Our Mission
Protect What We Love is dedicated to producing and distributing enlightening, thought-provoking, and solutions-oriented content that inspires love for our planet and ourselves.
We are committed to cultivating a safe and uplifting community of engaged creators, activists, and all-around good humans with a shared mission of protecting nature and healing humankind.
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Help us share beauty around the world at a time when we need it most.
In “HIDDEN BEAUTY" we'll journey deep into the heart of the human experience, guided by the wisdom of philosophers, scientists, and artists. Through their voices, we'll uncover the profound truths that beauty reveals, igniting a path of reverence and stewardship. With each encounter, beauty enlarges our lives, infusing our hearts with the light of grace and elegance. It reminds us of the sacred interconnectedness of all things, guiding us on a pilgrimage of wonder and discovery.
Join us as we awaken to the invisible force of beauty and pledge to protect what we love. “HIDDEN BEAUTY” is not just a film; it is a call to action, a celebration of life's most precious gift – the gift of beauty. Through breathtaking imagery and immersive visual effects, we'll embark on a cinematic journey that will inspire, uplift, and transform us, reminding us of the profound responsibility we hold to cherish and protect the natural world that sustains us all.
"Beauty is nature's tool for survival - we protect what we love. Nature’s beauty can open our hearts and be the shift in consciousness we need to celebrate life"
-Louie Schwartzberg
Conscious Content
We partner with content creators dedicated to producing strikingly beautiful and cutting-edge content that will disrupt old ways of thinking and move the needle on key issues facing our society today.
A Global Community
We are interconnecting a robust global community of viewers and organizations around programming committed to protecting our planet and becoming better human beings.
Outcomes
Our projects impact millions of people around the world. We are uniquely qualified to connect and partner with global organizations, galvanize communities, align with respected thought leaders, and implement grassroots movements that evolve into media-worthy trends with positive impact.
1 Billion+ Views
1M+ Subscribers
1000+ Partner Orgs
A Network of Luminaries
Louie Schwartzberg
Founder
Louie Schwartzberg is an award-winning cinematographer, director and producer who has spent his notable career providing breathtaking imagery using his time-lapse, high-speed and macro cinematography techniques. Schwartzberg is a visual artist who makes the invisible visible, connects with audiences, and tells stories that celebrate life and reveal the mysteries and wisdom of nature, people, and places.
Louie’s theatrical releases include the 3D IMAX film Mysteries of the Unseen World with National Geographic, narrated by Forest Whitaker; the documentary, Wings of Life for Disneynature, narrated by Meryl Streep, and America's Heart and Soul for Walt Disney Studios. Indie feature film Fantastic Fungi, narrated by Brie Larson received a 100% on Rotten Tomatoes and was the #1 documentary on iTunes for 4 weeks, and still maintains the most popular rating on Netflix. His Soar’n Around the World ride film is in the top three most popular attractions at Disney theme parks worldwide. And most recently, his work was featured on the ExoSphere in Las Vegas.
Louie’s TED talks have over 60 million views on YouTube and his Moving Art series on Netflix is in season three. Schwartzberg’s Visual Healing is an offering of breathtaking immersive films that seamlessly bring nature and technology together to deliver positive physical, emotional and psychological benefits. The Visual Healing program uses nature’s healing energy to transform spaces in hospitals, spas, and educational facilities.His current feature release Gratitude Revealed is being used to create a global Gratitude movement to ease the anxiety and stress in today’s world, with live and virtual screenings. To further shift consciousness and behavior he launched the Louie Channel, the first 4K streaming channel with films that inspire audiences to celebrate Life and protect what we love.
Advisory Board
Regina K. Scully
Regina K. Scully, Founder and CEO of Artemis Rising Foundation, an organization dedicated to transforming our culture through media, arts, and education. Regina K. Scully has produced over 200+ documentary films focused on some of the most pressing social justice issues of our time. She is an Emmy, Academy and Peabody Award-winning producer. Her films include: What Would Sophia Loren Do? (2021), Fantastic Fungi (2020), Miss Representation (2010), The Invisible War (2012), Common Ground (2023), Kiss The Ground (2020), The Biggest Little Farm (2019), Won’t You Be My Neighbor (2018), The Hunting Ground (2015), Fed Up (2014), The Great Hack (2019), Anita: Speaking Truth To Power (2013), Newtown (2016), Eagle Huntress (2016), Dolores (2017), One Of Us (2017), This Changes Everything (2019), Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise (2016), and the Return of Tanya Tucker (2022). Ms. Scully is the Founding Sponsor of the Athena Film Festival (Barnard College, NYC), which highlights women in filmmaking. She is a 15+ year member of Impact Partners, an organization dedicated to supporting independent documentary storytelling and the wider documentary community. Ms. Scully is Founder and CEO of RPR Marketing Communications, a public relations and marketing agency in NYC. Ms. Scully is a board member of the Women’s Media Center, Harvard Women’s Leadership Board, and The Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences.
