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MARCH 20-24,2027
Jaisalmer,India

An Earth One gathering

An Earth One gathering

VASU is rooted in the Sanskrit phrase
वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम्
Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam
meaning 'the world is one family,'
an ancient articulation
of the truth Earth One is built upon
VASU invites you into
a mystical desert odyssey
among stars, sandstone, and dunes
beckoning you beyond
ordinary rhythms of time
We gather to embody
the legend: one family
under the full moon
celebrating the festival of color
as few ever have
or ever will
Our world is waiting
for a new myth to unfold
We gather from all corners
of the earth
a living ritual of color and flame
to breathe it into being

ASU is rooted in the Sanskrit phrase वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम् Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam meaning ‘the world is one family,’ an ancient articulation of the truth Earth One is built upon VASU invites you into a mystical desert odyssey among stars, sandstone, and dunes beckoning you beyond ordinary rhythms of time We gather to embody the legend: one family under the full moon celebrating the festival of color as few ever have or ever will Our world is waiting for a new myth to unfold We gather from all corners of the earth a living ritual of color and flame to breathe it into being

VASU is rooted in the Sanskrit phrase
वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम्
Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam
meaning 'the world is one family,'
an ancient articulation
of the truth Earth One is built upon
VASU invites you into
a mystical desert odyssey
among stars, sandstone, and dunes
beckoning you beyond
ordinary rhythms of time
We gather to embody
the legend: one family
under the full moon
celebrating the festival of color
as few ever have
or ever will
Our world is waiting
for a new myth to unfold
We gather from all corners
of the earth
a living ritual of color and flame
to breathe it into being

ASU is rooted in the Sanskrit phrase वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम् Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam meaning ‘the world is one family,’ an ancient articulation of the truth Earth One is built upon VASU invites you into a mystical desert odyssey among stars, sandstone, and dunes beckoning you beyond ordinary rhythms of time We gather to embody the legend: one family under the full moon celebrating the festival of color as few ever have or ever will Our world is waiting for a new myth to unfold We gather from all corners of the earth a living ritual of color and flame to breathe it into being

Festival of Color

Festival of Color

VASU crescendos with Holi, a sacred and mischievous ritual of renewal

VASU crescendos with Holi, a sacred and mischievous ritual of renewal

Convergence

A meeting point between West and East, across disciplines, cultures, and generations

Ritual

Ancient practices that connect us to a collective rhythm

Performance

Traditional and contemporary musical experiences from Rajasthan and beyond

Inquiry

A container with enough slowness to feel into the deep questions

Catalysis

A place where relationships, ideas, and trajectories begin. What will you ignite?

Convergence

A meeting point between West and East, across disciplines, cultures, and generations

Ritual

Ancient practices that connect us to a collective rhythm

Performance

Traditional and contemporary musical experiences from Rajasthan and beyond

Inquiry

A container with enough slowness to feel into the deep questions

catalyst

A place where relationships, ideas, and trajectories begin. What will you ignite?

Convergence

A meeting point between West and East, across disciplines, cultures, and generations

Ritual

Ancient practices that connect us to a collective rhythm

Performance

Traditional and contemporary musical experiences from Rajasthan and beyond

Inquiry

A container with enough slowness to feel into the deep questions

Catalysis

A place where relationships, ideas, and trajectories begin. What will you ignite?

Governance & politics

AI & Consciousness

Regenerative placemaking

Renewable energy

Human displacement

The Experience

The Experience

Day 1: Threshold

Arrive to the drumming of the camel riders, dinner under the desert sky, and a mystical journey with Sufi qawwals

Day 1: Threshold

Arrive to the drumming of the camel riders, dinner under the desert sky, and a mystical journey with Sufi qawwals

Day 2: Restore

A day dedicated to deep mind & body rejuvenation leading into Holika Dahan, a fire ritual of purification

Day 2: Restore

A day dedicated to deep mind & body rejuvenation leading into Holika Dahan, a fire ritual of purification

Day 3: Holi

The energy slowly builds and then erupts for a poolside Holi celebration of music, dancing, and ecstatic blur of hues

Day 3: Holi

The energy slowly builds and then erupts for a poolside Holi celebration of music, dancing, and ecstatic blur of hues

Day 4: Dunes

We walk historic paths and ancient ruins, enjoy a nomadic feast over open fire, and are carried home by the sound of kamaicha

Day 4: Dunes

We walk historic paths and ancient ruins, enjoy a nomadic feast over open fire, and are carried home by the sound of kamaicha

Day 5: Farewell

Morning in the desert, our last feast, and goodbyes

Day 5: Farewell

Morning in the desert, our last feast, and goodbyes

LOCATION

Jaisalmer

Jaisalmer

Jaisalmer is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and one of the world's last living forts. Often called The Golden City for the honeyed hues of its sandstone illuminated in the afternoon light.

