Ashoka - New Longevity

Have you ever listened to a voice note at 2x speed while replying to emails?  Eaten lunch while scrolling your phone?  Watched a show while half-answering messages? We live in a world that keeps speeding up.  Fast food.  Fast work.  Fast content.  Fast consumption.  Fast lives. And somewhere along the way, many of us stopped fully tasting, noticing, resting, gathering, and even being present. 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐢 saw this happening decades ago. Ashoka 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟖. Founder of Slow Food. One of the most influential social entrepreneurs of his generation. And he spent forty years resisting the idea that faster automatically means better. In 1986, after protests against the opening of a McDonald’s near Rome’s Spanish Steps, Carlo helped launch what has become the Slow Food movement. At the time, many dismissed it as nostalgic. A movement about recipes, local markets, and artisanal food. But Carlo understood something much deeper: Food is never just food. It is memory.  Community.  Identity.  Care.  Human connection. One phrase Carlo loved captured his worldview perfectly: “Those who sow utopia reap reality.” That is what Carlo Petrini understood long before much of the world did.  Today, the movement he helped build spans more than 𝟏𝟔𝟎 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, has involved over 400,000 children in school gardens, and has helped protect thousands of traditional food products at risk of disappearing. Because decades later, even longevity research is catching up to what Carlo saw all along. Many of the strongest predictors of healthier, longer lives are surprisingly ordinary: Shared meals. Strong social ties. Intergenerational connection. A sense of belonging. Not complicated breakthroughs. Human rituals we stopped protecting. Even popular culture is rediscovering this. Netflix’s Nonnas centers around older women whose cooking becomes a source of memory, healing, and connection. Because food was never only nutritional. It was relational. That was Carlo Petrini’s insight, too. A long meal  A familiar recipe  A table full of conversation  The feeling of being expected somewhere    Carlo Petrini spent decades reminding the world that well-being is not built only in hospitals or health systems. Sometimes, it is built slowly. Around a table. At Ashoka - New Longevity, we celebrate Carlo’s vision, work , and legacy. He knew that longevity was about protecting the conditions that make longer lives feel worth living: Conversation.  Rituals.  Community.  Time together. 💬 What food, meal, or family tradition instantly makes you feel connected to the people who shaped you? #NewLongevity #CarloPetrini #SlowFood #Longevity #HealthyAgeing #FoodSystems #Ashoka Ashoka Italia, Slow Food Kenya, Simon Stumpf, Ashoka East Africa, Mónica Guerra Rocha, Wida Septarina, Chris Underhill MBE, Edward Mukiibi, Nani Moré, Genevieve Moreau, Camille Labro, Isabelle Kamariza, Nalini Saligram  

Have you ever listened to a voice note at 2x speed while replying to emails?  Eaten lunch while scrolling your phone?  Watched a show while half-answering messages? We live in a world that keeps speeding up.  Fast food.  Fast work.  Fast content.  Fast consumption.  Fast lives. And somewhere along the way, many of us stopped fully tasting, noticing, resting, gathering, and even being present. 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐢 saw this happening decades ago. Ashoka 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟖. Founder of Slow Food. One of the most influential social entrepreneurs of his generation. And he spent forty years resisting the idea that faster automatically means better. In 1986, after protests against the opening of a McDonald’s near Rome’s Spanish Steps, Carlo helped launch what has become the Slow Food movement. At the time, many dismissed it as nostalgic. A movement about recipes, local markets, and artisanal food. But Carlo understood something much deeper: Food is never just food. It is memory.  Community.  Identity.  Care.  Human connection. One phrase Carlo loved captured his worldview perfectly: “Those who sow utopia reap reality.” That is what Carlo Petrini understood long before much of the world did.  Today, the movement he helped build spans more than 𝟏𝟔𝟎 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, has involved over 400,000 children in school gardens, and has helped protect thousands of traditional food products at risk of disappearing. Because decades later, even longevity research is catching up to what Carlo saw all along. Many of the strongest predictors of healthier, longer lives are surprisingly ordinary: Shared meals. Strong social ties. Intergenerational connection. A sense of belonging. Not complicated breakthroughs. Human rituals we stopped protecting. Even popular culture is rediscovering this. Netflix’s Nonnas centers around older women whose cooking becomes a source of memory, healing, and connection. Because food was never only nutritional. It was relational. That was Carlo Petrini’s insight, too. A long meal  A familiar recipe  A table full of conversation  The feeling of being expected somewhere    Carlo Petrini spent decades reminding the world that well-being is not built only in hospitals or health systems. Sometimes, it is built slowly. Around a table. At Ashoka - New Longevity, we celebrate Carlo’s vision, work , and legacy. He knew that longevity was about protecting the conditions that make longer lives feel worth living: Conversation.  Rituals.  Community.  Time together. 💬 What food, meal, or family tradition instantly makes you feel connected to the people who shaped you? #NewLongevity #CarloPetrini #SlowFood #Longevity #HealthyAgeing #FoodSystems #Ashoka Ashoka Italia, Slow Food Kenya, Simon Stumpf, Ashoka East Africa, Mónica Guerra Rocha, Wida Septarina, Chris Underhill MBE, Edward Mukiibi, Nani Moré, Genevieve Moreau, Camille Labro, Isabelle Kamariza, Nalini Saligram  

