Collective Resilience and Healing.
en.v is excited to partner with the Wellbeing Project to host Kuwait’s first Regional Hearth Summit!
Across the world, we are all feeling the weight of conflict, economic instability, and climate change, and their effects on our physical and mental wellbeing. In our communities in the Middle East, we feel these challenges in uniquely profound ways, making the call for regenerative systems and collective care more urgent than ever. The Hearth Summit Kuwait 2025 will gather current and aspiring changemakers across sectors - including civil society, education, business, the arts, philanthropy, and public institutions - to forge a shared vision for a future built on resilience, transformative renewal, and mutual support. By drawing on our collective wisdom and our diverse heritage, rituals, and practices, we will explore how we can come together across differences to nurture a more compassionate, sustainable tomorrow.
Join us over three days (December 4-6, 2025) at the American University of Kuwait (AUK) as we critically reflect, imagine solutions, and foster collaboration among changemakers invested in making Kuwait a more united, compassionate, and resilient society where everyone can thrive. This year, we’ll be exploring themes related to ecological belonging, intergenerational healing, and art for connection. We’re so excited to learn, create, and play together!
Because of our limited capacity, and our goal to ensure a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative space, you must first complete our Express Your Interest Form. If selected, you’ll receive a code to confirm your spot and purchase your ticket.
Our Guiding Principles
- Dialogue and healing are the foundation on which we can build collective resilience.
- A rich, diverse cultural tapestry empowers us all.
- Embracing regenerative practices paves the way for sustainable transformation.
- Recognizing our interdependence is a crucial step to foster solidarity and collective care.
We envision a space where we
We Critically Reflect: explore the root causes of social and environmental crises within our unique regional context.
We Imagine Solutions: co-create sustainable, resilient, and interconnected communities.
We Foster Collaboration: engage in collective sense-making and meaningful dialogue that bridges divides and builds trust.
A collective sense-making approach
Collective sense-making is about creating spaces that allow for negotiated meaning. By sharing stories to articulate what things mean to us, we create the connectivity that allows us to work together, have empathy, and build bridges between people and communities.
At the Hearth Summit Kuwait, the sessions will be co-designed with and facilitated by practitioners and leaders from across the region, and will focus on collaboratively understanding, building shared narratives, and finding common ground around the following themes:
Main themes
Ecological Belonging - Deepening our understanding of the intricate connections between ourselves, each other, and our ecosystems
Intergenerational Healing - Addressing and transforming the traumas passed down through generations, breaking cycles of harm, and strengthening bonds.
Art for Social Change - Honoring the power that art has to:
Convey complex ideas in accessible ways, thus enabling the
cognitive/emotional processes that help with mindset shifts.Foster meaningful and transformative connections between
people from different walks of life while they build and create
things together.Increase our knowledge and understanding of cultural heritage
and traditions.
Hearth Summits Happening in 2025!
FAQ
What is the Wellbeing Project?
The Wellbeing Project is the global leader in researching and advocating for the wellbeing of changemakers, and for wellbeing in changemaking. Co-created with Ashoka, Georgetown University, Impact Hub, Porticus, Skoll Foundation and Synergos, The Wellbeing Project is a network of more than 1,200 organisations dedicated to:
Strengthening the research case for centering wellbeing in social development
Connecting a growing network of organizations building a culture of wellbeing
Accelerating the growth of wellbeing initiatives around the world
Convening Summits at the intersection of inner, organizational, societal and planetary wellbeing
Mainstreaming a wellbeing and social impact narrative
What is a Hearth Summit?
Every few years, the Wellbeing Project hosts a Global Hearth Summit. This award-winning, three-day gathering brings together 1,000+ changemakers to advance a hopeful vision of individual, collective and ecological wellbeing for all.
Regional Hearth Summits are smaller versions of the global event, hosted by local communities of changemakers who want to explore and embrace the wellbeing for social impact movement in their own countries. They offer deep conversations, immersive arts experiences, hands-on workshops, cultural activities, and much more.
What is included in the price of my ticket?
Each ticket covers your cost of entry for all three days of the summit including dinner on launch day (04 December), all workshops and summit-related events, and helps support the ongoing work of our team and network. Food and drink on 05 & 06 December are not included in the ticket price, but both will be available for purchase at the event.
What do I do if I can’t afford a ticket?
We never want cost to be the reason someone misses out on being part of our community. If the ticket price feels out of reach, please reach out to us at env@envearth.com. We have a limited number of discounted and sponsored tickets and will do our best to make sure everyone is able to join us.
What if I can only come for one day? Do I still need to buy a ticket?
Attendance is for the full 3-day Summit. Single-day passes are not available.
Can I invite my friends or colleagues?
Due to our space limitations and in the interest of creating a diverse, collaborative, and safe space, we ask that individuals first express their interest in attending Hearth Summit Kuwait. If invited to attend, individuals will receive a link to register and purchase their ticket. We invite you to share our Express Your Interest form with your friends, colleagues, and anyone else you think would be interested in exploring personal and collective wellbeing.
Do I need to prepare or bring anything with me?
No preparation is needed to participate! We invite you to bring an open heart, a spirit of curiosity, and whatever helps you feel comfortable—whether that’s a notebook, a water bottle, or simply yourself just as you are.
