Susan B. Eirich, PhD, founder of Earthfire Institute Wildlife Sanctuary, joins Megavisionary World.
A pioneering conservationist and creator of ‘Reconnection Ecology®’, her framework for reawakening humanity's relationship with the natural world. Appointment signals the think tank's expanding focus on planetary ecosystems as a cornerstone of global governance.
Dr. Eirich sharing a moment with Wolfs in the Wild
London, UK / Tetonia, Idaho – 21 April 2026 — Megavisionary World, the Future Visioneering Strategy think tank, today announced the appointment of Dr. Susan B. Eirich, founder and executive director of Earthfire Institute, to its advisory board.
Dr. Eirich brings to Megavisionary World® a rare convergence of ecological science, psychology, and cross-cultural insight—disciplines she has spent a lifetime integrating through direct, lived experience. Trained in both biology and psychology, she is the founder of Earthfire Institute, a 120-acre wildlife sanctuary and educational nonprofit bordering Grand Teton National Park in the American West.
Over more than two decades living alongside rescued wildlife native to the Yellowstone to Yukon Wildlife Corridor—including bears, wolves, cougars, and bison—Dr. Eirich developed Reconnection Ecology®, a pioneering framework that reawakens humanity’s relationship with the natural world and expands the very notion of community to include all living beings.
Her work extends far beyond the sanctuary. Dr. Eirich has served as a psychologist in maximum-security and supermax prisons, directed a Nature Conservancy preserve, founded a university counselling centre, and taught across the United States, Europe, and Asia—including with the US military in Japan. Her search for deeper cultural perspectives on humanity’s relationship with nature has taken her to Waorani communities in the Amazon, Sherpa villages along the Tibetan border, and Inuit communities in the Canadian Arctic.
She is the author of Whispers from the Wild, a powerful distillation of these experiences into a compelling case for a fundamental shift in how human societies relate to the planet they inhabit.
Her appointment signals Megavisionary World®’s recognition that the challenge of planetary sustainability cannot be solved through governance frameworks alone. As institutions confront accelerating ecological breakdown, Reconnection Ecology® introduces a critical missing dimension—one that situates governance within the living systems upon which all human progress ultimately depends.
Led by technology entrepreneur Nicolas De Santis, Megavisionary World® has developed advanced frameworks supporting enterprises and governments, including GLOGO®—The Global Governance Monitoring System—and Planetary Futures, shaping global dialogue at the intersection of leadership, foresight, and planetary stewardship.
“I am honoured to join Megavisionary World at this critical moment in our planet’s story. For most of my life, I have worked at the edges — with wild animals, with indigenous peoples, with those society has forgotten — because that is where the deepest truths about life and connection tend to live. What draws me to Megavisionary World is the conviction that governance, at its best, is an act of care — for people, for communities, and for the extraordinary web of life we are part of. I look forward to bringing the wisdom I have received from the natural world into conversations about our shared future, and to working with visionary leaders who understand that a truly sustainable planet must be a home for all its beings — not just us.”
Dr. Susan B. Eirich, Founder & Executive Director, Earthfire Institute
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