It takes a village to raise a child. For more than two decades, the most incredible village helped raise me. When I joined Ashoka, not even in my wildest dreams could I have imagined the world and my life as they are today. Growing together has been one of the greatest gifts of my life. I’m deeply grateful to every colleague, Ashoka Fellow, mentor, partner who became part of my village across continents and showed me the power of changemaking, trust, collaboration, and especially the power of Love. ❤️ And I’m so so proud of Ashoka - New Longevity and everyone who has been part of building it with us. We are all in this together and the journey continues! Next month, I’ll be joining WisdomCircle, and I’m very excited to continue building this vision for lifelong contribution. #love #gratitute #changemaking #lifelonggrowth

Have you ever listened to a voice note at 2x speed while replying to emails?  Eaten lunch while scrolling your phone?  Watched a show while half-answering messages? We live in a world that keeps speeding up.  Fast food.  Fast work.  Fast content.  Fast consumption.  Fast lives. And somewhere along the way, many of us stopped fully tasting, noticing, resting, gathering, and even being present. 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐢 saw this happening decades ago. Ashoka 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟖. Founder of Slow Food. One of the most influential social entrepreneurs of his generation. And he spent forty years resisting the idea that faster automatically means better. In 1986, after protests against the opening of a McDonald’s near Rome’s Spanish Steps, Carlo helped launch what has become the Slow Food movement. At the time, many dismissed it as nostalgic. A movement about recipes, local markets, and artisanal food. But Carlo understood something much deeper: Food is never just food. It is memory.  Community.  Identity.  Care.  Human connection. One phrase Carlo loved captured his worldview perfectly: “Those who sow utopia reap reality.” That is what Carlo Petrini understood long before much of the world did.  Today, the movement he helped build spans more than 𝟏𝟔𝟎 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, has involved over 400,000 children in school gardens, and has helped protect thousands of traditional food products at risk of disappearing. Because decades later, even longevity research is catching up to what Carlo saw all along. Many of the strongest predictors of healthier, longer lives are surprisingly ordinary: Shared meals. Strong social ties. Intergenerational connection. A sense of belonging. Not complicated breakthroughs. Human rituals we stopped protecting. Even popular culture is rediscovering this. Netflix’s Nonnas centers around older women whose cooking becomes a source of memory, healing, and connection. Because food was never only nutritional. It was relational. That was Carlo Petrini’s insight, too. A long meal  A familiar recipe  A table full of conversation  The feeling of being expected somewhere    Carlo Petrini spent decades reminding the world that well-being is not built only in hospitals or health systems. Sometimes, it is built slowly. Around a table. At Ashoka - New Longevity, we celebrate Carlo’s vision, work , and legacy. He knew that longevity was about protecting the conditions that make longer lives feel worth living: Conversation.  Rituals.  Community.  Time together. 💬 What food, meal, or family tradition instantly makes you feel connected to the people who shaped you? #NewLongevity #CarloPetrini #SlowFood #Longevity #HealthyAgeing #FoodSystems #Ashoka Ashoka Italia, Slow Food Kenya, Simon Stumpf, Ashoka East Africa, Mónica Guerra Rocha, Wida Septarina, Chris Underhill MBE, Edward Mukiibi, Nani Moré, Genevieve Moreau, Camille Labro, Isabelle Kamariza, Nalini Saligram  

