Declaration of Interdependence
OneShared.World is a broad and inclusive movement of stakeholders working collaboratively across diverse cultures, communities, ethnicities, organizations, entities, interests, generations, and nations to ensure a better future for humankind and the sustainability of our common home.
We seek to promote the democratic expression of our common humanity as an essential pillar of our global power structure and drive real and meaningful change in practices, structures, systems, and outcomes ensuring tangible progress toward addressing our greatest collective needs.
Recognizing, as the COVID19 pandemic has powerfully reminded us, that we are all one humanity facing common existential challenges, we:
Hold that only an appreciation of our deep interdependence with each other and all the species and ecosystems on our planet must underpin efforts to successfully champion a healthy, safe, and sustainable future;
Assert our mutual responsibility for our common well-being;
Affirm that concern for the welfare of humanity begins with each one of us and that the goals, processes, and desired outcomes of our effort must be aligned; and
Believe that even at this time of crisis the magnitude of the threats we face pales in comparison to our potential for coming together to build a better, brighter world.
Therefore, OneShared.World adopts the following declaration:
The common and essential aspirations of humanity have been reflected well in the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the Sustainable Development Goals, which we fully support.
Although our existing states and international institutions have made a tremendous contribution to global peace, security, stability, and well-being, these entities have proven incapable of sufficiently addressing many of our greatest common needs.
These include but are not limited to:
- A failure to build the predictive, preventive, and responsive infrastructure to protect us from global pandemics like COVID-19;
- A failure to prevent the dangerous proliferation of nuclear, chemical, cyber, and other weapons of mass destruction;
- A failure to address climate change, to prevent environmental degradation, and to defend the survival of all species and the sustainability of our planet;
- A failure to protect the most vulnerable among us from hunger, malnutrition, discrimination, disease, and disorder; and
- A failure to establish structures that embed our most cherished collective values in the management of our global commons and financial system and in the applications of our powerful technologies.
Our inability to meet these common challenges is rooted in a fundamental mismatch between the priorities of our national governments and our collective needs as humans sharing the same planet. While our existing states and international organizations remain essential, we can only address our greatest global challenges by expanding our concept of and capacity for collective action.
In this spirit, we seek to build a third pillar of the global power structure beyond sovereign states and the essential international institutions our governments have created. This third pillar is a fully inclusive global social movement and political force representing the democratic expression of our common humanity.
We understand that the force of our common aspiration as humans must augment and inspire, not replace, the critical work being done by many governments and international institutions.
We demand from the leaders of these institutions at all levels a commitment to informed decision-making that balances national interests with global public interests for mutual benefit across geographies and generations.
We believe our movement must be built from the ground up around a network of individuals, organizations, and entities working together on the local, regional, national, and global levels.
We appreciate that although new technologies enable historically unparalleled opportunities for collaboration, people who must be part of this process are not yet connected to this global communications grid.
Recognizing diversity as our greatest strength, we declare our interdependence and mutual duties and responsibilities as individuals and members of distinct communities, organizations, entities, and nations all in this together.
We pledge ourselves to:
- Support the establishment of a predictive, preventive, and responsive infrastructure to protect us from shared existential threats;
- Ensure that the most disempowered among us may enjoy the same essential liberties as the prominent and powerful, that our human commonality is celebrated within the context of our essential diversity, and that our equally worthy lives may be lived in dignity;
- Work directly and through our communities, organizations, entities, and nations to safeguard our common humanity and shared home;
- Forge a safe and sustainable global environment for all the species and ecosystems on our planet;
- Guarantee the health, safety, and well-being of all children and all people and to ensure that they have equitable education, health care, and security;
- Support and share artistic expression in all its forms to help engender connection, respect, meaning, and communication across cultures; and
- Uphold and promote human fellowship through mutual consideration, respect, empathy, and kindness.
In assigning our names to this declaration, we commit ourselves to acting to the best of our abilities in pursuit of these principles and call on all people and all organizations, entities, and nations to come together to collectively address our most pressing common challenges.
To this end, we citizens of our various countries and our shared world mutually pledge to each other the energy of our lives, the opportunity of our fortunes, and our sacred honor.
If you support these principles, please join our global movement by signing our Pledge.
