








Catalysing the emergence of a human revolution


The Fifth Element is a Club of Rome program that seeks to ask better questions for the future of humanity and learn from communities acting by themselves towards equitable wellbeing within a healthy ecosystem.
It intends to catalyse the conditions for people and organisations — wherever they are — to liberate from constraining frameworks and engage in their own learning processes for regenerative change.
Ultimately, it looks for new syntheses of traditional wisdom, leading-edge science and humanist practices, enabling the emergence of desirable futures in a pluriversal world.


Our story
An invitation
Our name is inspired by Life, the ultimate source of learning. The Fifth Element is a unique quality that comes from the interactions between the four traditional elements: earth, water, wind and fire. We can learn from Life to have new understanding, a worldview that draws equally from indigenous science and leading-edge research.
People of all ages and backgrounds are invited to collaborate and learn how to approach humanity's existential concerns in their own ways as citizens, thinkers, practitioners and learners.
Asking better questions
A unique systems thinking perspective
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Open conversations - trusting the humanity in all of us
