University for Peace (UPEACE)
The University for Peace was established in 1980 by a resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, born from the conviction that lasting peace would need its own institution of higher learning—one dedicated not to winning wars but to understanding what makes them end for good. Headquartered on a campus built into a protected forest […]
Ian MacKenzie
Ian MacKenzie is a passionate artist dedicated to weaving visions of the possible, believing that if we can’t envision a future that works for all life, we are more likely to hold on to the familiar even when it’s clear it has become obsolete. Over the last 15+ years, he has used a variety of […]
Valarie Kaur
Valarie Kaur is a civil rights leader, lawyer, award-winning filmmaker, faith leader, and author rooted in the Sikh farming communities of California’s Central Valley, where her family has lived for more than a century. Her grandfather gave her Sikh wisdom through stories and songs that showed the way of the sant-sipahi — the sage-warrior — […]
One Spirit Learning Alliance
Founded in 2001 by Rev. Diane Berke and Rev. Joyce Lichtenstein in the aftermath of September 11th, One Spirit Learning Alliance is a New York-based interspiritual education community whose vision is to inspire and advance the evolution of sacred consciousness in service to individuals, communities, and the earth. Rather than asking seekers to choose one […]
The Indigenous Peoples of Africa Co-ordinating Committee (IPACC)
The Indigenous Peoples of Africa Co-ordinating Committee (IPACC) is the largest Indigenous peoples’ network in the world — a membership organization representing 135 communities across 21 African countries, from hunter-gatherer peoples of the Kalahari to nomadic pastoralists of the Sahel. Founded in 1997, IPACC works at the intersection of human rights, environmental justice, and the […]
YES!
YES! (Youth for Environmental Sustainability), founded by two teenagers in California in 1990 Ocean Robbins & Ryan Eliason, connects, inspires, and collaborates with change-makers to build thriving, just, and regenerative ways of life for all. The organization provides co-creative brave spaces for people gifted with compassion and a desire to make a difference—people looking for […]
The Wellbeing Project
The Wellbeing Project, conceived in 2014 as a co-creation, works to integrate inner wellbeing and social change, recognizing that cultural and systemic transformation requires the effort, insight, and input of different groups woven into a larger whole. Today over 60 institutions worldwide co-create the Project, including leading nonprofits, intermediaries, foundations, universities, media groups, venture capital […]
Collective Imagination Practices Toolkit
The Collective Imagination Practices Toolkit, developed by the Collective Imagination Practice Community (funded by JRF Emerging Futures and hosted by Huddlecraft and Canopy), offers tools and practices to enable people to imagine more hopeful futures. The toolkit supports work that pays attention to who gets to imagine, centers diverse imaginations, and cultivates a range of […]
Domini: Insights
Founded by Amy Domini — widely recognized as one of the pioneers who proved that values-aligned investing could deliver competitive financial returns — this blog-style insights hub tracks the ongoing work of Domini Impact Investments across climate, community investing, ecological sustainability, human dignity, and corporate accountability. Domini began her career as a stockbroker in the […]
Thriving Communities
Thriving Communities creates documentary films that elevate community solutions to the challenges of our times, telling stories about “common people doing uncommon work for the common good.” Born from the joy and inspiration that founder Jerry Millhon found in storytelling while serving as Director of the Whidbey Institute in 2012, the organization produces two to […]
Disaster as a Springboard for Thriving Resilient Communities
This article, published in December 2013 by the Society of Organizational Learning’s Reflections Magazine, explores what happens when catastrophe fundamentally shifts the world we know. On March 11, 2011, the triple disasters of earthquake, tsunami, and radiation leak devastated northeastern Japan. In the aftermath, people from throughout the country began to gather not just to […]
Ashes to Resilience
Ashes to Resilience: A Guide to Wildfire Recovery is a resource developed by NewStories and Regenerating Paradise, drawing on their experiences to offer starting points for communities navigating wildfire recovery. Recognizing that what needs to happen is shaped by local culture and geography, the guide supports communities in their own journey of recovery and Re-Storying. […]
A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness
Michael Pollan takes readers to the most intimate frontier in science: the mystery of our own awareness. Drawing on neuroscience, philosophy, literature, Indigenous epistemology, and his own experiences with meditation and psychedelics, Pollan asks the question that has eluded centuries of inquiry — what exactly is consciousness, who has it, and why does anything feel […]
Regenerating Paradise
Regenerating Paradise is a nonprofit organization formed in the wake of the Camp Fire with a mission “to weave the social fabric that regenerates us.” The organization defines regenerating as a process of rebuilding and recovery that, as in regenerative agriculture, replenishes rather than depletes. Looking to Ridge community residents for resources, Regenerating Paradise works […]
Building Resilience
Building Resilience: Social Capital in Post-Disaster Recovery by Daniel P. Aldrich examines why responses to disaster recovery vary greatly in ways not explained by the magnitude of catastrophe or amount of aid provided. The difference between resilience and disrepair, Aldrich shows, lies in the depth of communities’ social capital. The book highlights the critical role […]
Flow Genome Project
Flow Research Collective brings together award-winning academics, artists, special operations commanders, professional athletes, Fortune 500 business leaders, and experts dedicated to peak performance, building world-class training programs on peak performance, optimal psychology, and leadership. The organization charges a premium for world-class trainings while open sourcing content for free, helping people make better sense of their […]