Declaration Translations (PDF)
Arabic / اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ / اعلان التكافل المتبادل
Armenian /հայերեն / Փոխադարձ Կախվածության Հռչակագիր
Bengali / আন্তঃনির্ভরতার ঘোষণা
Chinese (Simplified) / 中文(简体) / 共存宣言
Chinese (Traditional) / 中文 (繁體) / 共存宣言
Dutch / Nederlands / Verklaring Van Interdependentie
English / “Declaration of Interdependence”
French / Francais / Declaration D’interdependance
German / Deutsche / Interdependenz-erklärung
Hindi / हिन्दी / स्वतंत्रता का उद्घोष
Italian / Italiano / Dichiarazione Di Interdipendenza
Mongolian / монгол хэл / Харилцан Хамаарлын Тунхаглал
Portuguese / Português / Declaração De Interdependência
Russian / русский / ДЕКЛАРАЦИЯ ВЗАИМОЗАВИСИМОСТИ
Spanish / Español / Declaración De Interdependencia
Swahili / Kiswahili / Tangazo La Kujisimamia
Tagalog / Tagalog / Deklarasyon Ng Pagkakaisa
Tibetan / བོད་སྐད་ / རྟེན་འབྲེལ་གྱི་བསྒྲགས་གཏམ།
Turkish / Türkçe / Karşilikli Bağ(Im)Lilik Bi̇ldi̇rgesi̇
Xhosa / Isixhosa / Isibhengezo Sokuxhomekeka Omnye Komnye
Zulu / Isizulu / Isimemezelo Sobudlelwano
Original Signatories to the Declaration of Interdependence
Ida Abbott, USA, Legal profession consultant, retirement coach, author
Steven Ablondi, Republic of South Africa, Founder of Memel.Global L3C
Isabel Adler, USA, Student of government and environmental studies, environmental entrepreneur
Laurence Sarah Ainouz, Israel, Natura nihil frustra facit
Scott Akenhead, Canada, Fisheries Ecologist, Programmer/Analyst
Rasha Al Mubarak, UAE, Humanitarian, Dream Maker
Nathaly Alarcon, Bolivia, Data Scientist
Tracey Alexander, USA/CANADA, TV Executive Producer
Wellington Amaral Jr., Brazil, Entrepreneur, Photographer, Moviemaker
David A. Andelman, U.S.A. /France, Journalist / Author
Kurt Karsten Andersen, Denmark, Lecturer
Kushagra Aniket, New York, Consultant, Investor
Anousheh Ansari, USA, CEO, XPRIZE
Davi Appel-Hulsebosch, Canada, Defender of Democracy
Ashton Applewhite, USA, author and activist working to end discrimination on the basis of age
Pedro Eli Arenas, Mexico, Entrepreneur / Logistics and Aviation Technology
Elad Azoulay, USA, Consultant
Caroline Baron, USA, Filmmaker, Humanitarian, Founder FilmAid International
Nir Barzilai, USA, Director of the Eintein-Institute for Aging Research; Professor of Medicine and Genetics
Habib Bashiru, Ghana, Barber
Ajay Batra, India, Startup Evangelist
Larry Baum, Hong Kong, Biologist, Hong Kong University
Frederick Baumer, USA, Retired property owner
Tom Bepler, USA, Organizational Development consultant
Paul Arthur Berkman, USA/World, Science Diplomacy
Barak Berkowitz, USA
Avinesh Singh Bhar, USA/Malaysia, A physician educator and agitator
Malaika Bhayana, USA
Rita Blitt, USA, Visual Artist
Michael Bonahan, USA, Youth mentoring and Rites of Passage advocate
Enid Borden, USA, CEO, National Foundation to End Senior Hunger
Sebastian Buck, USA, Co-founder, enso
Andreas Bummel, Germany, Executive Director, Democracy Without Borders
Alan Burnham, United States, Scientist
Evan Caldon, USA
Joseph Carvin, USA, Founder One World
Orietha Castillo, Bolivia, Interested in DataScience
Mikhael Catapang, Philippines/USA
Garrett Chan, USA, Silicon Valley Engineer and ex-Neuroscientist
Divya Chander, USA, Anesthesiologist
Serena H. Chen, USA, physician and advocate for reproductive health freedom and wellness