Jaisalmer has long been a place of convergence.

For centuries the city sat on a trade artery between Persia and Central Asia, a history that is etched into its walls.

VASU continues this lineage by bringing humans together from near and far to exchange vision and ideas the way merchants once exchanged silk and spice.

VENUE

Suryagarh

Suryagarh

Suryagarh is a heritage hotel that sits at the edge of the Thar Desert surrounded by gardens, dunes, and sky. A multi-sensory vision straight out of a Rajasthani folk tale and our home for five magical days.

VASU is co-created
with exceptional partners

VASU is co-created
with exceptional partners

Manvendra Singh Shekhawat

Visionary Entrepreneur

Maharawal Chaitanya Raj Singh

King of Jaisalmer

What is Earth One?

What is Earth One?

Earth One is long-term experiment in human collaboration and coherence.

Earth One is long-term experiment in human collaboration and coherence.

We operate under the belief that the world has enough resources and talent to solve its biggest problems. What we are missing is the coordination, imagination, and long-term thinking required to create meaningful change.

We operate under the belief that the world has enough resources and talent to solve its biggest problems.


What we are missing is the coordination, imagination, and long-term thinking required to create meaningful change.


Our work builds cultural and economic meeting points where imagination becomes trust, and trust becomes action.

Discover Earth One

Our Gatherings

Our Gatherings

Earth One gatherings serve as flashpoints for expanding perspectives, cross-pollinating people and ideas, and illuminating paradigm-shifting projects capable of inspiring a better future.

Earth One gatherings serve as flashpoints for expanding perspectives, cross-pollinating people and ideas, and illuminating paradigm-shifting projects capable of inspiring a better future.

Meet the Earth One Ecosystem

Meet the Earth One Ecosystem

Earth One brings together visionary leaders who are operating at the systems level of global change.

Earth One brings together visionary leaders who are operating at the systems level of global change.

Capital stewards, builders and operators, wisdom-keepers, storytellers, community stewards, and institutional reformers seeking to contribute to the collective storyline.

Capital stewards, builders and operators, wisdom-keepers, storytellers,

Earth One's community of contributors include:

  • Darren Aronofsky

    Director, Filmmaker

    Protozoa

    Ahmed Al Bawardi

    Managing Director

    Badiya Capital

    Angelica Anton

    Founder

    SILK Ventures

    Anil Seth

    Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience

    University of Sussex

    Joseph Deitch

    Founder and Chairman

    The Elevate Prize Foundation

    Santiago Sanchez Navarro

    Principal

    Kundavi

    David S. Kong

    Director, Research Scientist

    Community Biotechnology Initiative

    Carole Wamuyu Wainaina

    Former Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources

    United Nations

    De Kai

    AI Pioneer, Professor, Ethicist

    Berkeley ICSI, Hong Kong UST, The Future Society

    Levke Caesar

    Co-Lead Planetary Boundaries Science

    Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

    Lord Rumi Verjee

    Member of the House of Lords

    United Kingdom

    Colin O'Brady

    Eleven-time World Record Breaking Explorer, NYTimes Bestselling Author

    Mark Hyman

    Founder, Medical Director

    The UltraWellness Center

    Fatoumata BA

    Tech entrepreneur, Founder

    Janngo Capital

    Bhupendra Chaubey

    Head of content

    Thesquirrels.In

    Daniel Epstein

    CEO

    Unreasonable Group

    Francis Pedraza

    Founder, President & Executive Chairman

    Invisible

    Michael B Schwab

    Managing Director

    Big Sky Partners

    Nachson Mimran

    CEO and co-founder

    To.org

    Bjarke Ingels

    Architect / Founder

    Bjarke Ingels Group

    Hans Keirstead

    Chairman and CEO

    AIVITA Biomedical, Immunis, Human Immunome Project

    Parag Khanna

    Author, Geographer, Founder

    AlphaGeo

    Piraye Yurttas Beim

    Founder, CEO

    Celmatix Therapeutics

    Saskia Howard

    Managing Partner

    Blakeney Point

    Simone Severini

    Founder

    Amazon Quantum Computing

    Tatsuya Yoshioka

    Founder and Director

    Peace Boat

    Andrew Carton

    Founder

    Alteraxion

    Christiana Musk

    Co-Founder

    Flourish Trust

    Mario Solari

    Principal

    Primrose Holdings

    Michael Clark

    Leader

    Gnosis

    Samir Jain

    Chairman

    Times of India

    Sivakumar Sundaram

    Times Of india

    CEO

  • Darren Aronofsky

    Director, Filmmaker

    Protozoa

    Ahmed Al Bawardi

    Managing Director

    Badiya Capital

    Angelica Anton

    Founder

    SILK Ventures

    Anil Seth

    Professor of Cognitive and Computational Neuroscience

    University of Sussex

    Joseph Deitch

    Founder and Chairman

    The Elevate Prize Foundation

    Santiago Sanchez Navarro

    Principal

    Kundavi

    David S. Kong

    Director, Research Scientist

    Community Biotechnology Initiative

    Carole Wamuyu Wainaina

    Former Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources

    United Nations

    De Kai

    AI Pioneer, Professor, Ethicist

    Berkeley ICSI, Hong Kong UST, The Future Society

    Levke Caesar

    Co-Lead Planetary Boundaries Science

    Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

    Lord Rumi Verjee

    Member of the House of Lords

    United Kingdom

    Colin O'Brady

    Eleven-time World Record Breaking Explorer, NYTimes Bestselling Author

    Mark Hyman

    Founder, Medical Director

    The UltraWellness Center

    Fatoumata BA

    Tech entrepreneur, Founder

    Janngo Capital

    Bhupendra Chaubey

    Head of content

    Thesquirrels.In

    Daniel Epstein

    CEO

    Unreasonable Group

    Francis Pedraza

    Founder, President & Executive Chairman

    Invisible

    Michael B Schwab

    Managing Director

    Big Sky Partners

    Nachson Mimran

    CEO and co-founder

    To.org

    Bjarke Ingels

    Architect / Founder

    Bjarke Ingels Group

    Hans Keirstead

    Chairman and CEO

    AIVITA Biomedical, Immunis, Human Immunome Project

    Parag Khanna

    Author, Geographer, Founder

    AlphaGeo

    Piraye Yurttas Beim

    Founder, CEO

    Celmatix Therapeutics

    Saskia Howard

    Managing Partner

    Blakeney Point

    Simone Severini

    Founder

    Amazon Quantum Computing

    Tatsuya Yoshioka

    Founder and Director

    Peace Boat

    Andrew Carton

    Founder

    Alteraxion

    Christiana Musk

    Co-Founder

    Flourish Trust

    Mario Solari

    Principal

    Primrose Holdings

    Michael Clark

    Leader

    Gnosis

    Samir Jain

    Chairman

    Times of India

    Sivakumar Sundaram

    Times Of india

    CEO

The Fellowship

The Fellowship

Our Fellows form the heart of our community. Funded by patron scholarships, the fellowship program catalyzes a potent ecosystem of impact practioners, from front-line builders to visionary leaders.

Our Fellows form the heart of our community. Funded by patron scholarships, the fellowship program catalyzes a potent ecosystem of impact practioners, from front-line builders to visionary leaders.

Featured Fellows of past gatherings:

  • Robert Thurman

    Buddhist Scholar, Philosopher, Writer

    Columbia University, Tibet House

    Mike Zuckerman

    Creative Activist Applied Geographer Culture Hacker

    TO.org, Vacant 2 Vibrant

    Ryland Engelhart

    hief Mission Officer & Co-Founder

    Kiss The Ground

    Fiona Korwin—Pawlowski

    Chief Strategy and Programs Officer

    Project CETI

    Parag Khanna

    Author, Geographer, Founder

    AlphaGeo

    Sandor Iron Rope

    Lakota Ceremonial Leader-Helper

    Hafsat Abiola

    Co-Founder and Global South Catalyst

    Project Dandelion

    Sam Alemayehu

    Co-founder, General Partner

    C1 Ventures

    Rick Doblin

    President and Founder

    Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)