Lynne Twist
For more than 40 years, Lynne Twist has been a recognized global visionary committed to alleviating poverty, ending world hunger,empowering the status of women and girls, supporting social justice, and environmental sustainability. The breadth and scope of Lynne’s work ranges from working with Mother Teresa in Calcutta, to working with refugees in camps in Ethiopia and the threatened rainforests of the Amazon, as well as guiding the philanthropy of some of the world’s wealthiest families and working directly with the women who won the Nobel Peace Prize. Lynne’s on the ground work has brought her a deep understanding of global issues, the challenges women and girls face worldwide, people’s relationship with money, and the transformation of human consciousness. Her extensive knowledge and experience has led her to profound insights about the social tapestry of the world and the historical landscape of the times in which we are living. Acclaimed Author Lynne wrote a best-selling, award-winning book called, “The Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Life” (W.W. Norton, 2003) which has been translated into nine languages including Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Bulgarian and Portuguese. Lynne’s newest book, “Living a Committed Life: Finding Freedom and Fulfillment in a Purpose Larger Than Yourself” (Berrett-Koehler, November 2022) demonstrates how a commitment to a purpose larger than yourself can enliven and empower you. In this book, Lynne shares stories and perspectives gained from her decades as a global thought leader and activist working to end hunger and poverty, protect the Amazon rainforest, empower women’s leadership, and transform people’s relationships with money. Living a Committed Life presents her vision for a world that works for everyone as well as her guiding principles for living a life of commitment and joyous action. In addition, Lynne has contributed chapters to more than ten books including: • The Path Made Clear: Discovering Your Life's Direction and Purpose by Oprah Winfrey (Flatiron Books, 2019) • Nonprofit Management 101: A Complete and Practical Guide for Leaders and Professionals” by Darian Rodriguez Heyman (Jossey-Bass, second addition 2019) • The Wisdom of Sundays: Life-Changing Insights from Super Soul Conversations by Oprah Winfrey (Flatiron Books, 2017) #3 Fifth Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94118 www.soulofmoney.org info@soulofmoney.org Tel. #415.386.5599 Fax#415.386.56352 • Birth 2012 and Beyond: Humanity’s Great Shift to the Age of Conscious Evolution by Barbara Marx Hubbard (Shift Books, 2012) • Einstein’s Business: Engaging Soul, Imagination, and Excellence in the Workplace” by Dawson Church, Ph.D. (Elite Books, 2007) • Women of Courage: Inspiring Stories from the Women Who Live Them, by Katherine Martin (New World Library, 1999) Ms. Twist has written numerous articles for Huffington Post, The Shift Network, RSF Quarterly, Fetzer Institute, Noetic Sciences Quarterly, and YES! Magazine and Balance. Consultant and Coach Founder of the Soul of Money Institute, Lynne has worked with over 100,000 people in 50 countries in board retreats, workshops, keynote presentations and one-on-one coaching in the arenas of fundraising with integrity, conscious philanthropy, strategic visioning and creating a healthy relationship with money. Her clients cover a wide variety of businesses social profit (nonprofit) and educational institutions including: • Nobel Women’s Initiative • Conscious Capitalism • UBS • Northern Trust • Wells Fargo • Microsoft • Proctor & Gamble • Women Moving Millions • Dallas Women’s Foundation • Power of the Purse • Charles Schwab • United Way • The Red Cross • Amnesty International • Sierra Club • Women Presidents’ Organization • Young Presidents’ Organization • Entrepreneurs’ Organization • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) • The Stanford Business School • MIT Sloan School of Management • Harvard University • Modern Elders Academy • Ubiquity University • University of Oregon Business School #3 Fifth Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94118 www.soulofmoney.org info@soulofmoney.org Tel. #415.386.5599 Fax #415.386.5635 3 • University of Missouri • University of Washington • Haskayne School of Business • New York University Ms. Twist has been an advisor to many organizations, including the Desmond Tutu Foundation, the Jane Goodall Institute, Network of Grateful Living and The Nobel Women’s Initiative — an initiative of seven living Nobel Women Peace Laureates who work together to end violence against women and girls. Keynote Speaker A sought-after speaker, Lynne travels the world giving keynote presentations and workshops for conferences including: United Nations Beijing Women’s Conference, Nobel Women’s Conference on Sexual Violence, State of the World Forum Conference, Alliance for a New Humanity Conference with Deepak Chopra, Synthesis Dialogues with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Women Moving Millions, Visionary Women, and the Governor’s Conference on California Women, among others. In addition, she has co-presented and