Ocean Robbins

Entrepreneur, Professor, Author, Co-Founder of Food Revolution

Ocean is author of Choices For Our Future: A Generation Rising For Life On Earth (1994) and of The Power of Partnership (2009), and co-author of Voices of the Food Revolution (2013). He speaks widely, spreading a message of hope and inspiration to conferences, companies and organizations.

He has served on the Board of Directors for Friends Of the Earth, Creating Our Future, EarthSave International, and is a founding member of The Turning Tide Coalition, co-founder of the Leveraging Privilege for Social Change program, founding co-convenor of Leverage Alliance, and served on the steering committee for the Global Philanthropy Forum. He is a graduate of Joanna Macy’s “Work That Reconnects” facilitation intensive, has facilitated with Be Present, and is a certified facilitator of Essential Peacemaking. He serves on the adjunct faculty for Chapman University.

Ocean’s grandfather, Irvine Robbins, founded Baskin-Robbins (31 flavors) ice cream company.

11:00 - 11:55

Tuesday 2 November

Food Revolution: How Eating Lower on the Food Chain Can Optimise Health and Solve the Climate Crisis