how to
make it in the
Anthropocene?
digital & IRL
tools + community
for making it in the Anthropocene:
a time marked by human’s negative impact on the planet
biodiversity loss
systemic oppression
climate change
systemic racism
income inequality
artificial intelligence
systems collapse
we make it by:
amplifying impactful doing and
supporting collective being
Welcome to the new age of
being + doing.
The world is shifting faster than any of us can possible process, making it feel impossible for any one of us to manage on our own. Because it is. You’re not meant to do this alone. None of us are. But we still try to tackle these problems on our own, with old ways of doing business.
We at The Impactful exist to help you find the ground beneath your feet, connect with peers who are doing it and feeling it too, get to meaningful & impactful work quicker, while supporting our whole selves. We do this by focusing on four shifts.
The Four Shifts:
You don't have to face climate change, a.i., systems collapse overwhelmed and alone. You CAN be held in community.
You don't have to do just any work. You CAN do work that matters. And get paid for it! We’ll help you find, maintain, and sustain that work.
You don't have to carry the fear & anxiety by yourself. You CAN be rooted in collective resilience. Through our digital & IRL community and events.
You can’t ignore your own well-being. All of this is hard, makes you angry, makes you want to pull your hair out - and that means we’re getting to the good stuff. All of this comes in different waves for each of us. We help bring it to the surface in meaningful, connective, & innovative ways.
we are a community + platform built to help you find the ground beneath your feet, do work that matters, and support our whole selves.
How we do it 👇
We do this in three ways:
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the impactful community
digital & IRL events, 215 members in 35 countries, social impact & climate change chats & learnings; free to join!
02
the being + doing platform
Now our very own digital space! built to amplify your impactful doing and align our collective being
03
client services
we collab together on client projects; the community serves as our vetted talent pool (we’ve collab’d on over $1M in client work with top brands)
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announcing being + doing ✖︎
Being + Doing
We built a new kind of platform; our very own platform. Not big tech, not overpriced SaaS. One that works with you, that we built, that we own and we customize.
Being - find your ground. Process what you're carrying, build real resilience, reconnect with why this matters. Eco anxiety resources, reflection journal, sit & see sessions.
Doing - put it into motion. Skills, opportunities, and work that actually reflects your values. Curated job board (FT & PT), private goals, client finding tools, skills dev
Anthropocene guide - leverage 11 lessons from the Anthropocene to apply them to your impactful work, your mental health, and as guides for all of us through life
“The climate crises affects our mental health, and our mental health affects our ability to address and adapt to the climate crisis.”
— Dr Britt Wray, Stanford Director, Author of Generation Dread, at the Impactful’s Making it in the Anthropocene virtual summit May ‘25
Being
Understand what you're feeling, and why it matters - use our reflection journal
Build a practice that actually holds under pressure - 10 minute sitting meditation sessions, reflect on what you truly see
Connect with makes you feel alive again - share your alive drivers and see others from the community
Apply your lessons from the Anthropocene
“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, NYTimes Best Selling Author of Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals at the Impactful’s Making it in the Anthropocene virtual summit May ‘25
Doing
Find work that reflects what you actually value; what you care about - our curated job board for full time, part time & RFPS
Build the skills this moment demands - 10 skills from the Anthropocene representative of today and the future
Find communities for landing your next big client
Learn relevant and timely skills
Use the Anthropocene lessons to guide our work
Lessons from the Anthropocene
What if the Anthropocene, our current geological age, contained all the wisdom and guidance we needed? What if we could listen to it, heed its advice, what would it be asking, basically begging us to do?
Find out.
a.i. - ethically, sustainably?
Can AI be used ethically, sustainably? It’s not an easy question. And maybe the answer ends up being no. But we felt compelled to try.
Chat with our built in AI to dive into over 40 climate and creative resources.
Interact with the ai assistant from both a being and a doing perspective - sometimes you need to get stuff done, other times you need to just sit with your feelings.
Turn the assistant completely off if you rather not leverage it. Nothing saved, nothing stored.
Track your CO2 and Water Usage per prompt.
All built in directly to the platform - we put you and only you - in control of the ai.
“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 delivering the closing keynote address at The Impactful’s Making it in the Anthropocene virtual summit May ‘25
in order to make it in the Anthropocene,
we must move from…
Overwhelm in isolation »
to being supported through community
find finding any work » to doing the necessary work
from going at it alone » to doing it together
from gripped by fear » to being rooted in collective resilience
kind words from our clients & community
“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
“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.”
Britt Wray, Director @ Circle Stanford University, Author of bestselling book, Generation Dreadk
the impactful’s reach to date
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210+ members in 35 countries
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Over $1M USD in collaborative client work with our community members
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impactful clients have included Google, Salesforce, WHO, PepsiCo, Greenwave, Mindspark, & many more impactful orgs
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hosted inaugural ‘Making it in the Anthropocene’ summit 2025 featuring Dr. Britt Wray, Oliver Burkeman, Sari Azout, Steffi Bednarek, Ayisa Osori, Tegan Spinner, Tanja Gotthardsen, Kira Cooper, and more
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together our community develops new skills, learns latest in climate, brainstorms, builds new products & services, and collaborates on leading client work
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And now with the launch the being + doing platform, we bring all the lessons, insights, and experiences together in our own, first of its kind digital environment.
how to ____ in the Anthropocene