“Making it in the Anthropocene” is a virtual summit of 200+ leaders exploring what it means to build, live, & lead in an era defined by climate change.
Learn more 👇
The Anthropocene (n): is a unit of geologic time, like the Holocene, used to describe the most recent period in Earth's history when human activity has started to have a significant negative impact on the planet's climate and ecosystems,.
Our Keynote Speakers 2025
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DR. BRITT WRAY
AUTHOR & RESEARCHER
Britt is an author, researcher, public speaker, and consultant working at the forefront of climate change and mental health. She is author of the best selling book, ‘Generation Dread’ and is the Director of CIRCLE at Stanford Psychiatry, a research and action initiative in Stanford's School of Medicine. She also writes and publishes a newsletter, Unthinkable Times, with over 22,000 subscribers.
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OLIVER BURKEMAN
AUTHOR & JOURNALIST
Oliver Burkeman is a British author and journalist, writing for The Guardian. In 2021, he published ‘Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals’ and it is a New York Times and International Best Seller. In 2024, Oliver published ‘Meditations for Mortals’, a National Best Seller, a map for a liberating journey toward a more meaningful life. Oliver also publishes The Imperfectionist newsletter to an audience of over 50,000 subscribers.
Full Program (w/ more announced)
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STEFFI BEDNAREK
Founder & Director at Centre For Climate Psychology, Author, Speaker
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SARI AZOUT
Founder @ Sublime App
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AYISHA OSORI
CEO @ Open Society Initiative for West Africa, Lawyer, Advocate Women’s Health & Rights
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Tanja Gotthardsen
Anti-Greenwashing Specialist, Founder @ Continual DK
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TEGAN SPINNER
Founder @ Worthmore, CTO @ M$NEY
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KIRA COOPER, PHD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Environment @ University of Waterloo
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ZACH WEISMANN
Founder @ The Impactful, mia summit organizater
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KELLIE LAUTH
CEO @ MindSpark Learning
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SIZO HLOPHE
UNESCO Expert on Fair Culture, Co-Founder @ Antidote Music, Marketing @ Sound Diplomacy
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DIMITAR VLAHOV
Strategy @ S-Hub Norway, Senior Advisor @ Sustainable Brands
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FREDERIC GIULI
Founder @ Caristeo, Co-Founder @ Climate Fresk
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LAURELINE SIMON
Founder @ One Resilient Earth, UN Climate Secretariat
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Stay tuned for more speakers to be announced!
about
On May 27 (virtual) join creatives, builders, and systems-changers navigating purpose in a time of planetary transition.
Through interactive sessions with global and local leaders on family planning, making a living, building resiliency, and ushering in a new era of climate adaptation, we’ll examine how to not just survive, but create a new way of being + doing amidst the challenges of life in the Anthropocene.
How can we make it in the Anthropocene? And if we do, where are we going?
The Anthropocene (n): a unit of geologic time, used to describe the most recent period in Earth's history when human activity has started to have a significant negative impact on the planet's climate and ecosystems.
Join us: May 27 (online)
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Join us: May 27 (online) -----
Program Details
The summit and our speakers will expand upon 4 key tracks:
01. Family Planning in the Anthropocene 👶🏽
In a world shaped by climate disruption, ecological grief, and systemic uncertainty, deciding whether (and how) to build family takes on new weight. How to raise healthy, educated, safe families will only get harder. This track explores how the redefinition of family planning in a changing world.
03. Building Resiliency in Anthropocene 💪🏻
In a time of compounding crises, resilience is more than bouncing back, it’s learning to bend, adapt, and build anew. It is the recognition that things will only get more complicated, more challenging. This track focuses on personal, community, and systemic resilience in the face of ongoing disruption. But like really, resiliency.
Join us: May 27 (online)
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02. Making a living in the Anthropocene 💰
As old systems break down, we must reimagine what “work” means, and who it serves. This track investigates how to build livelihoods rooted in purpose, creativity, and climate-conscious practice - while also building for diversification and risk mitigation.
04. If we “make” it, where are we going? Where should we go, and with whom? 🌳
What does it really mean to “make it” as a single human being in this geological era? And when we say make it, that doesn’t mean just humans - it means species - plural. This track asks the big questions (of success, survival, belonging, and legacy) and invites participants to explore the values, skills, and mindsets needed for the road ahead.
announcing
We will be announcing some big (and small) things...
01. Is it possible to use AI for good?
We are about to find out. During the event we’ll announce and go live with we’ve been working on at the intersection of climate and ai.
02. A new path forward.
Not another thing but another way forward, a new guiding system for navigating life and work. A new operating system.
Why this? Why now?
It has become clear we need an entirely new way of moving through life. A new era of being + doing.
One that recognizes not only our geological time, but enables us to align our work, lives, and very being with the natural world, with deeper meaning.
And what’s at stake?
Not only our way of being, but our future is at stake. Our children’s future is at stake.
We’ve lost 69% of global wildlife populations since 1970.
75% of earth’s land has been degraded or reshaped by humans.
In 2023, over 100 million people were forcibly displaced worldwide due to climate change. By 2025, that number could reach 1 billion, or 1 in every 8 people globally.
Only 3% of earth’s ecosystems remain undisturbed by human activity.
Over 50% of all carbon emissions in human history have been released in the last 30 years.
but we know these things….
With our m.i.a. event
We are discovering a new way of being + doing in an era marked by climate change.
Re-discovering what it means to be a parent, a son/daughter, an employee, a changemaker to ensure we make it in the Anthropocene.
Aligning our livelihoods with positive impact today, while creating diversification and risk reduction for tomorrow.
And Learning how to build resiliency in our personal and professional lives, together.
Through keynote presentations, fireside chats, networking, and interactive sessions.
And lastly, if every thing, every one is made in the Anthropocene, what does it mean to actually “make it in the Anthropocene”?
We aim to find out.
Join us: May 27 (online)
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RSVP
Tue. May 27th - Virtual (Zoom)
Click below to RSVP for the virtual program on May 27th.
If you are interested in attending a small follow-up gathering in Copenhagen following the event, send us an email to hello@theimpactful.com
Frequently Asked Questions
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Tuesday May 27th is the big virtual summit. Once purchasing your ticket your will receive Zoom details.
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$10 USD (70 DKK).
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Right here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1334596938369?aff=oddtdtcreator
And when completed, you will receive an email confirmation with all the access details. -
Creators, makers, concerned parents, business owners, students, and everyone else not mentioned. If you are concerned about the state of our planet, wanting to or already made changes to your life, family, or work, then this is an event you don’t want to miss.
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Send us an email to hello@theimpactful.com
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If you are interested in speaking or sponsoring the event, send us a note to hello@theimpactful.com and we will send over more details.