environmentally and socially responsible, healthy, and prosperous environment that improves the quality of life.