The future we long for is possible…
Next River is a futurist think tank and culture change lab incubating generational initiatives to advance our collective liberation.
Imagine a future where we all have what we need to live a life rich with wellbeing. Everyone is housed with nutritious food to eat and clean air to breathe. When conflicts inevitably arise, we use transformative justice to make amends. There is accessible healthcare for all our bodies, minds, and spirits. We live in right relationship with the land and other living beings.
This liberated future is on its way, but it is anything but certain. And it’s up to us to create it.
Next River is working to create the cultural conditions necessary for a truly free world to emerge—starting by enabling a changed national belief about freedom.
Freedom’s Revival
What would it look like to understand our freedom as stemming from a deep connectedness with other living beings? What would be possible if we understood, believed in, and practiced this freedom?
Research
We use a range of qualitative research methods to build knowledge about the conditions for and obstacles to collective liberation.
Our Work Pillars
Narrative Change
We seed narrative change to shift shared beliefs about the nature and practices of freedom through content creation and campaigns.
Network of Practice
We are nurturing a network dedicated to generational liberation, who can grow and refine our freedom knowledge, skills, and capacities.