We are racing to make machines more intelligent, but perhaps the more urgent task is to make humanity more awake. Artificial Intelligence is transforming our world at breakneck speed. It can already compose symphonies, write code, predict disease, and navigate financial markets faster than any human mind. Yet amid this technological brilliance, something essential is being lost: the wisdom to guide our intelligence toward what truly matters.

The way we treat the soil mirrors the way we treat each other, and ourselves. For generations, industrial systems have extracted from the Earth without giving back, depleting both ecological and human well-being. But a different paradigm is possible: one rooted in reciprocity, regeneration, and respect. In this Impact Insights paper, we explore the deep connection between soil health and soul health, and how shifting from extraction to reciprocity can restore not only ecos

Sustainability isn’t just about improving the outer world. The focus must also be at our inner world. At its root, the climate crisis is a crisis of disconnection: from nature, from one another, and from ourselves. In this Impact Insights piece from our Climate Conscious series, we explore the inner dimension of sustainability—why consciousness, values, and mindset are foundational to meaningful, lasting environmental change.

For thousands of years, the Vedantic tradition has taught that the outer world is a reflection of our inner state—and that harmony with nature begins with harmony within ourselves. Today, as humanity faces the climate crisis, these ancient insights feel more urgent than ever.

If the science is clear, why aren’t we acting? Climate Conscious unpacks the mental, cultural, and systemic blind spots that keep us from confronting climate change — and shows how shifting awareness can turn knowledge into transformative action.

“Three great forces define our time – climate, capital, and consciousness. Our calling is to converge them to create a just, regenerative, and prosperous future.”

We explore how climate justice serves as the bridge between ecological health, human dignity, and psychological resilience—and why integrity in our actions can transform inequity into shared flourishing.

Coming Home to Place explores the bioregional movement, a vision for organizing our lives, economies, and communities around the natural boundaries of watersheds, foodsheds, and ecosystems. By rooting solutions in the unique character and resources of each place, we can regenerate the land, strengthen local economies, and build resilience from the ground up.

The fourth annual Climate & Conflict, co-hosted by The Peace Department, convened a diverse group of grassroots community leaders, policy experts, cultural strategists, funders and investors, and the public at large at a pivotal moment—as federal climate policy rollbacks threaten progress on environmental justice and the green transition.

This gathering, led by Greenwich United Way, brought together local organizations, parents, and advocates to unveil Greenwich Connects, a program developed in partnership with Liberation Programs and YMCA to address these urgent challenges and launch new pathways for support.

In turbulent times, true climate investors don’t back down — they double down. Market volatility and policy uncertainty only sharpen the case for bold capital that drives clean energy, resilience, and regenerative solutions. The toughest moments create the most transformative opportunities.

What if waste isn’t just a materials problem — but a mindset and capital problem? Our latest Impact Insights explores how rethinking waste through the lens of consciousness, capital, and circularity can help us regenerate both the planet and our perspective.

The Spirit of the Earth: Climate, Consciousness, and Wisdom Traditions explores how ancient teachings, from Indigenous knowledge to spiritual heritage, can inform modern solutions. By integrating time-tested principles with today’s science and systems thinking, we can foster resilience, regeneration, and a renewed sense of interdependence between people and planet.

The East Coast Gathering: Implementing the Next Trillion co-hosted by Gratitude Railroad brought together impact investors, funders, and entrepreneurs to accelerate capital flows into ventures addressing climate change, food systems, affordable housing, and social well-being. With over $30 million already invested, the gathering focused on scaling solutions toward the next trillion dollars in impact investments.

iodiversity and Nature’s Blueprint explores how investing in living systems is not just an environmental imperative, but a pathway to social equity, economic vitality, and a thriving planet.

Carbon is more than a molecule—it’s a mirror. We explore how this elemental force connects chemistry, climate, and consciousness—and what it reveals about our relationship to life, energy, and the Earth.

Water is more than a resource. It is relationship, rhythm, and renewal. Long revered as sacred, water is now a frontline witness to climate disruption, injustice, and ecological imbalance. This Impact Insights paper explores water not just as a commodity, but as a living essence—holding the key to both survival and regeneration. As droughts deepen and access grows more unequal, how we relate to water reflects how we relate to life itself.

Our thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors shape our ability to act on climate change. This Impact Insights piece explores how shifting human consciousness may be the missing link in solving our environmental crisis—and why aligning inner change with outer solutions is key to a thriving future.

Climate Anxiety: A Growing Concern for Younger Generations explores how climate anxiety, a chronic fear and distress about environmental collapse, is rapidly rising, especially among Gen Z and Millennials.

Across the country and in Connecticut, the cost of housing has soared beyond the reach of many individuals and families. What was once a pathway to security and upward mobility is now an escalating barrier for low- and middle-income residents. The affordable housing crisis is not simply an economic challenge—it is a justice issue that cuts across race, class, geography, and generation.

Across the US, youth mental health has reached a breaking point. Rates of anxiety, depression, and suicide are rising at alarming levels, and the systems meant to support young people are under strain. This crisis cuts across all backgrounds, but its burden falls especially hard on marginalized communities: low-income youth, LGBTQ+ individuals, and youth of color, who face compounding barriers to care. The growing mental health emergency isn't merely a health issue; it's a pr

Place-based investing (PBI) is an investment strategy that directs financial resources into specific geographic areas to support local economic development, environmental sustainability, and social equity. It aligns capital with the unique needs of a place, building long-term community resilience. As climate instability, economic inequity, and social fragmentation intensify, place-based investing offers a grounded strategy for systemic change.

The Northeast Woodlands Bioregioning Collective (the Collective) and Foundation House brought together community leaders to explore strategies and financing for regenerating the Northeastern Woodlands biocultural region.

Rooted in the belief that we must go beyond traditional approaches to regenerate the ecological, social, and economic foundations of our world, Regenerative Systems to Solutions explored how finance, agriculture, and policy can be reimagined to support thriving communities and ecosystems.