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 […]
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 […]
The Responsibility Process
The Responsibility Process is a behavioral science framework and the world’s first proven how-to approach for understanding, teaching, and taking personal responsibility. The framework helps people apply their innate leadership ability to face and overcome any challenge by operating in freedom, power, and choice—and encouraging those they lead to do likewise. The organization’s purpose is […]
Big Magic
Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert explores the nature of creativity, encouraging readers to live a more creative and fulfilling life by embracing curiosity over fear. Gilbert shares her own experiences and wisdom, offering a blend of spiritual guidance and practical advice on how to overcome creative blocks, pursue passions, and find […]
Commanding Hope
Commanding Hope by Thomas Homer-Dixon addresses the frightening convergence of pandemics, inequality, racism, political authoritarianism, climate crisis, and nuclear danger—showing why and how we got here, and most importantly, the powers we possess to renew our imperiled world. Drawing on decades of work on global security and social cohesion, Homer-Dixon explains how today’s globe-spanning crises […]
Transparency International
Transparency International is a global movement working in over 100 countries to end the injustice of corruption. The organization focuses on issues with the greatest impact on people’s lives and holds the powerful to account for the common good. Through advocacy, campaigning, and research, Transparency International exposes the systems and networks that enable corruption to […]
Sociocracy For All
Sociocracy For All (SoFA) is a membership organization empowering people worldwide to practice collaborative governance through sociocracy. With more than 200 members across several language groups and circles focused on topics like cooperatives, communities, and permaculture, SoFA offers the whole spectrum of training, coaching, and consulting—from foundational training to immersion programs, peer learning, and a […]
Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature
The Global Alliance for the Rights of Nature is a global network of organizations and individuals committed to the universal adoption and implementation of legal systems that recognize, respect, and enforce Rights of Nature. Rather than treating nature as property under the law, the Alliance advances the recognition that natural communities have the right to […]
Corruption and Economic Crime Branch
The Corruption and Economic Crime Branch (CEB) of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) works at the core of global anti-corruption efforts, joining forces with governments, anti-corruption practitioners, the private sector, civil society, youth, and academia to address corruption at all levels and restore trust where it has been eroded. At headquarters […]
Native Governance Center
Native Governance Center is a Native-led nonprofit based in St. Paul, Minnesota, dedicated to assisting Native nations in strengthening their governance systems and capacity to exercise sovereignty. Opening in January 2016 in response to a need identified by Tribal leaders from the 23 Native nations sharing geography with Mni Sota Makoce, North Dakota, and South […]
Sunrise Movement
Sunrise Movement is a movement of young people fighting to stop the climate crisis and win a Green New Deal. Together, they work to force government to end the era of fossil fuel elites, invest in Black, brown, and working class communities, and create millions of good union jobs—on a mission to put everyday people […]
Decidim
Decidim is a democratic association for the governance of participatory democracy technology, contributing to the democratization of society through the construction of technology, methodologies, practices, standards, actions, narratives, and values in a free, open, collaborative, and reflective way. From the beginning, Decidim has maintained a social contract that includes the values of the project, with […]
RepresentUs
RepresentUs is a nonpartisan grassroots organization working to make government accountable to the people. The organization unites people from all backgrounds to defend democracy, root out corruption, mobilize action, and support campaigns at every level to build a political system that truly serves the public. Why It Matters: RepresentUs matters because it demonstrates that defending […]
National Civic League
The National Civic League advances inclusive civic engagement and promotes innovations in democracy to make decision-making more participatory, equitable, and effective. Recognizing that the design of our public institutions dates to the early 20th century and doesn’t facilitate collaboration between officials and residents, the League works to evolve democratic forms to meet today’s expectations and […]
Strozzi Institute
Strozzi Institute proposes a different approach to learning—embodied learning—recognizing that in a world of continuous change and constant social innovation, learning has taken on new meaning. We are now required to continually learn new skills, partner with people of widely different backgrounds, and be flexible enough to change roles, job positions, and organizational directions quickly […]
Ashoka U
Ashoka U transforms higher education by supporting institutions in becoming “Changemaker Campuses”—colleges and universities with proven track records of campus-wide excellence in social innovation and changemaking that collaborate to advance these practices across higher education and graduate millions of changemakers. Over 13 years, Ashoka U has worked with over 600 higher education institutions worldwide, developing […]