shared the stage with some of today’s most influential thought leaders including: • Oprah Winfrey • Marianne Williamson • His Holiness the Dalai Lama • F.W. de Klerk • Stephen Covey • Riane Eisler • Deepak Chopra • Barbara Marx Hubbard • Jane Goodall • Jean Houston • John Gray • Jack Canfield • Paul Hawken • Van Jones • Roshi Joan Halifax and Archbishop Desmond Tutu • Jody Williams • Leymah Gbowee • Angeles Arrien Global Citizen A teacher by training, Lynne’s desire to contribute to others moved beyond the classroom and onto the world stage when she became the chief fundraising officer for The Hunger Project, raising hundreds of millions of dollars in the course of her tenure. #3 Fifth Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94118 www.soulofmoney.org info@soulofmoney.org Tel. #415.386.5599 Fax #415.386.56354 In 1996, Lynne and her husband, Bill, co-founded The Pachamama Alliance — a social profit (nonprofit) organization whose mission is to empower indigenous people of the Amazon rainforest to preserve their lands and culture and, using insights gained from that work, to educate and inspire individuals everywhere to bring forth a thriving, just and sustainable world. Lynne’s work as a global citizen encompasses membership in a prestigious group of social profit (nonprofit) boards including the Fetzer Institute, Conscious Capitalism, The Institute of Noetic Sciences, Bioneers, Educating Girls Globally, Youth for Environmental Sanity, Partnerships in Youth Empowerment, Project Biome, igivetrees.org and Women’s Earth Alliance. She is a fellow at the World Business Academy. Lynne also has served as an advisory board member for the California Institute of Integral Studies, Global Youth Action Network, The International Museum of Women and The Center for Partnership Studies, among others. She is a member in good standing of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, The Social Venture Network, The National Society of Fundraising Executives, The Transformational Leadership Council, Evolutionary Leaders Coalition, The Turning Tide Coalition, Women Donors Network and Conscious Leadership Guild. As a result of her work as a global citizen, Lynne has been featured in over 10 films including: “The Shift” (Michael Goorjian, 2010), “Crude Impact” (James Jandak Wood, 2006) and “Women of Wisdom and Power” (Lili Fournier, 2000) and “Money & Life” (Katie Teague). In addition, she has been interviewed by dozens of media including The Huffington Post, “Mehmet Oz Radio,” Oprah and Friends Radio, NPR, The Chicago Tribune, The San Francisco Chronicle and PBS. Honoree As a result of her work around the world, Ms. Twist earned an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Centenary College and has won numerous awards including the United Nations Woman of Distinction award, honoring her work to end world hunger; the Purpose Prize Fellow; Humanitarian of the Year Award from Youth at Risk; Humanitarian of the Year Award from the City of Fairfield, Iowa; Heroes of the 21st Century award from the Social Venture Network; Entrepreneurs’ Award from Katalysis Partnership; The Rainforest Champion Award from the Rainforest Action Network; the Nautilus Book Award; the New Dimension Broadcaster Award and the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights Award for Breakthrough Visionary Leadership; the 2015 GOI Peace Award, which she received in Tokyo, Japan; the Greenheart International Award 2016 and the Limitless Women Award 2016. Ms. Twist was awarded the Auburn Seminary Lives of Commitment Award in April 2020, Conscious Visionary Award from Sedona, Arizona’s Illuminate Film Festival in May 2018, as well as the Service Award from the American India Foundation in March 2018. Lynne and her husband, Bill, live in San Francisco, California, and take delight in their three adult children and five grandchildren.
Lyn Davis Lear
Lyn Davis Lear is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, celebrated environmentalist, and political activist. Her recent projects include The Vow series on HBO, Bring Your Own Brigade on Peacock, and The Lincoln Project series on Showtime. Her most recent film with Lucy Walker Of Night and Light: The Story of Iboga and Ibogaine premiered at Tribeca. In 2019 she produced the groundbreaking documentary Fantastic Fungi. She is currently in production on a feature documentary on the untold epidemic of malignant narcissism titled The Narcissist’s Playbook; a cli-fi series about a female CIA scientist exposing the impacts of climate change with Eden Productions; and a documentary series about Burning Man. She is in development on two narrative series, one with Bad Robot about UFOs, the supernatural, near-death experiences; and one about disinformation and the fossil fuel industry titled The Men Who Sold The World, with writer James Graham. Lyn is a Trustee of the Board of Directors of the Sundance Institute and serves on the Board of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), and The Norman Lear Center’s Hollywood, Health & Society at USC’s Annenberg School for Communication. Lyn holds a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology.
