Organizing biotechnologists to steward technology for planetary and community health.
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At the 50th anniversary of the Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA, the Community Biotechnology Initiative at the MIT Media Lab co-designed and facilitated a workshop to explore how the future of biotechnology can be guided by shared values, equity, and long-term responsibility.
Building on Marshall Ganz’s Leadership, Community & Narrative framework, we adapted Story of Us into a Story of Place, grounding biotechnology in the histories, ecosystems, and communities it touches. We also reframed Story of Purpose into a Statement of Shared Stewardship—a collaboratively authored commitment to advancing biotechnology in ways that are accountable to both human and planetary health.
Through visual tools, collective writing, and facilitated dialogue, participants from across science, policy, community, and the arts worked together to articulate common ground and shared responsibility for the field’s future.
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The results of this workshop were documented in a video [below], which was then shared as an entreaty as part of The Spirit of Asilomar and the Future of Biotechnology summit (February 23-26, 2025) in Pacific Grove, CA. You can find the entreaty link here.
