ABOUT US
The Deep Water Initiative is a non-profit organization (501c3) dedicated to building the academic field of Religion and Ecology through educational film and transformational media programs. Our central ambition is to develop this field by sharing an ecological message with cultures and traditions of faith.
Through the production and distribution of educational awareness materials (such as films, podcasts, and audio essays), the Deep Water Initiative aims to use media as a platform to explore the interrelationship between humans, their respective mediums of faith, and the more-than-human Earth community (i.e. plants, animals, fungi etc.). This is based upon the premise that media can be used to transform our way of seeing the world, and can expand our capacity to engage more deeply with the human experience. We aspire to use media as a catalyst that can help us question our own worldviews, cultural standards and norms.
The Deep Water Initiative was founded with the intention of engaging with students, community workers, educators, and leaders of all kinds to help revitalize the connection between belief systems and practices that can guide humanity towards a sustainable future. Our motivations are backed by the desire to align certain ethics, morals, and practices with the health of the Earth. We, at the Deep Water Initiative, are inspired by the ecological potential within the religious and spiritual traditions of the world, and feel a responsibility to recover and reposition these traditions at the forefront of our thinking.
PRESIDENT & FOUNDER
MA, California Institute of Integral Studies,
Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion
BS, Rhodes College, Biology, Environmental Studies
DEVELOPMENT MANAGER & CO-FOUNDER
ADVISOR
PhD Student, California Institute of Integral Studies,
Ecology, Spirituality, and Religion
MA, Tel-Aviv University, Middle Eastern History
INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS
Scott Forbes
Corporate Board Advisor & Consultant,
Strategy, Finance, & Business Development
Former Managing Partner, Accenture, US Banking
Jennifer Mulholland
Co-Leader, Plenty Consulting, Focus on Non-Profits
Clint Walker
Former Lead Counsel, Barclays Bank, Credit Card, and
Lead US Giving Program
Michael Brodsky
President, Hamlet Development,
Chairman Emeritus National Ability Center Park City, UT