Laura Turner Seydel
Laura Turner Seydel works with organizations that are solving the biggest existential threats facing humanity. Laura serves on the board for the UN Foundation, which works as a strategic partner to help the UN mobilize people and resources for collective action, and on the board of the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI), which is a global security organization focused on reducing nuclear and biological threats imperiling humanity. Laura also serves on the board of Project Drawdown, the world’s leading resource for climate solutions, and Waterkeeper Alliance, a network of more than 300 waterkeeper organizations protecting clean water in communities around the world. In the field of regenerative agriculture, Laura serves on the board for the Turner Institute of Ecoagriculture (TIE), which researches, practices and disseminates sustainable strategies for conserving ecosystems, agriculture and rural communities. Laura serves on the advisory board for Kiss the Ground and is associate producer for the documentary “Common Ground,” which promotes regeneration and healthy soil as viable solutions for wellness, water scarcity, the climate crisis and the extinction crisis. Additional organizations she serves include the Captain Planet Foundation, Turner Foundation, League of Conservation Voters Education Fund and as a Patron of Nature with the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
Pat Mitchell
Throughout her career as a journalist, Emmy-winning producer and pioneering executive, Mitchell broke new ground for women, elevating women’s stories and ideas. She continues that mission as the co-founder of ConnectedWomenLeaders, a cohort of global leaders committed to collective problem solving and focused on a women-led climate justice campaign to sustain a habitable planet. Mitchell is also the editorial director, co-founder, curator, and host of TEDWomen. She serves on many nonprofit boards — Sundance Institute, The Skoll Foundation, Participant Media, Woodruff Arts Center, and CARE’s global advisory board — and is a founding member of the VDAY movement to end violence against women and Yhegirls. In her memoir, “Becoming a Dangerous Woman: Embracing Risk to Change the World'', Mitchell shares her journey as a frontline advocate for equality and social justice, defining ‘dangerous’ as a commitment to speak up for those unrepresented, to speak out against abuse and injustice, and to show up for others. Pat Mitchell’s life and work models how to share power and the difference each of us can make in shaping a fairer, more equitable and sustainable world.
Dr. Barnaby Marsh
Dr. Barnaby Marsh privately advises generous families on philanthropy. He has helped to design, structure and develop nearly two hundred special projects, representing a total of more than $3 billion. He has pioneered new approaches that maximize leverage and provide for donor satisfaction across different kinds of motivation, especially within families. Barnaby grew up in Alaska, where he was homeschooled. He created a custom course of study at Harvard and Cornell in the natural and social sciences, finished Summa cum laude, and went to Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship. In 2018, he co-wrote a book outlining how luck is made using effort, connectivity, and generosity.
Gillian Gonda
A collaborative leader with a vision of personal and societal flourishing, Gillian is the owner and founder of GKG Consulting, where she supports individuals and organizations seeking transformational change in communities and society through deep learning, spiritual practice, and unique opportunities to engage. With 30+ years of experience in communications, program strategy, and community engagement, Gillian has led programming in public television (New Mexico and Georgia) and communications and movement building at the Fetzer Institute, a leading spiritual philanthropic organization, where she served as a program officer and communications director. Gillian is passionate about all forms of storytelling and the intersections of the natural world, personal reflection, and community transformation. Located in her native heart home of New Mexico with her teen daughter, Gillian greatly appreciates the big, blue sky that fuels her optimism, the broad horizon that holds multifaceted perspectives, and the deep ground that steadies our world.
Kenneth J. Blum
Kenneth J. Blum, President of Kramer, Blum and Associates, Inc., has provided management consulting services to foundation trustees since 1990. As a recognized leader in philanthropy, he works with multi-generational families in the United States and abroad to define their philanthropic priorities, launch and manage their foundations, evaluate grantmaking programs, be impactful philanthropists and engaged in their role as stewards of their philanthropy. Ken currently manages $3 billion of philanthropic dollars. In addition, Ken works closely with investment advisors and estate planning attorneys to ensure that foundations are thoughtfully established, properly endowed, and effectively managed to be passed from one generation to the next. Ken is a sought-after advisor and mentor to foundation trustees and is a frequent speaker at philanthropy workshops, forums, and meetings. He began his career in Washington, DC working with corporations, nonprofit organizations and government agencies and has a B.A. from Lewis and Clark College.