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The Millennium Alliance for
Humanity & the Biosphere

Responding to the human predicament.

Empowering Voices

We believe all citizens of the world should have the opportunity and empowerment to engage with the pressing challenges our society faces.

Engaging Leaders

We welcome all of progressive civil society into the conversation on the human predicament – seeking to unite under-represented voices with established experts and leaders in the field.

Fighting for Biodiversity & Humanity

The MAHB is a grassroots effort providing a central meeting place for individuals and groups concerned about the greatest challenges of our times; loss of biodiversity, climate change, overpopulation, global toxification and an economic system dependent on growth.

Equity & Justice

Promoting equity and justice in our world is fundamental to solving the human predicament.

The Millennium Alliance for
Humanity & the Biosphere

An initiative of Stanford University,
bringing the best science to civil society.

The Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere (MAHB, pronounced “mob”) is a meeting place for global civil society — citizens concerned with the interconnections among the greatest threats to human well-being: this is the human predicament.

The MAHB provides information about this global challenge, solicits new voices, offers opportunities for members to form working groups and discussion fora, and interact with a diverse community committed to ameliorating the threats to humanity.

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Responding to the human predicament.

An initiative of Stanford University, bringing the best science to civil society.

The Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere (MAHB, pronounced “mob”) is a meeting place for global civil society — those concerned with the interconnections among the greatest threats to human well-being: this is the human predicament.

The MAHB provides information about this global challenge, solicits new voices, and offers opportunities for members to build working groups, discussion fora, and meet a diverse community committed to ameliorating the threats to humanity.

Listen to the MAHB's New Podcast Series

What can you do to move the dial? Join us for pioneering ideas, intimate conversations, and solutions-focused thinking about the most significant topics of our generation.

In a time saturated with information but not as many solutions, listen to advice from great minds and thought leaders about what we can do to save our planet.

Announcements

OMEGA: Webinar with Sam Myers & Howard Frumkin

One of the most powerful frames for resilience work is the role of human health in the global polycrisis. While this link is core TO ALL WE DO IN THE MAHB AS WELL AS the work of the Health and Environmental Funders Network and its global NGO community, it is often not sufficiently appreciated in the emerging field of polycrisis research and advocacy. For this reason, the Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere, OMEGA Resilience Funders Network, the

OMEGA: Webinar with Sam Myers & Howard Frumkin

One of the most powerful frames for resilience work is the role of human health in the global polycrisis. While this link is core TO ALL WE DO IN THE MAHB AS WELL AS the work of the Health and Environmental Funders Network and its global NGO community, it is often not sufficiently appreciated in the emerging field of polycrisis research and advocacy. For this reason, the Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere, OMEGA Resilience Funders Network, the

The Origins of Civilization’s Ghastly Future with Paul Ehrlich

Thursday, October 7th at 19:00 (7PM), Mountain Daylight Time (UTC -6) Eminent American biologist Paul Ehrlich, Stanford professor and National Academy of Science member, will present an exclusive webinar on the centuries-long, human-caused destruction of our planet. Since his and his wife Anne’s startling 1968 publication of “The Population Bomb,” Ehrlich has urged scientists to recognize and speak candidly about the seriousness of the situation, while provoking leaders to prepare for predicted disasters. More information here Join via Zoom