Haylen Cheung, Hong Kong
Cindy Chin, USA, CEO CLC Advisors & NASA Datanaut
Sandra Chin, Australia, Landscape Architect
Edmon Chung, Hong Kong, DotAsia, Internet & Governance Advocate & Engineer
James P. Clark, USA, Founder, The World Congress for a New Civilization & The World Technology Network
Martha Colin, Mexico, M.S. in Genetics and part of the Colegio de Biólogos de Mexico
Rachel Cooper, USA, Global Arts Producer and cultural activist
Pierre Cormier, Canada, Independent thinker, Psychologist
Dr. Mauricio Corona, Mexico, Digital transformation and Artificial Intelligence advisor
Keyla Costa, Australia, Telecom Engineer, Student of International Relations
Simone Cutts Chiu, Canada, HR manager
Sheung Chit Chu, Hong Kong, MSc Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine MBBS, University of Hong Kong
Peter de Clercq, South Africa, Visiting Professor, Wits University Johannesburg and former DSRSG of the United Nations in Somalia SibongiseniMazingisa, South Africa Legal Manager
Emma de Jong, Hong Kong
Dahlia, Australia, Graduate Student
Alireza Danesh, Canada, Physician, Neuroscience, Animal rights, ovovegetarian
Samuel Davidson, USA
Jacqueline Davis, USA, Art leader
Vishakha Desai, USA/India, Rooted Globalist
Joan Ditzion, USA, Co- Founder, Co-Author of Our Bodies Ourselves
Sulay Djalo, Denmark, Case Manager at Psykiatrisk home
Scott Doll, USA, CEO The Global Impact Group; CEO YMCS Alpharetta
Jamie Douglas, USA, communications strategist
Ed Dowding, UK, Pragmatic optimist
Bre Dunphy, France, Concerned individual, father, entrepreneur and citizen of this small world
Natasha Durel, USA, Life Long Student & Teacher
Ken Dychtwald, United States, Psychologist, Gerontologist, Author, Documentary Filmmaker
Zak Dychtwald, USA, Author
Maddy Dychtwald, USA, Author & Co-founder, Age Wave
Alfred Eisaian, USA, High Tech Serial Entrepreneur / Environmentalist
Josh Eisemann, USA, Student
Terri Ercole, USA, Teacher
Cindy Escobar Pereira, New Zealand/ Bolivia, Cultural Policy Adviser, Manager in technological cultural projects
Serena Ettinger, USA, Student
Betsy Fader, USA, Nonprofit and philanthropy executive
Ross Feldberg, USA, Climate and social justice activist
Paul Felsen, USA, Insurance agency principal
Paul Fillinger, USA, Photographer, Humanitarian
Shane Foran, Canada, Fashion Entrepreneur, Designer, Advocate for breaking moulds
Patrick B Fox, USA, retired educator who continues to contribute to both education and Spirituality of Aging
Sarah Frankland, USA/UK
Ladeene Freimuth, USA, President, The Freimuth Group; energy and environmental consultant
Jessica French, UK
Peter Galbraith, USA, Ambassador (ret), author, freelance diplomat
Yvonne Galligan, Ireland, Academic
Anuraj Gambhir, Australia, Innovation Catalyst & Exponential Techpreneur
Jorge Bernal García, Spain/Mexico, Information Technology, Entrepreneur
Tracy Gary, USA, Philanthropic and Legacy Advisor, Unleashing Generosity and donor leader
Oliana Gegprifti, USA/Albania, Entrepreneur, Global Affairs
Mary Gendler, USA
Konstantinos Georgiadis, Greece, NLP Product Architect
Christina Gerakiteys, Australia, A catalyst for change
Stéphanie Germain, France, Executive Assistant
Pedro Teran Gezn, Bolivia/New Zealand, software developer, environmentalist activist.
