People, Places, Purpose, Planet 

OUR PURPOSE

~  We are a diverse, forward-looking community
providing evidence, advocacy, and inspiration
to align the interests and vitality
​of people, places and planet ~

Our Mission:

“To transform personal and planetary health through awareness, attitudes and actions, and a deeper understanding of how all systems are interconnected and interdependent.”

Our Principles

From the 2018 Canmore Declaration on principles for planetary health:  
Improving the health of all natural and anthropogenic systems depends on: mutualistic values; planetary consciousness; advocacy; unity of purpose; recognition of biopsychosocial interdependence; emotional bonds between people and the land; efforts to counter elitism, social dominance and marginalization; meaningful cross-sectoral and cross-cultural narrative; self-awareness; and a personal commitment to shaping new normative attitudes and behaviors. This is the basis of the inVIVO Principles for Planetary Health: 

  1. Personal commitment to shaping change
  2. Values and Purpose
  3. Unity and Integration
  4. Sustainable flourishing of all systems
  5. Imagination, stories and creativity
  6. Connection to Nature
  7. Planetary Consciousness​
  8. Interdependence and connectivity of life
  9. Countering elitism and authoritarianism 
  10. Advocacy and kindness

Our Approach
​and Activities

​Project Earthrise is our contribution to global change, through ongoing discussions, collaborations, publications, meetings, and other events to create a global community for change-making and creativity. This brings together diverse perspectives and expertise building new opportunities to influence and transform diverse global conversations. We build on scientific rigor to encourage meaningful questions for purposeful actions. We promote change narratives that encourage greater awareness, inspire imagination, cultivate connectivity and more mutualistic value systems. 


inVIVO is proud to be based at the Nova Institute
To restore human health we must restore the health of our society and our relationship with the natural environment
​– with a greater sense of unity, place and purpose”

We can all contribute to the
​important questions of our time

How can we live with all of our modern technology but also take advantage of what once was? How can we promote health through biodiversity and connection with natural environments? What are the obstacles to change? What are the consequences of continuing on our current trajectory? Can a change in social values systems have a flow on effect that can drive meaningful positive change across multiple domains? And reduce inequality and injustice?
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