Who We Are

The journey on Ecological Belonging is a collective effort anchored by The Wellbeing Project and Georgetown University and done in collaboration with a number of extraordinary partners.

It invites individuals and communities to remember, renew, and reweave connections to oneself, each other, and the natural world.

Meet the Guides of this Initative

  • Melanie Goodchild, PhD

    Indigenous Design and Innovation Strategist

  • Gary Cohen

    President & Founder, Health Care Without Harm

  • Satish Kumar

    Activist & Founder, The Resurgence Trust

  • Dr. Richard Davidson

    Founder/Director, the Center for Healthy Minds at University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Roshi Norma Wong

    Teacher, Institute of Zen Studies and Daihonzan Chozen-ji

  • Ditri Zandstra

    Supervisory Committee, Vesteda

  • Edwin Macharia

    Cofounder, Axum

  • Fr. Augusto Zampini

    Former Adjunct Secretary, the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, European Climate Forum

  • Randy Newcomb

    Senior Advisor, The Omidyar Group; Founding President & CEO, Humanity United

  • Nicole Schwab

    Co-Head, Nature Positive Pillar; Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum

Our Partners

  • Georgetown University

    University Partner

  • University of Ljubljana

    University Partner

  • University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

    University Partner

  • Facens University

    University Partner

  • Community Arts Network

    Arts Partner

  • MIT Media Lab

    Arts Partner

  • Solvable

    Organizational Partner

  • ALV

    Organizational Partner

  • Armonia

    Organizational Partner

  • Omidyar Network

    Organizational Partner

  • Lululemon

    Organizational Partner

  • Porticus

    Organizational Partner

  • The CIVICS Innovation Hub

    The CIVICS Innovation Hub

    Program Partner

At The Wellbeing Project, Ecological Belonging is being explored across all of our teams and across all of our work.

The Ecological Belonging Team at The Wellbeing Project

To learn more about our own ongoing Ecological Belonging journeys,

check out this reflection!