Chandrani Ghosh, USA/India, Journalist, writer
Damián Gil, Spain, Radiologist
Rubén López Gil, Spain, Small company business manager living in different countries, open-minded person
Nili Gilbert, USA, Investor, Entrepreneur & Civil Society leader
Terence Gilbey, USA, CEO and General Manager of the Esalen Institute
Jay Golden, USA, Founder, Retellable; Author and Storytelling Coach
Vanessa Gotthainer, Costa Rica, Social Activist, Director of Global Administration, One Shared World
John Graham, USA
Lucas Gualda, Argentina, Researcher on foreign affairs, youtuber, marketing consultant
Alan Gump, USA, IT Analyst
Michelle Gurry, Australia, Policy Officer, Health and Human Services
Donna Hackley, USA, Local resident, global citizen
Jess Hall, United Kingdom (Wales), Primary School Teacher/ Singer Songwriter
Julie Hambrook Berkman, USA, Global Educator
Julie Hamilton, United Kingdom, Founder, entrepreneur, people transformer
Seth Handelman, USA, Minor Outlying Islands, Musician, Songwriter, Husband, Father
Kerry Hannon, USA, Author, Columnist
Cody Hanson, United States, Socially Beneficial Business
Denise Haskamp, USA, Art gallery curator, adjunct professor
Houman David Hemmati, MD, PhD, USA, Ophthalmologist and biotech entrepreneur
Wanda Hennig, South Africa, Writer, traveler, long-time Zen student
Tianna Herman, USA/Jamaica, Masters student at the Bloomberg School of Public Health
Laura Herman, Singapore
Richard Herman, USA, Educator Founder InterlockenCamp
Daniel Herrera, MBA, Ecuador, Procurement Manager
Andrew Hessel, USA, Chairman, Genome Project-write
Bob Holden, USA, former Missouri Governor
Lucia Horan, USA, Mindfulness teacher
Reinhard Hübsch, Germany, Elektro Meister
Kim Hulett, South Africa, CEO of Next Biosciences, Director of National Heritage Project, Oliver Tambo Foundation Trustee
Hallie Humbert, USA, Student
Fern Hurst, USA
Susie Ibarra, USA, Composer, Percussionist, Sound Artist
Michael J. Imperiale, USA, Scientist
Cornelis Jacobs, Netherlands/France, Strategist, Entrepreneur
Suzi Jamil, Australia, Owner & Director of Think Inc.Philip Landau, USA, Executive
Dariusz Jemielniak, Poland, Professor of management, Kozminski University
Vishwanath K, India
Peter Kaldes, USA, CEO, American Society on Aging
Shing Man Kam, Hong Kong
Christian Kemp-Griffin, France, CEO of CelluComp
Keith Kendrick, USA, philosopher, scientist, designer, hopeful skeptic
Casey Kent-Dychtwald, USA, Producer and partnerships specialist across music and entertainment
Anke Kessler, Australia, Collaborator of www.ashoka.org
Irit Keynan, Israel, writer, researcher, educator, social justice and peace activist
Ismail Mohamed Khairat, Mauritania, Master in Sustainable Development, writer principally in Arabic newspapers and websites
Rasha Khalifa Al Mubarak, UAE
Ahmad Kiarostami, Iran/USA, Entrepreneur
Judi Kilachand, USA, social entrepreneur
Mitch Kirsch, USA, Event and Experience Producer
Daniel Kraft, Physician and Exponential Medicine founder
Michael Kulma, USA, International Educator
Jake Landau, USA, Multi-instrumentalist, Composer
Lori Landau, USA, Interdisciplinary Artist with a focus on Indigenous and decolonial art
Gary Lee, Hong Kong, IT Analyst, Interest in Politics and Social Affairs. Knowledge in Mathematics, Statistics and Economics
Michael Lessac, USA/France, Theatre & Science for a Global Arts Corps
Ansley Lester, USA, Archaeologist
Kenneth Levinson, USA, International Trade Leader & Father
Luchen Li, United States, Higher Education, Steinbeck Scholar
Tom Liao, United Kingdom, Regulatory Affairs Director, Pharmaceutical Industry
Monica Limachi, Bolivia, Technology Evangelist; she-her; organic food; food biotechnology
Adam Lindemann, Hong Kong Group, CEO at Mind Fund
Sharon Liu, USA
Jessica Lohmann, Germany, Voice talent, eco fantasy author & ethical marketing strategist
