Our Work
The Institute acts as a bridge between the academic and policymaking communities, both governmental and corporate, on a broad range of domestic and international issues, serving as a reliable and trusted source of information that is accessible to policy makers and the public.
In addition to supporting targeted ecosystems, animals and people in need, the Institute puts the best scientific and academic minds to work to probe, develop, and articulate big ideas, investing in research and policy, with a special focus on influencing corporate and governmental behavior.
Priority is given to issues of overarching importance that are in urgent need of a change in direction for the benefit of the Earth and all of its inhabitants. Three examples of such issues which exemplify the work of the All Life Institute are climate change, factory farming and pandemic prevention. The argument on issues like factory farming, for example, in the context of climate change and pandemic prevention, become much more powerful and compelling when the impact on all life forms becomes clear and solutions are based upon what is in the best interests of all life forms.
Creating Change
The All Life Institute seeks to influence society on a wide range of all life protection issues at four main levels: governmental, corporate, science/academia and the general population.
In addition to providing scientific publications, blueprints and policy briefs that supply the road maps for change, the Institute helps to organize and catalyze activist entities, industries, governments and the general public to collectively implement such change in society. Policy reports and recommendations are designed to buttress current and future lobbying efforts by giving advocates and lawmakers detailed analyses and research that are relevant to deliberations over substantive legislation.
A commitment to outcomes that improve societal rules and values married to a determined lobbying force are often not sufficient to achieve lasting policy outcomes. The work of the think tank is designed to provide an additional lift to public policy initiatives in the United States and worldwide by framing issues, adding multidisciplinary analyses to the debates, and delivering texture, depth, and substance to sound ideas that deserve active consideration. Every other major cause that’s made progress in recent decades has had an organizational incubator of ideas, research, and writing to ground the seriousness of reform.