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GLISSences: GLISS Experiences 

Regenerative sustainability retreats that are our flagship offerings.

Immersive experiences designed to disrupt the traditional sustainability conference.

Our goal is simple: reimagine what sustainability education and leadership development looks like by creating professional conferences that offer participants the same excitement, range of activities, opportunities for relationship building, and fun as going to camp.

sustainability summer camp

Next event: june 12-15, 2027

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sustainability winter camp

anticipated: winter 2028

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Sustainability Summer Camp

We believe that progress happens in conversations, not in presentations, so we created a retreat designed to feel both like a rewarding, professional conference and summer vacation with new best friends. Taking part in the Sustainability Summer Camp is a way to find your tribe and relationship build (not network) in a meaningful and intentional way that provides for opportunities well beyond the few days at Camp.

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The design of our Sustainability Summer Camp is simple and based on three Ps: people + place + pace.

 

  • People. The thoughtful curation of participants is a priority to us. We invite a diverse group of brilliant and passionate sustainability professionals who come from a variety of sectors, industries, and geographies, allowing participants to be in an intimate setting with people they are unlikely to have otherwise crossed paths with. 

  • Place. We carefully select locations that allow for a private, elevated experience, and provide access to nature, always with the goal of finding a destination you will be excited to travel to and experience. 

  • Pace. We want everyone to leave here feeling renewed and restored; where you leave energized and excited about going back to work- in many ways, the complete opposite of how most existing professional conference make you feel. Our schedule balances professional sessions with abundant free time and optional activities.  

 

While the design of each Camp will vary based on location and participants, below are examples of the elements included in our inaugural Sustainability Summer Camp.

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Collaborative Workshops

Tackle pressing sustainability challenges with high-caliber professionals​ in non-traditional formats and settings.

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Authentic Connection

Small, intentionally curated groups, and a design that provides time and space for activities, fun, and relaxation; all to support forming genuine relationships.

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Wellness Integration

Providing care for the whole person, through daily restorative practices, nutrition guidance, and mindful movement.

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Creativity that Inspires

Neuroscience-informed creative experiences to boost cognitive performance and mental well-being. And is fun!

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Beautiful Settings

Carefully selected venues that inspire creativity and reflection, and balance luxury with appreciation for nature.

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Elevated Cuisine with a Low Footprint

Minimizing environmental impact while supporting local communities during every experience, starting with sourcing 85% of our food locally.

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Past Events: 2026 Sustainability Summer Camp

Our first Sustainability Summer Camp was held at a chateau in Normandy, France, in May 2026, and included participants who traveled from as far as South Africa and the U.S. state of Hawaiʻi, and who work in sectors and industries ranging from mining to law to academia. We are very excited to build on the success of this first event, and to continue expanding the GLISS tribe, during our next Sustainability Summer Camp: June 12-15, 2027.

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Click on the images and videos below to get a sense of the inaugural Sustainability Summer Camp experience.

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Sample Menus
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Daily Schedule

Reviews

What people say about us

Gliss delivered! Kudos to Annise for curating such a great experience; it struck the perfect balance in so many ways:

  • few enough attendees to actually get to know everyone, yet a broad coverage of expert backgrounds

  • interesting planned topics to deep dive into, but still ample free time to network independently

  • amazing venue and catering that set the stage for focused exchange, without feeling like a cold hotel conference

I come away with great new connections and perspectives, which will no doubt stay with me for a lifetime!

Jason Deane

Managing Director, MGD Innovations Unipessoal, Lda

GLISSence is an excellent platform to build integrated thinking in shifting sustainability ideas. It embraces diversity in the room to build on clear directed regenerative sustainability outcomes.

Dr. Kgomotso Tshaka

AngloGold Ashanti

The inaugural GLISSence event was a much-needed, regenerative break from the academic grind. As someone who has visited Norway repeatedly for multi-disciplinary professional interactions as well as reunions of a primarily social nature, GLISSence opened new doors in both categories that I am eager to explore further--hopefully in places that turn out to be equally rejvenative and reinvigorating!

David M. Forman

Co-Director, Environmental Law Program, William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

It was one of a kind experience, where I got to meet exceptional professionals and humans which I would never have been able to meet otherwise. It allowed to expand my understanding of sustainability stakes, whilst feeling safe to be vulnerable, and get real rest in an idyllic environment. I leave nourished, inspired, determined and rested.

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Average score from all participants when asked likelihood of returning to a future GLISSence on a scale of 1 (never) to 10 (definitely)

~65× less energy & ~55% lower emissions.

As compared to standard, high-end, international retreats. Savings largely due to: use of train transportation for majority of travel once in France (vs. private car transportation for all guests); sourcing 80% of the food locally, and all meals being plant based (vegan and vegetarian) rather than meat or seafood; and, staying at a renovated chateau without A/C or an elevator as compared to a modern hotel. All accomplished without sacrificing any element of the experience.

Estimates come to 5.4t produced at our retreat vs. 9.8t for a comparable retreat, changing only figures associated with the three categories above. Source for estimates: https://co2.myclimate.org/

Facts & Figures

Our numbers speak for themselves

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