Miguel Lopez de Silanes Gomez, Spain, Audentes fortuna iuvat
Diane Elizabeth Huntington Loring, United Kingdom, Masters Student, Eighteenth Century Studies, University of York, UK
Isaac Mao, Hong Kong, Information Technology, Philosopher
Jim Marggraff, USA, Serial Entrepreneur, Chairman The Global Impact Group
Leslie D. Mark, USA, Calligrapher by profession; Grassroots Organizer by necessity
Grace Martens, USA, Student
Rodrigo Martinez, USA, Life Sciences Entrepreneur, Design + Marketing + Branding
Carmiña Matienzo, Bolivia, Human Resources Manager, Tech Communities advocate
Richard Maxheim, Germany, The Mondialists
Nuala McCormack, Ireland, Stockbroker retired now full time carer
Skip McCowan, USA, Lawyer
Ansherers Matlokotsi, South Africa, I am an Entrepreneur and startup investor
Joseph Vincent Melillo, USA, Performing Arts Administrator
Jamie Metzl, USA, Founder and Chair, OneShared.World
Kurt Metzl, USA, Pediatrician
Marilyn Metzl, USA, Psychologist
Arabella C. Meyer, USA, Communicator/Marketer
Dahlia, Mikha, Australia, Graduate student of editing and publishing
Cindy Milenka Escobar Pereira, New Zealand/Bolivia
Anne M. Mogensen, France, retired, Amnesty International
Jim Moore, USA, director strategic awakening
Alex Moorjani, Canada
Steve Moran, USA, Publisher/Thought Leader
Robert Morison, USA, Researcher, Author, Management Consultant
Robert Muggah, Brazil/Canada, Founder, SecDev Group and Igarape Institute
Anne Muigai, Kenya, Genetisist, University Lecturer
Neelava Mukherjee, India, Self Employed
Mohak Nahta, USA, Entrepreneur
Robert Nechin, Israel
Susan Nechin, Israel
Laura Nicholson, USA, Communications and Advocacy Exec
Craig Norberg-Bohm, USA, Social action, community education
Judy Norsigian, USA, co-founder and board chair, Our Bodies Ourselves
Larry O’Keefe, Canada, Retired
Sissi Palmieri, Italy, Official translator
Chun Sing Pang, Hong Kong, Software Engineer
Manoj Panjwani, USA, Social Entrepreneurship – Advisor and Mentor
Marie Papazian, USA, Student
Mary Papazian, USA, President, San Jose State University
Alejandro Paredes, Spain, Career development
Seema Patil, India, Writer, author, retired CEO
Elyse Pellman, USA
Alex (Sandy) Pentland, USA, MIT Professor, Board Member UN Foundation Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data
Joanna Picetti, Argentina, dreamer, futurist, global shaper, storyteller, politician, activist, visionary, and magician
Simone Pollano, Italy, executive active in the automotive industry
Chun Yu Poon, Hong Kong, officer under the Environmental Protection Department of Government of Hong Kong
Mary Ellen Powell, USA, Committed to making sustainable change to better our world
Phloeun Prim, Cambodia, Cultural entrepreneur
Catherine Racowsky, USA, Professor, Harvard Medical School
Rui Ramos, Poland, Financial and educational technology, member of Khan Academy, The City Tutors, and Virtonomics
Robert Ransick, USA, Artist, Educator
Paula Rayman, Professor, USA
Brian Reaves, Netherlands, father, husband, serial entrepreneur, investor and CEO of Factris based in Amsterdam
Sampath Reddy, India, Entrepreneur
Claus Reimann, Germany, Redakteur einer Internetzeitung
Robyn Reynolds, USA, Director, Age Wave
Ian Reynolds, USA, Musician
Jan Risser, China, teacher
Valentine Roche, France, Advertising by day/Music producer – borderless record label co-founder by night
Emanuel Rodriguez-Ibarra, USA, Student, Soccer Player, Musician
Aurelio Rojas, USA, Retired from from 42 years of federal service, married with 4 children and 11 grandchildren
Ray Ronan, Ireland, Airline Pilot and Author, Founder Writers Game and WriteABookWithYourKids
Brandon Rosenbluth, USA, Independent music business
Lois Rosenfeld, USA, Grandmother, social action activist
Jeff Rubin, USA, Dharma Teacher and Director, Unconditional Healing
Victor Saadia, Mexico, Thinker, mover of ideas. Father of three.
