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The Anthropocene (n): a unit of geological time, like the Holocene, used to describe our current period in Earth’s history. This period is marked by human’s negative impact on the planet’s climate and ecosystems.
How do we build the future we need?
What are we being asked to do?
Who do we need to become?
Ultimately, how do we Anthropocene?
Daily life feels heavy. With mounting climate, tech, and geopolitical issues it can feel like a lot to manage, undoubtedly and deservedly so.
The Anthropocene, our time here on earth, is asking us, practically begging us, to find new ways of working, of making a living, of being - being ourselves and being together.
So we have to ask ourselves, what will it take for us to make it in the Anthropocene? How do we build the future we need, and in doing so restore our balance within Earth’s boundaries?
Some have been doing a lot for a while and need support. Others are just getting started and need to chart their own path.
And now its time to bring it all together.
This is how we Anthropocene, together.
how to Anthropocene
We must move…
from overwhelmed in isolation; to being supported through community
From gripped by fear; to being rooted in collective resilience
from finding any work; to doing the necessary work
from going at it alone to doing it together
how to Anthropocene
We must use digital tools, not the other way around
introducing
our being+ doing platform
And this is how we’re going to do it.
In order to make it in the Anthropocene, we must deeply understand and reconnect our being while aligning our doing with solving deep, system challenges.
With the launch of our being + doing platform you can now:
find time for reflection, support your mental health, reconnect with what makes us feel alive, and more (being)
find community & purpose, source new clients, collaborate on projects, or find your next impactful job (doing)
The only place that emphases who we are becoming as much as what we are doing, welcome to the new era of being + doing.
how to anthropocene
being
become better equipped to manage the grief, anger, anxiety & despair that comes with life in the Anthropocene
browse mental heath resources, create your own reflection space, and remember the things that make us feel truly alive
interact with our intentional AI to better understand the mental health aspects of climate change and what resources are available
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doing
on the doing side of our platform, you can find your next impactful job, source meaningful client project work, build skills, all while connecting with a likeminded community
interact with our intentional AI to help you prioritize goals and learn from the latest climate science and reports
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Take a break from doing. Learn more about how to handle the emotions that come with doing deep, systems changing work. It’s not always easy but there are more tools than ever and we’ve curated some of the best. Here you can connect with others feeling the same and searching for a better way.Description text goes here
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find a calm space to take a break from the doing and just reflect. See what bubbles up, create space to just feel and see what signals the universe may be sending. (We see you Rick Rubin!)
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we now know that doing deep systems changing work requires us to face up to mistakes, challenge assumptions and business as usual. Browse topics that help us unlearn, undo the mistakes of the past. The key to truly learning is first unlearning.
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not a feature, just a reminder. (but we also made it a feature ;) so give it a go).
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leverage our private and intentional AI to better understand mental health, eco and climate anxiety and how it affects our being
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what if a platform could help us slow down and listen to earth? what if there was a deeper meaning, a deeper source that could help us make sense of our time, our work, and our place in the cosmos? There is. And it’s called the Anthropocene. Let it be our guide for understanding and self reflection
being
The being side of our platform helps you connect with your whole self. The feelings, emotions, anxiety we feel affects our ability to truly do the important work. Here you can:
doing
The doing side of our platform helps you streamline, simplify, learn, and track all the impactful things you are doing. Find work, launch your career. Here you can:
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we curate full-time jobs, gigs, part-time roles, and contract & RFP opportunities for you. Whether you are building your own business or looking for your next full-time role, build your career here and dont’ have to go it alone.
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times are a changing - that’s for damn sure. things are changing - and quickly. Some good, a lot bad. it has become clear we all need to continually develop new skills, new ways of applying ourselves. browse our curated library of skills & resources.
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don’t go at it alone. We have 200+ members from around the world. Find collaboration partners, hire talent, make new friends - despite all our tech the world feels more isolated than ever. we sprinkle in fun and innovative ways to connect in real life and virtually
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the effects of climate change are here. they affect our work, families, livelihoods, and our cities. understand your risks with our interactive climate tools, begin making a plan. simple yet impactful
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what if a platform could help us slow down and listen to earth? what if there was a deeper meaning, a deeper source that could help us make sense of our time, our work, and our place in the cosmos? There is. And it’s called the Anthropocene. Let it be our guide for understanding and committing to impactful work.