Have you ever listened to a voice note at 2x speed while replying to emails?  Eaten lunch while scrolling your phone?  Watched a show while half-answering messages? We live in a world that keeps speeding up.  Fast food.  Fast work.  Fast content.  Fast consumption.  Fast lives. And somewhere along the way, many of us stopped fully tasting, noticing, resting, gathering, and even being present. 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐨 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐢 saw this happening decades ago. Ashoka 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟖. Founder of Slow Food. One of the most influential social entrepreneurs of his generation. And he spent forty years resisting the idea that faster automatically means better. In 1986, after protests against the opening of a McDonald’s near Rome’s Spanish Steps, Carlo helped launch what has become the Slow Food movement. At the time, many dismissed it as nostalgic. A movement about recipes, local markets, and artisanal food. But Carlo understood something much deeper: Food is never just food. It is memory.  Community.  Identity.  Care.  Human connection. One phrase Carlo loved captured his worldview perfectly: “Those who sow utopia reap reality.” That is what Carlo Petrini understood long before much of the world did.  Today, the movement he helped build spans more than 𝟏𝟔𝟎 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, has involved over 400,000 children in school gardens, and has helped protect thousands of traditional food products at risk of disappearing. Because decades later, even longevity research is catching up to what Carlo saw all along. Many of the strongest predictors of healthier, longer lives are surprisingly ordinary: Shared meals. Strong social ties. Intergenerational connection. A sense of belonging. Not complicated breakthroughs. Human rituals we stopped protecting. Even popular culture is rediscovering this. Netflix’s Nonnas centers around older women whose cooking becomes a source of memory, healing, and connection. Because food was never only nutritional. It was relational. That was Carlo Petrini’s insight, too. A long meal  A familiar recipe  A table full of conversation  The feeling of being expected somewhere    Carlo Petrini spent decades reminding the world that well-being is not built only in hospitals or health systems. Sometimes, it is built slowly. Around a table. At Ashoka - New Longevity, we celebrate Carlo’s vision, work , and legacy. He knew that longevity was about protecting the conditions that make longer lives feel worth living: Conversation.  Rituals.  Community.  Time together. 💬 What food, meal, or family tradition instantly makes you feel connected to the people who shaped you? #NewLongevity #CarloPetrini #SlowFood #Longevity #HealthyAgeing #FoodSystems #Ashoka Ashoka Italia, Slow Food Kenya, Simon Stumpf, Ashoka East Africa, Mónica Guerra Rocha, Wida Septarina, Chris Underhill MBE, Edward Mukiibi, Nani Moré, Genevieve Moreau, Camille Labro, Isabelle Kamariza, Nalini Saligram  

What are you actually saving for? Retirement? Healthcare? A bigger cushion? Or this: 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟. Because one of the biggest fears about living longer isn’t just financial but also: 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞. Not dramatically. Just quietly. No one nearby. No spontaneous conversation. No shared tea. No one noticing if you disappear for a few days. So 26 older women in North London decided not to accept that future. They built something else. Britain’s first co-housing community for older women. Private homes. Shared gardens. A communal kitchen. A cinema room. Not a retirement home. Not assisted living. A home designed around something most housing forgets: 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠. One resident, 79-year-old Vivien Sheehan, said: “It’s just nice to have other people around when you want them.” And then this line from 77-year-old Mags Beltran: “It’s so fabulous because you can be lonely if you want to.” 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨. That may be one of the smartest definitions of well-being in later life. Not forced togetherness. Not isolation. 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞. Solitude when you want it. Connection when you need it. That is not just housing. That is social infrastructure. And maybe one of the most overlooked longevity interventions we have. Social innovators have been building the same answer in different ways: 🇺🇸 Tim Carpenter reimagined affordable housing as hubs of creativity and community through EngAGE, reducing the need for higher-level care by 25%.https://lnkd.in/eyd6-kQv 🇪🇸 Eduardo Fierro Carballo co-founded Kuvu, connecting older and younger generations through shared living. 18,000 nights of intergenerational co-living across Spain. 🇨🇱 Gabriela Rosay Stuven,  @Fundación Cohousing Chile, is building intergenerational collaborative housing where older and younger adults co-create, co-manage, and care for each other. Different models. Same truth: 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠. Because maybe the question is changing. Not just: How do we afford longer lives? But: How do we design lives worth living longer? 💬 Would you ever choose community living like this later in life? #NewLongevity #Longevity #CoHousing #HealthyAgeing #Loneliness #SocialInfrastructure #AgeInclusion #Housing #NarrativeShift #Ashoka Ashoka - New Longevity Ashoka U.S. Ashoka Chile Ashoka España Casilda Heraso Anke Kessler Sévak Kulinkian herdotie Bloomberg Philanthropies The Aspen Institute C40 Cities Shafat Khan Ashoka UK & Ireland