Beto Saavedra, Bolivia, Talent builder, data feminist
Enric Sala, USA, Conservationist
Omar Sana, Canada, Consultant, Analyst
Eddy Sanchez, Bolivia, Data Economy entrepreneur
Wendy Sax, USA, Documentary Producer, vegan
Thomas Schindler, Germany / Costa Rica, Towards a good planet for everyone – thomas.cr
Thomas Schmitz, USA, Computer science Ph.D., and UBI enthusiast (Universal Basic Income)
John Schroder, USA, International Civil Servant + Founder
Erich Schumann, USA, Entrepreneur with global view, Adjunct Professor at Brandeis International Business School
Madelein Segurondo, Bolivia/Egypt, Food/healthTech passioned entrepreneur
Marc Seibert, Germany, system administrator
Thomas Seoh, USA, Development of life science product candidates
Chris Seow
Todd Sergot, USA, Self-taught practitioner of various energy healing modalities
Isha Sesay, UK/Sierra Leone, Journalist
Shagun Sethi, India/ USA, Student, Global development and human rights advocate
Simon Shen, Hong Kong, International Relations Associate Professor / Founder of GLOs
Leehe Skuler, Israel, Impact / climate investing and tech innovation global practitioner
Dee Smith, USA
Marjolijn Snippe, Netherlands, International lawyer
Lorna Solis, USA , Social Entrepreneur
Volker Soppelsa, Puerto Rico, Retired, disillusioned sustainability advocate
Daniel Soslowsky, USA, Student
Katja Speck, Germany, Passionate Entrepreneur. Human Rights believer. ClimateRealityLeader.
Kathryn Spellman Poots, USA/UK, Sociologist/Ethnographer
Neil Steinberg, USA
Samuel Stone, USA, International Relations Scholar, Wheaton College MA, Global Youth Coalition
Thomas Stopper, Germany
H Stephen Straight, USA, Professor Emeritus, Binghamton University
Ralph Stuurman, South Africa, Attorney and notary
Stella Suge, Kenya, FilmAid Kenya Country Director
Carrie Swain, USA, Human and Organizational Psychologist
Henry Tenedero, Philippines, Founding President, Education For All Development Center and Life Skills for Life Success
Klaus Thalmann, Spain, Global Executive, Digital Democracy
Robert Timberlake, USA, Educator: Education Consultant for simulation and learning
Ryan Titus, USA, Self employed DJ
Alvo Tse, Hong Kong, Student
Tanya Tull, USA, Social Entrepreneur
Finn Munk Ulrich, Denmark, Engineers Without Borders International
Steven Unger, USA, Retiring Innkeeper
Lee Vallance, New Zealand
Luke Van Meter, USA
Betsy Vorce, USA, Communications
Timmon Wallis, USA, Executive Director, NuclearBan.US
Kaoru Watanabe, USA, Composer and musician
Nell Watson, Northern Ireland, Technology Ethicist, Social Reformer
Mats Wedel, Sweden, World citizen
Noreen Weiss, USA, Lawyer, entrepreneur
Sven Werchan, Germany, Doctor working in health and integral nutrition
Gordon Wheeler, USA, relational psychologist; author; President, Esalen Institute Big Sur CA
Ruth White, USA, Concerned citizen of this world
Frank Wildman, USA Movement, Scientist, Educator
Jan Willenborg, Netherlands, Retired teacher of English
Michelle Witt, USA, Executive & Artistic Director, Meany Center for the Performing Arts University of Washington, Seattle
Jonah Wittkamper, USA, Philanthropy network organizer
Pamela Wolff, USA, Mother
Adi Wolpert, South Africa, social worker, Masters degree in Social Sciences Mental Health
Frank Wong, Macao, S.A.R., China IT Technician
David Wood, United Kingdom, Chair of London Futurists, Principal at Delta Wisdom
Nancy Worcester, USA, Artist
Michele Wucker, USA, Author, Strategist
Peter Xing, Australia, Cofounder @TranshumanismAU, Faculty @SingularityU, Tech & Growth @KPMG
Tom Yang, France, Singer/Dancer
Margaret Yang, USA
Maha Yaqoob, USA
Mike Young, USA, Healthcare Consultant
Sergey Young, United Kingdom, Founder of Longevity Vision Fund
Dave Zaboski, USA, Creative
Rodrigo Zapata, Mexico, Biotech entrepreneur
Flor De Maria Paiva Zegarra, Peru, Freelance translator, International Trading degree, socialist