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If the way we’re operating in the world today is not leading to greater health and wellbeing for all involved, human and non-human, then how else could we be, work and collaborate together, across the divides of cultures and sectors? 

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What is the World Ethic Forum?

The World Ethic Forum is a global organism inquiring into the preconditions for radically shared aliveness. We bring together diverse voices – thinkers, community leaders, elders, farmers, artists, activists and researchers across sectors, cultures and generations, as well as the many voices of the more-than-human – to explore the shared collective practices and capacities that define and enable a culture of care and kinship, in the service of all life.

  • Luea Ritter speaking about the World Ethic Forum

    Living the questions

    If the way we’re operating in the world today is not leading to greater health and wellbeing for all involved, human and non-human, then how else could we be, work and collaborate together, across the divides of cultures and sectors? The World Ethic Forum is a vessel where we come together to learn from and…

  • Microcosmos Común‬ – Celebrating Microbiomes

    WorldEthicForum, Greta Pace Buch A site-specific installation and participatory performance by CHild Collective‬ as part of the World Ethic Forum Event, The Earth’s Aliveness: A journey to the Microbiome of our Planet – Helvetiaplatz, June 22nd 2025. Microcosmos Común‬‭ is a living installation and collective‬‭ performance that invites‬ participants to immerse themselves—both literally and symbolically—into…

  • Attendees during the World Ethic Forum 2025 Public Event at the Volkshaus in Zurich.

    Celebrating the Earth’s Microbiome

    WorldEthicForum The Earth’s Aliveness: A Journey into our Planet’s Microbiome By Linard Bardill At a time when the intensity of the pendulum swings of human history, shake us, often leaving us disoriented, our event celebrating the Microbiome, offers a rare invitation: to pause, discover an unknown world, and draw courage from the shared acknowledgment of…

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Radically Shared Aliveness

Our approach is anchored in a conviction that the world is alive, inter- and intra-connected. Yet our dominant cultural and societal models currently operate as if that wasn’t the case and keep perpetuating life-reducing and oppressive systems.

We believe that our current nexus of ecological, social and value crises, stems from deep disconnects, intentionally and unintentionally enhanced over centuries. We also believe that transcending today’s overlapping crises will come from a radical shift in our perception of and relation with all that is alive, including ourselves and the more-than-human: humans are called to support a society of all beings.

The World Ethic Forum is a Living Lab for this culture of radically shared aliveness.

ABOUT THE WORLD ETHIC FORUM

Our Thematic Priorities

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Ethical Ground
Work

Exploring, excavating, and critically reflecting different ethical questions and possible perspectives of a world ethic…

02

Decolonisation, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Gesturing toward a future that transcends colonial patterns and integrates the awareness for an inclusive, equitable, and diverse society,

03

Healing, Restoration, Reconciliation

Establishing new, equal, and trusting relationships. It may include learning about the past and present.

04

Stewardship of
Bioregions

Taking into account that political, cultural, and economic systems are more sustainable and just if they.

05

Youth, Children, Elders, Parents

Bringing together the voices and wisdom of different generations and sitting with the big(ger) questions.

06

Kinship, Relating to all Living Beings

Engaging in a world filled with relationships and rooting ourselves in cosmovision where all forms of beings.

07

Responsible Economy – New forms of Economy

Working towards new and responsible forms of economy through exploring their required structures.

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