    Bryan Hubbard

    Chief Executive Officer

    Americans For Ibogaine

    Agather Atuhaire

    Team Leader

    Agora Center For Research

    Alexander Eaton

    CEO and Co-Founder

    Sistema.bio, Inc

    Alexei Levene

    Co Founder and Chief Growth Officer

    Desolenator

    Antonio Nuño

    CEO & Co-founder

    Someone Somewhere

    Daniel Epstein

    CEO at Unreasonable Group

    Unreasonable Group

    Gustavo Maia

    Founder and CEO

    Colab

    Manvendra Singh Shekhawat

    Founder

    Suryagarh Collection I Dhun I I love Foundation

    ⁠⁠Emily Morris

    CEO

    Emrgy

    Agam Khare

    Founder, CEO

    Absolute

  • Robert Thurman

    Buddhist Scholar, Philosopher, Writer

    Columbia University, Tibet House

    Mike Zuckerman

    Creative Activist Applied Geographer Culture Hacker

    TO.org, Vacant 2 Vibrant

    Ryland Engelhart

    hief Mission Officer & Co-Founder

    Kiss The Ground

    Fiona Korwin—Pawlowski

    Chief Strategy and Programs Officer

    Project CETI

    Parag Khanna

    Author, Geographer, Founder

    AlphaGeo

    Sandor Iron Rope

    Lakota Ceremonial Leader-Helper

    Hafsat Abiola

    Co-Founder and Global South Catalyst

    Project Dandelion

    Sam Alemayehu

    Co-founder, General Partner

    C1 Ventures

    Rick Doblin

    President and Founder

    Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)

    Bryan Hubbard

    Chief Executive Officer

    Americans For Ibogaine

    Agather Atuhaire

    Team Leader

    Agora Center For Research

    Alexander Eaton

    CEO and Co-Founder

    Sistema.bio, Inc

    Alexei Levene

    Co Founder and Chief Growth Officer

    Desolenator

    Antonio Nuño

    CEO & Co-founder

    Someone Somewhere

    Daniel Epstein

    CEO at Unreasonable Group

    Unreasonable Group

    Gustavo Maia

    Founder and CEO

    Colab

    Manvendra Singh Shekhawat

    Founder

    Suryagarh Collection I Dhun I I love Foundation

    ⁠⁠Emily Morris

    CEO

    Emrgy

    Agam Khare

    Founder, CEO

    Absolute

Earth One's impact partners have included:

Reflections from our Community

Reflections
from our Community

from inside the living container

On what its like inside
the living container

Andrew Carton

Founder

"I hadn't felt that level of cohesion, authenticity, passion, curiosity, heart-centric environment in a very long time... it feels great to all be in the same watering hole, the same tribe.”

Andrew Carton

Founder

"I hadn't felt that level of cohesion, authenticity, passion, curiosity, heart-centric environment in a very long time... it feels great to all be in the same watering hole, the same tribe.”

Frequently Answered Question

Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Answered Question

Can I bring my children?

Yes, children are welcome. Under the age of 12 we offer free admission as long as they're included within your chosen accommodation. For additional inquiries, please contact us at vasu@earthone.world.

What will the weather be like?

Hot, dry desert days and cool (ish) evenings. Expect highs near 34°C (93°F) and lows around 20°C (68°F).

How does the application process work?

Please complete your application telling us about yourself and what you hope to bring to this space. Our team reviews applications weekly, and if you're successful, we'll be in touch by email.

What accommodation is offered?

Suryagarh, our core venue, is a five-star heritage hotel with facilities that blend contemporary comfort with traditional Rajasthani design. Accommodations are onsite with options ranging from shared double rooms to Luxury Suites. Once your application is confirmed, you'll receive an email with a link to book your accommodation.

Are scholarships available?

We’re pleased to offer a limited number of scholarships to outstanding individuals. Please complete the application below to be considered. Our team will be in touch with selected applicants.

Do I need a visa to India?

Yes. Most nationalities can apply for an e-Tourist Visa online (no embassy visit required). Processing typically takes under a week.

Can I bring my children?

Yes, children are welcome. Under the age of 12 we offer free entrance as long as they're staying in your room. For additional questions, write to vasu@earthone.world.

What will the weather be like?

Hot, dry desert days and cool (ish) evenings. Expect highs near 34°C (93°F) and lows around 20°C (68°F).

How does the application process work?

Please complete your application telling us about yourself and what you hope to bring to this space. Our team reviews applications weekly, and if you're successful, we'll be in touch by email.

What accommodation is offered?

The gathering takes place at Suryagarh, a five-star heritage hotel that will be booked exclusively for VASU with no other guests on property during our stay. Rooms blend contemporary comfort with traditional Rajasthani design. Accommodations range from shared double rooms to Luxury Suites and multi-room apartments. Once your application is confirmed, you'll receive an email with a link to book your accommodation.

If you would prefer to stay offsite, commuter passes are also available.

Are scholarships available?

We are glad to be able to offer a limited number of scholarships, please complete your application through the link below and our team will be in touch with you should you be selected

Do I need a visa to India?

Yes. Most nationalities can apply for an e-Tourist Visa online (no embassy visit required). Processing typically takes a few days. We recommend applying a few weeks ahead of VASU.

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