Estamos viviendo el momento más multigeneracional de la historia. Y, aun así, nunca habíamos estado tan separados. Ayer participé en una conversación organizada por Fundación Cruz Roja Española junto a Julio Pérez Díaz y Miguel Díaz Salazar Chicón sobre una de las grandes preguntas de las sociedades longevas: ¿𝐂𝐨́𝐦𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐬 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐬 𝐞𝐧 𝐥𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚? Porque la longevidad no solo está cambiando cuánto vivimos. Está cambiando quién vive junto a quién. Más generaciones. Más diversidad cultural. Más transiciones vitales ocurriendo al mismo tiempo. Y, sin embargo, muchos de nuestros sistemas siguen organizando la vida desde la separación: Por edad. Por origen. Por roles. Como si compartir espacio generara automáticamente conexión. Pero no funciona así. 𝐋𝐚𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐬. Surgen cuando las personas construyen algo juntas. Cuidan juntas. Resuelven juntas. Pertenecen juntas. No necesitamos espacios organizados por edad. 𝐍𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐬 𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐬 𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨́𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐨. Por eso iniciativas como AfroMayores https://lnkd.in/dwa3fb8c son tan importantes: porque generan representación, pertenencia y conexión entre generaciones. Porque una sociedad longeva no es aquella donde simplemente vivimos más años. Es aquella donde más personas se sienten: Vistas. Valoradas. Necesarias. En 𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐤𝐚 𝐍𝐮𝐞𝐯𝐚 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐝 (Ashoka - New Longevity) trabajamos precisamente en ese cambio: no solo gestionar el cambio demográfico, sino diseñar las condiciones para que vidas más largas se conviertan en una oportunidad social compartida. Quizás el gran desafío de la longevidad no sea vivir más. 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚 𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐫 𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐬. 💬 ¿Cuándo fue la última vez que alguien de una generación muy distinta cambió tu forma de ver el mundo? #NuevaLongevidad #Ashoka #DiálogoIntergeneracional #Longevity #Intergenerational #Changemaking #CruzRoja #Thrivespan 📌 Conversación completa con Cruz Roja https://lnkd.in/dsFbXhRp 📌 AfroMayores https://lnkd.in/d-YQRdTT 📌 Ashoka Nueva Longevidad https://lnkd.in/dyv9SSQW Joana Moreira (She/Her)catedra_de_empresa_ugr_macrosad - -Talento para el Futuro TRIVU mYmO Grandes Amigos ONG Fundación SERES GIA Longevity Conciencia Afro

What are you actually saving for? Retirement? Healthcare? A bigger cushion? Or this: 𝐏𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐟. Because one of the biggest fears about living longer isn’t just financial but also: 𝐄𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐩 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞. Not dramatically. Just quietly. No one nearby. No spontaneous conversation. No shared tea. No one noticing if you disappear for a few days. So 26 older women in North London decided not to accept that future. They built something else. Britain’s first co-housing community for older women. Private homes. Shared gardens. A communal kitchen. A cinema room. Not a retirement home. Not assisted living. A home designed around something most housing forgets: 𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠. One resident, 79-year-old Vivien Sheehan, said: “It’s just nice to have other people around when you want them.” And then this line from 77-year-old Mags Beltran: “It’s so fabulous because you can be lonely if you want to.” 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨. That may be one of the smartest definitions of well-being in later life. Not forced togetherness. Not isolation. 𝐂𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞. Solitude when you want it. Connection when you need it. That is not just housing. That is social infrastructure. And maybe one of the most overlooked longevity interventions we have. Social innovators have been building the same answer in different ways: 🇺🇸 Tim Carpenter reimagined affordable housing as hubs of creativity and community through EngAGE, reducing the need for higher-level care by 25%.https://lnkd.in/eyd6-kQv 🇪🇸 Eduardo Fierro Carballo co-founded Kuvu, connecting older and younger generations through shared living. 18,000 nights of intergenerational co-living across Spain. 🇨🇱 Gabriela Rosay Stuven,  @Fundación Cohousing Chile, is building intergenerational collaborative housing where older and younger adults co-create, co-manage, and care for each other. Different models. Same truth: 𝐋𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠. Because maybe the question is changing. Not just: How do we afford longer lives? But: How do we design lives worth living longer? 💬 Would you ever choose community living like this later in life? #NewLongevity #Longevity #CoHousing #HealthyAgeing #Loneliness #SocialInfrastructure #AgeInclusion #Housing #NarrativeShift #Ashoka Ashoka - New Longevity Ashoka U.S. Ashoka Chile Ashoka España Casilda Heraso Anke Kessler Sévak Kulinkian herdotie Bloomberg Philanthropies The Aspen Institute C40 Cities Shafat Khan Ashoka UK & Ireland