GLISSence: GLISS Experience.
A regenerative sustainability retreat that is our flagship offering.
A multi-day experience that reimagines what sustainability leadership development and personal renewal look like by combining the best of professional conferences and personal development/wellness retreats.
Collaborative Workshops
Tackle pressing sustainability challenges with high-caliber professionals in non-traditional formats and settings.
Creativity that Inspires
Neuroscience-informed creative experiences to boost cognitive performance and mental well-being. And is fun!
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.
Beautiful Settings
Carefully selected venues that inspire creativity and reflection, and balance luxury with appreciation for nature.
Wellness Integration
Providing care for the whole person, through daily restorative practices, nutrition guidance, and mindful movement.
Elevated Cuisine with a Low Footprint
Minimizing environmental impact while supporting local communities during every experience, starting with sourcing 85% of our food locally.
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:
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few enough attendees to actually get to know everyone, yet a broad coverage of expert backgrounds
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interesting planned topics to deep dive into, but still ample free time to network independently
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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.
9.2
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