The living index

Twelve directions.
One abundant future.

Life needs many kinds of help. Each project begins as a question, grows through research and criticism, and may eventually become a useful intervention.

How to read this work

These are proposals, not twelve operating programs. Outside links are resources to learn from—not claims of partnership or endorsement.

01Research idea

Water + land

Redistribluetion

Turn rising seas into living landscapes.

02Live alpha

Giving

Good Bank

Move attention toward work that helps.

03Research idea

Conservation

Wilder

Make more room for the wild.

04Research idea

Forests

Arden

Forests that think in centuries.

05Research idea

Species

Respawn

Help lost species return—carefully.

06Research idea

Housing

Shelter

A stable home changes every future.

07Research idea

Public art

Wonders

Make our shared world astonishing.

08Research idea

Long future

Beyond

Carry life forward with care.

09Exploration

Cities

America Twenty-One

Imagine twenty-one thriving American cities.

10Research idea

Global health

Life’s Most Wanted

Find the biggest preventable threats to healthy life.

11Concept

Resource intelligence

Prospero

Find the next best use of a dollar, hour, or idea.

12Concept

Democracy

Top 5 Voting

Give voters more real choices.