AI for Sustainability Transformations
01 Mission
The AI for Sustainability Transformations Project exists to explore how generative AI is reshaping the conditions for learning, decision-making and collective action in a time of profound ecological and societal instability. As these technologies rapidly influence how we think, connect and act, they raise urgent ethical questions and practical challenges for those working in sustainability transformations. Our mission is to ensure that engagement with AI does not drift from these commitments, but instead deepens and advances them.
Building on earlier phases that established a shared ethical compass and mapped the landscape of emerging tools, the project is now focused on translating transformative values into everyday AI practice. In collaboration with Mútua Technologies, Metarelational Tech, and the Sustainable Impact Foundation, TC is advancing an ambitious agenda of inquiry and experimentation throughout 2026. Through transdisciplinary research, community engagement and creative exploration, we are developing a pattern language of effective and responsible AI use, grounded in practitioner experience and designed to generate practical wisdom for real-world application.
We will then be co-designing tools and services that bring this pattern language to life, creating tangible value for practitioners while fostering accountability and shared learning. By convening a vibrant Community of Practice and an external Expert Council in parallel with this work, the project aims to cultivate a living ecosystem of knowledge, experimentation, and stewardship. Together, we seek to shape how AI is used in sustainability transformations in ways that are ethical, grounded, and generative of meaningful change.
02 Team
Rimaz Mohamed
AI Fellow
ALEX TVEIT
AI Fellow
Giovanna de Oliveira Andreotti
AI Fellow
03 Community Spotlight
Our AI Community Spotlight highlights transdisciplinary researchers and practitioners working at the intersection of AI, sustainability transformations, and complex real-world challenges.
Dr. Theresa Züger
Theresa Züger is an interdisciplinary researcher in the field of artificial intelligence (AI). She heads the AI & Society Lab at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society. Her research focuses on the theory and practices of AI aiming to serve the public interest.
Silvia ferretti
Silva Ferretti is an independent consultant working across humanitarian, development, and peace sectors. She blends creativity, data visualization, and AI to leverage deep change—embracing complexity through curiosity, accountability, learning, and a culture of fresh thinking.
Scott Chaplowe
Scott Chaplowe is an international evaluation strategist advancing sustainable development through systems thinking, capacity development, and evidence use—bridging practice and policy across global initiatives, foundations, and crisis-affected settings. He is a learner and user of AI.
04 Past Workshops
Ghost in the Manuscript: Exploring Authorship and AI Using NotebookLM
On July 15th, 2025, our workshop explored how NotebookLM, Google’s AI “research assistant,” impacts authorship, agency, and knowledge creation. With guest critic Ollie Bream McIntosh, we examined the tension between AI enhancing research and diminishing our critical capacities. Participants highlighted the risk of AI tools like NotebookLM bypassing the creative “human struggle” in learning and stressed the need for a shared vocabulary in AI discourse. The workshop prompted us to reconsider our relationship with AI as a relational partner – one of many “nodes of intelligence in a reciprocal web of life” reshaping human knowledge.
Can AI Build Trust and Hold Space? A Workshop with Harmonica
On June 17th, 2025, we tested Harmonica — a generative AI tool for collaborative sensemaking. Participants explored its AI-assisted chat, surfaced ethical tensions, and reimagined AI as a sparring partner for collaboration. Our sounding board — Silva Ferretti, Scott Chaplowe, and Harmonica’s founder Artem Zhiganov — nudged the conversation further into the future of AI in collaboration.
Navigating AI With Purpose
On May 6th, 2025, we explored the ethical challenges of using AI in sustainability transformations, emphasizing the need for community-driven, locally tailored approaches. Engaging with our AI Ethics Manifesto, participants reflected on real-world ethical dilemmas and potential pathways to guide more responsible and equitable AI use in our collective transformation efforts.