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Protecting The Future Of Humanity
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Creating A World We Can Be Proud Of
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We're Building a Global Movement to Save Humanity

(...this includes you.)

We help citizens around the world push their national governments to fix the United Nations.

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Technology

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Climate

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Nature

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Pandemics

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War

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Migration

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Inequality

THE THREATS:

Humanity faces existential threats that no country can solve alone

THE SOLUTION:

A redesigned UN with real authority to coordinate global action

YOUR ROLE:

Help us build the citizen pressure needed to make this happen

Dear Friend,

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Thank you for visiting our website. We're glad you're here, because we need your help. You are here because you have deep concerns about the human race and the planet we live on. There are many reasons to worry: climate change, the destruction of nature, artificial intelligence, runaway technological advancement, pandemics, wars, nuclear weapons, massive climate-driven migration, and global wealth inequality. It's a lot. And it's incredibly serious.

We at the Human Survival Project are here to offer solutions.

The most efficient way to help human civilization survive and thrive is to redesign the United Nations. Here's why: With a strong global governance system, nations can coordinate actions on climate, regulate dangerous technologies, prevent pandemics, reduce arms races, and manage other existential threats. Without strong global systems, individual countries remain trapped in competition that prevents meaningful action.

Fixing this one institution will give us the tools to solve our many existential threats.

Our threats are global.

National governments acting alone,

or in competition,

will not work.

What Makes Us Unique

Many organizations and academics have published great suggestions for fixing the UN.
We’re building a global grassroots movement of citizens demanding change.

 

Others have encouraged better policies within the confines of today’s broken systems.
We’re pushing for a fundamental restructuring of the United Nations.

 

We believe public pressure is the missing element that can finally transform the UN into what humanity needs.


This effort starts with you, and us, and everyone we care about.

What We're Working Toward

The Human Survival Project is a global grassroots organization, urging nations around the world to organize a UN Charter Convention. At that convention, world leaders will rewrite the charter (like a constitution) that guides how the United Nations functions.

When humanity focuses on survival as much as on entertainment and sports,

we might see this...

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What You Can Do Right Now

Learn more:

Explore the Learning Zone to learn more about our existential threats and how a reformed United Nations can provide practical solutions that individual countries simply cannot achieve on their own.
 

Listen and share:

The Human Survival Podcast helps you understand these critical issues and solutions. Share episodes with others - it's a great tool to spread these important ideas.
 

Stay connected:

Sign up for our email newsletter, follow our social media, and be part of this growing campaign.
 

Support the work:

You can help this cause by contributing money, spreading the word, and getting involved as our capacity grows.

Now Is The Time

This is a critical moment in history. We need everyone engaged and active. No reform of the UN has ever happened on this scale before. It's exciting.


We want to have an ongoing relationship with you. If you simply look around our website and move on to other things, we're grateful you stopped here to visit. Ideally, you'll stay in touch and be involved with this growing campaign.


Working alone, individuals have limited impact. But when enough committed citizens band together, they are unstoppable. Throughout history, from the abolition of slavery to the independence movements that ended colonial rule in much of the world, coordinated citizen pressure has transformed seemingly impossible challenges.


Through this work we express our love for ourselves, our love for each other, and our love for everything in life that we care about. For the sake of all that's beautiful about humanity, please join us.


At your service,
Shelby Mertes
Founder & Director
The Human Survival Project

Une personne seule ne peut pas sauver la race humaine. Et travailler seul est moins joyeux.

Je veux que la joie de sauver la race humaine soit un effort d'équipe.

Si notre relation est simplement moi qui crée la série et que vous la consommez, c'est bien. Mais je préférerais que vous et moi travaillions ensemble pour rendre notre monde meilleur. Et mon rêve est qu'au fil du temps, une tribu mondiale de personnes se réunisse autour de ce travail.

Donc, si l'idée de sauver la race humaine vous rend joyeux, alors voici quelques façons dont nous pouvons travailler ensemble ...

Faire connaitre


Parlez de l'émission à d'autres personnes: amis, famille, collègues, voisins, personnes sur vos réseaux sociaux, étrangers - qui que ce soit. Les gens me demandent parfois: «Quel est le public cible de votre émission?» - et je réponds: «Tout le monde».

Pour créer un mouvement citoyen mondial visant à promouvoir des améliorations mondiales, nous avons besoin d'autant de personnes engagées que possible. C'est pourquoi j'essaye de rendre le spectacle accessible aux personnes de tous types et de tous horizons. Lorsque vous trouvez des personnes que vous souhaitez éduquer sur ces problèmes mondiaux importants, leur parler de La joie de sauver la race humaine est un bon moyen de les aider à s'impliquer.

Faire un don d'argent


Faire ce spectacle n'est pas facile. Cela prend du temps et du travail. Et il y a des dépenses - comme l'hébergement de ce site Web, l'hébergement de podcast et l'équipement. Les dons aident à couvrir ces dépenses.

Plus important encore, les dons m'aident à réduire mon autre emploi qui paie mes factures - afin que je puisse passer plus de temps à faire un spectacle de haute qualité pour vous. J'espère qu'avec suffisamment de soutien, La joie de sauver la race humaine pourra devenir mon travail à plein temps.

J'ai un niveau de vie modeste. Rien d'extraordinaire ici dans ma vie. Votre soutien financier ne servira pas au luxe - ce sera une contribution significative au loyer, à la nourriture et aux produits de première nécessité. Je ne m'attends pas à devenir riche en faisant ce travail. En fait, si les dons dépassent jamais ce dont j'ai besoin pour vivre, je commencerai à embaucher d'autres personnes pour aider à étendre le travail sur cette émission et les projets connexes.

Je suis extrêmement reconnaissant pour tout montant que vous offrez, petit ou grand, une seule fois ou sur une base mensuelle. Tout cela aide. Vous pouvez le faire ici:

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What's New

See our video about fixing the United Nations to solve climate change

Coming
November 9

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