Resource Library

​Climate adaptation can be a booster for the wellbeing of people and the planet. Join us as we explore how to leverage climate adaptation to move beyond protecting what we have now to building the equitable communities we wish for.

View a selection of FFI's current partnerships and where our work is happening on the ground as of fall 2024.

Learn more about our Founder & CEO, Katya Fels Smyth, her big picture thinking and the science-backed wellbeing framework that underlies our work on the Purist blog.

Traditional community engagement tools like surveys and focus groups can unintentionally harm communities. It's time to shift from community engagement to centering community. Watch our video to learn how.

Not everyone in our country has equal access to our democracy, or to our democratic processes. Learn how designing for wellbeing can help support democracy in your community.

The proliferation of artificial intelligence (AI) and accelerated use in our day-to-day work and lives requires a moment of reflection. Read our positions statement on AI and how we're adapting our work in response.

The way our country values people and places relies uniquely on financial capital as the instrument for measure and repair. We're advocating for a new economic framework that looks beyond financial capital and instead at wellbeing.

Assess your progress in implementing wellbeing design principles and get an idea of where to go next in your efforts to create equitable access to wellbeing.

Learn about how organizations design programs and initiatives with wellbeing at the center, how they work past barriers, and what this approach has unlocked for themselves and their communities.

How effectively is your organization centering community? Use this tool with the Community Bill of Rights to guide conversations around what is or isn't being done to center community in your organization.

Wellbeing is the set of needs and experiences essential, in combination and balance, to weather challenges and have health and hope. Learn more in this video introduction.

Discover the definitions and key aspects for each of the Five Domains of Wellbeing: social connectedness, safety, stability, mastery and meaningful access to relevant resources.