United Earth Networks Projects Overview

Project Opportunities · Updated September 23, 2026

Fund the work — United Earth Networks project opportunities

Twelve projects at Fort Worden Historical State Park and beyond, each with its own one-page brief covering funding needs, sponsorship tiers, grant targets, budget, impact metrics, and supporting documents. Built for sponsors, funders, and our partners at Grant Management Associates.

12Active opportunities
$100M+Combined investment*
2027–2028Delivery window
Fort WordenPort Townsend, WA
Campus partnershipAnchor project

Spaceship Earth Campus

UEN's anchor project: a 35-year lease and $100–500 million refurbishment of Fort Worden, new facilities including the Buckminster Fuller Geoscope Institute, and an endowed institute housing CoNGO, BFI, PEAC and HubCast programs.

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$100M–$500M · $3.5M first
Timing
35-year lease
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PeacebuildingCarter School

Architects of Peace

A convening, portrait exhibition, and youth peacebuilding institute with the Architects of Peace Foundation, Jensen Communications, and the Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution at George Mason University.

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Budget in development
Timing
Fall 2027
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Immersive domeYouth lab

BFI Geoscope Studio

The 40-foot prototype dome for the Sphere, installed at Fort Worden as an immersive production and presentation studio, flagship event venue and CoNGO Institute youth lab.

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$450,000
Timing
18–24 weeks to open
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Hybrid convergenceClimate & restoration

Global Earth Repair Convergence 2028

Five days in person and online with Earth repairers, scientists, Indigenous leaders, and grassroots organizers, building on the 2026 convergence that drew more than 500 in person and thousands online.

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$250,000 gap
Timing
Spring 2028
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Youth mediaPEAC Institute

CoNGO Institute at Fort Worden

The West Coast campus of the CoNGO Institute with PEAC Institute, opening with a Youth Citizen Journalism Lab whose stories publish through HubCast and the Civil Society Media Desk in New York.

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$140M · $2.5M first
Timing
2027–2035
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Media networkLive events

United Earth Networks Powered by HubCast

HubCast's distribution division rebranded as a civic media network, running event production and distribution from Fort Worden for PEAC, CoNGO, civil society and campus programs.

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$600,000 (launch year)
Timing
90-day launch
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Advanced AIInvestment

UEN New Technology Incubator

Finished next-paradigm technologies — Piren Advanced Cognitive AI, Anominal AI and new chip breakthroughs — ready for global rollout toward positive planetary transformation.

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$750,000 + venture capital
Timing
Rollout 2027–2028
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Studios & meetingsHubCast network

UEN MetaCenter Powered by HubCast

Studios, editing and a hybrid meeting center at Fort Worden on the Civil Society Media Desk model, with a grant-funded CoNGO Institute fellowship that trains youth worldwide to open community studios at home.

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$850,000 investment
Timing
Opening spring 2027
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Design scienceBFI

Design Science Retreats

Four quarterly in-person retreats with the Buckminster Fuller Institute, each tackling a themed planetary design challenge that parallels BFI's design science programs.

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$260,000 (Year 1)
Timing
Quarterly, 2027
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Youth campAnchor youth program

First Earth Battalion

Year-round camp residencies with the CoNGO and PEAC Institutes, training local to international youth in citizen journalism, environmental stewardship and spiritual development.

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$900,000 (pilot year)
Timing
Spring 2027 start
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Global networkAI learning

UEN Powered by HubCast Global Network

A Fort Worden flagship studio linked to international hubs, SDG channels and an AI-enabled set-top box for educational content — the mycelial network connecting all UEN partners.

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$14M · $2.5M first
Timing
2027–2029
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Arts in natureField Hall

Art in the Wild

A six-event pilot with HubCast and Field Hall presenting the arts in forests, rivers and shorelines with bioregional artists and Tribes, filmed for the UEN Powered by HubCast network.

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$215,000 (pilot)
Timing
2027 season
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For sponsors and funders
  • Every brief lists sponsorship tiers, grant fit, crowdfunding plans, budget, and impact targets on one page.
  • Supporting documents — proposals, budgets, decks, and due-diligence files — are linked from each brief.
  • To discuss a partnership, contact Marc Katsky, Strategic Director, United Earth Networks · [email] · [phone].
*Combined figure includes confirmed and estimated asks; Architects of Peace is not yet included. United Earth Networks · Fort Worden, Port Townsend, WA