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we spent a lot of time trying to intentionally incorporate AI into the platform. use our closed-loop AI assistant to analyze over 40 leading climate resources, tools, and books we’ve hand selected into our knowledge library. interact with the assistant from both a being and doing mindset - it’s quite cool.
can we use AI ethically, sustainability?
It does appear that a.i. is going away anytime soon. So we wanted to build artificial intelligence into the being and doing platform in the most intentional way possible,
On the B+D platform you can leverage a being or a doing mindset a.i. assistant to analyze, ask questions, and pull insights from 40+ climate reports, publications, and books.
Asking it questions such as: ‘what does the latest IPCC say about the future of climate jobs? What can I apply from Rick Rubin’s The Creative Act to help me deal with climate anxiety?
Our intentional a.i. can help you navigate ever changing climate research, find impactful clients and jobs, while also help with emotions that come with life in the Anthropocene.
the impactful to date
the impactful community
210+ members in 35 countries
impactful client work
Over $1M USD in collaborative client work with our community members
uniting voices
hosted inaugural ‘Making it in the Anthropocene’ summit featuring Dr. Britt Wray, Oliver Burkeman, Sari Azout, Steffi Bednarek, Ayisa Osori, Tegan Spinner, Tanja Gotthardsen, Kira Cooper, and many more.
client snapshot
impactful clients have included Google, Salesforce, WHO, PepsiCo, Greenwave, Mindspark, & many more impactful orgs
bringing it all together
and now with the launch of our own platform, being + doing, we bring all the lessons, insights, and experiences together in a first of its kind digital environment.
innovating together
together our community develops new skills, learns latest in climate, brainstorms, builds new products & services, and collaborates on leading client work
“I had a great experience working with The Impactful and I'd be happy to recommend them to anybody: a flexible, thoughtful and creative approach that made collaborating a pleasure.”
Oliver Burkeman, NYTimes Best Selling Author of Four Thousand Weeks & Mediations for Mortals.
“Zach, That was phenomenal. Your work yesterday, was just amazing! What an incredible symposium. Brava a million times. I hope you thought so as well!”
Jan van Dis, MD, OBGYN University of Rochester
“The Impactful Community really helped me to consider through what avenue I wanted to make impact. I don't think I would have actively pursued my next career moves without it!”
Veronica, Impactful Member
“Being able to be a part of your event was affirming for me, to find thoughtful community builders and leaders such as yourself who are taking on this tough work and shepherding people through it with support and insight and wisdom - - - I can tell you did a bang up job of curating the event.”
Dr. Britt Way, Director @ Circle, Stanford University, Author of bestselling book, ‘Generation Dread’
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first to test new features
on the importance of being and doing:
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“The climate crisis affects our mental health, and our mental health affects our ability to address and adapt to the climate crisis."
Dr. Britt Wray @ Making it Summit 2025
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“The climate crises itself is the legacy of centuries spent ignore the limitations in which we exist. Limitations, when properly understood, are not restrictions, not prisons, but invitations to fullness of relationship and meaning."
Oliver Burkeman, NYT Best Selling Author of ‘Four Thousand Weeks’ @ our Making it Summit 2025
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“We need to read discomfort not as a sign that something is wrong, but really as a sign that something is right, that we have increased our ability to stay with the trouble."
Steffi Bednarek, ED @ Centre for Climate Psychology at our Making it Summit 2025
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"We don't rise to the level of our ambition or our goals. We fall to the levels of our systems. The rules that underline the ways in which we live will in many, many ways be the level that we fall to."
Tanja Gotthardsen, Founder @ Continual.dk at our ‘Making it’ Summit 2025
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“The final bottleneck to achieving and creating wonderful things is not knowledge or information. It's that intangible, sublime quality. Call it judgment, creativity, agency, intuition, taste, courage."
Sari Azout, Founder @ Sublime at our ‘Making it Summit 2025
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"Why are there not more businesses that create positive solutions? Why is that not being taught an innovative thing to do - to try to leave the world a better place? Businesses have a huge responsibility and role to play."
Tegan Spinner, Founder @ Worthmore.io at our Making it Summit 2025
“This is not it. I refuse to give in. We will make it in the Anthropocene. But how, with whom, and with what is up to us. Turns out, it doesn’t ultimately matter if we are all hospice workers (the end) or midwives (the beginning), we just need to do the work and support one another along the way.”
Zach - Founder @ The Impactful
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the impactful community
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the being+doing platform
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'making it' summit
attend our annual ‘Making it in the Anthropocene’ virtual summit and access all session recordings. View »
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hire our global talent
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