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Remembering to Survive: Indigenous Wellbeing and Deep Time in Texas
In the Rio Grande Valley and Edwards Plateau of Texas, Indigenous communities are redefining wellbeing—not as personal achievement, but as collective memory, connection to land, and spiritual continuity. This blog shares insights from OneNature’s collaboration with the Pakahua and Lipan Ndé peoples, revealing how Indigenous wisdom can guide healing, resilience, and conservation in a time of ecological crisis.
Gratitude & Impact: Thank You for Standing With Us in 2025
As 2025 comes to a close, OneNature reflects with deep gratitude on the impact made possible by our community of supporters. From the Everest region to Phu village, your generosity helped centre wellbeing, cultural identity, and local voices in conservation. Explore the stories, partnerships, and publications that defined this year—and see how your support is building a more compassionate, inclusive approach to conservation.
A Season of Gratitude and Reflection – Giving Tuesday 2025
As 2025 draws to a close, we’re reflecting on the impact of your support — from Nepal to Laos — and inviting you to be part of the next chapter. This Giving Tuesday, every donation is matched to help people and wildlife thrive together.
What the People of Phu Taught Us: A New Model for Conservation Born in the Himalayas
In the Himalayan village of Phu, where snow leopards and herders share sacred ground, Dr. Natalie Schmitt joined OneNature and a creative expedition team to explore a new approach to conservation. Through painting, wellbeing data, and heartfelt listening, they discovered something timeless: connection is the heart of coexistence.
Rethinking Impact: Why OneNature Aligns with the “Meta Charity” Approach
As the climate, biodiversity, and wellbeing crises converge, OneNature makes the case for aligning conservation with community wellbeing – using our Wild Happiness Approach to create systemic, lasting, and equitable change as a meta-impact organization.
What Is Regenerative Tourism? A Reflection from the Field by Karri Winn
In this guest blog, regenerative tourism advocate Karri Winn reflects on her time in Rwanda and South Africa—exploring how destinations like Red Rocks and !Khwa ttu are redefining travel as a force for ecological, cultural, and economic regeneration.
Adapting the Wild Happiness Index for ESG Reporting
Intern A.J. Horkan shares his experience with OneNature, working to adapt the Wild Happiness Index into a practical ESG social impact tool grounded in community wellbeing.
Advancing the Wild Happiness Methodology & OneNature’s Communicative Strategies
How can we measure what truly matters in conservation? This week, intern Ryan Ruggiero shares his experience advancing OneNature’s Wild Happiness approach—designing new research and reporting strategies that put communities at the centre.
Developing a Case Study Handbook: Summer Internship 2025
This summer, OneNature intern Emily Price built a comprehensive Case Study Handbook to support partners implementing wellbeing-centred projects. Drawing on global examples from India to Indonesia, the handbook aims to inspire and guide community-driven impact.
Building a Community Wellbeing Dashboard: My Journey with One Nature
What does it take to turn raw survey data into a meaningful tool for community wellbeing? In this guest reflection, our summer intern shares their experience building a digital dashboard for Nepal’s Khumbu region—highlighting the process, tools, and insights that are helping shape sustainable tourism in the Himalayas.
📢 New Publication: A Framework to Integrate Community Wellbeing into Climate Projects
Our new paper, Integrating Community Wellbeing into Natural Climate Solutions (Allgood et al., 2025), introduces an innovative framework combining five principles of community participation with nine domains of wellbeing. The result? A more transparent, equitable verification model that bridges environmental integrity with social sustainability—making climate projects durable, ethical, and people-centered.
Tourism, Wellbeing, and Conservation: Lessons from the Khumbu by Paul Rogers
Paul Rogers shares key insights from the 2025 ISQOLS Conference and the newly released IUCN Issues Paper No. 07, highlighting how Nepal’s iconic Khumbu region is using wellbeing data to shape better tourism and conservation outcomes. With support from OneNature and the local municipality, a new Wellbeing Dashboard is helping community leaders visualise and act on what matters most.
Culture at the Core: Our Mongabay Feature on Conservation & Community
Featured in Mongabay, this commentary by the OneNature team and collaborators explores why honoring culture, spirit, and community voice is essential for conservation that truly lasts—and truly includes.
An Opportunity for Foundations: Integrating Community Well-being into Environmental Strategy
As philanthropy embraces more community-centered conservation, how can foundations ensure their funding truly supports local well-being? This newsletter explores OneNature’s strategic service partnership and the Wild Happiness Approach as a solution.
What climate strategies often miss—and why community well-being is key
Too many climate strategies focus on environmental metrics alone. At OneNature, we’re reframing the conversation—centering community well-being with tools like the Wild Happiness Index to build climate solutions that last.
Meet Our 2025 Summer Interns at OneNature
We’re thrilled to welcome our 2025 summer interns—a talented, diverse group of students and early-career professionals helping OneNature explore ethical AI, ESG strategy, community storytelling, and digital engagement. Meet the bright minds shaping our work this summer!
Designing With, Not For: What Co-Creation Really Looks Like
Too many sustainability projects miss the mark by designing for communities instead of with them. Learn how OneNature’s Wild Happiness Approach puts co-creation at the center of effective, people-powered change.
Is your ESG strategy missing this one thing? Rethinking the Link Between Sustainability and Well-being
Environmental and governance metrics are well-defined—but the social side of ESG still lacks clarity. This post explores how OneNature’s Wild Happiness Index offers a practical, people-centered tool to measure well-being and improve sustainability outcomes.
The Mountains Are Calling: A Reflection on National Parks, Memory, and Meaning By Dehara Weeraman
In this moving essay, Dehara Weeraman explores the power of national parks as places of memory, belonging, and biodiversity. From Shenandoah to Sri Lanka, she reflects on how nature shapes who we are—and why protecting it means safeguarding not just landscapes, but dreams for generations to come.
Can we measure well-being? Rethinking ‘sustainability’ in nature-based tourism
“Sustainability must include people.” In her latest article for The “Good Tourism” Blog, OneNature’s Beth Allgood explores why measuring community well-being is essential to truly sustainable, nature-based tourism—and how the Wild Happiness Approach makes it possible.