AKHDAR / أخضر / GREEN
Room to
flourish.
Research, collaboration and practical action for people and the places we share.
Explore AkhdarAn emerging public-benefit initiative
01 / PURPOSE
A name that means green.
A belief in what can grow.
Green evokes life and renewal. To us, it speaks to the conditions people need to thrive.
Akhdar is an emerging, inclusive and nonpartisan initiative. We aim to turn understanding into useful action, with communities and collaborators.
02 / AREAS OF WORK
Six areas.
One shared world.
Choose an area to see the questions behind it.
A CLOSER LOOK
Belonging and community
- Power and institutions
Who shapes the spaces where people gather, and whose voice counts?
- Infrastructure and access
Can people reach welcoming places and the means to get there?
- Culture and meaning
How do language, faith, traditions and shared experiences create connection?
- Technology and information
Do digital spaces help people express themselves and sustain relationships?
- Care and time
Who has the time and support to build and maintain relationships?
Questions to investigate, not findings we have already reached.
03 / HOW WE WORK
Understand.
Then act.
An early direction, shaped by careful questions.
Research
Listen and examine evidence.
Collaborate
Bring different perspectives together.
Try
Over time, test what helps.
More about our research direction
We are beginning with belonging, access to support and the systems that shape people’s choices. Across all six areas, we ask about power, infrastructure, culture, technology and care.
Human-adaptive research could help us study how technology affects people in context. Potential work with Thirty Labs and Particular would be one part of Akhdar’s independent public-benefit purpose.
04 / WHERE WE BEGIN
Beginning with
belonging.
Our first question: what helps people feel connected?
Maryam Talks
Conversations about community and identity.
05 / CONNECT
Good questions need
many voices.
Akhdar is taking shape. Follow along as we listen, learn and build.
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