As we step deeper into the planetary age, the world cries out for new ways of seeing, naming, and belonging. The identities we once inherited—from nations, religions, empires—no longer reflect the complexity of our shared future. The old coordinates of selfhood, bound by colonial maps, patriarchal timelines have reached their limits. In their place, a new form of identity is emerging: Terran.
At the Alternative Planetary Futures Institute (Ap-Fi), we believe that to build a truly planetary future, we must first transform the story we tell about who we are. That transformation begins with the Terran Profile—a living experiment in planetary identity and consciousness.
A Terran is not defined by the arbitrary accidents of birth but by a deeper awareness of being a child of Earth. In this reimagined identity, time begins not with kings or wars, but with awe: the moment humanity first saw Earth as a whole, fragile blue sphere hanging in the darkness of space. It begins with the Earthrise photo of 1968, the symbolic dawn of planetary consciousness.
Location, too, is freed from colonial legacies. A Terran does not say they are from a location, but from coordinates—38°N, 77°W—reaffirming our planetary placement and shared geography. Even names evolve: from inherited lineages to chosen expressions that reflect a conscious, ethical alignment with the Earth and humanity’s collective future.
This is not a utopian fantasy. It is a necessary and radical act of worldbuilding.
In a time of climate collapse, technological overreach, and cultural fragmentation, becoming Terran is an ethical stance. It is a declaration of interdependence. It invites each of us to step beyond the narrow identities of the past and into a wider space of belonging—where we see ourselves not as isolated citizens of divided nations, but as co-stewards of a living, interconnected planet.
To be Terran is to answer a call. It is to say: I belong to Earth, and Earth belongs to no one. I choose to walk forward not with fear and division, but with planetary care and cosmological wonder.
Join Us.
Create your own Terran Profile.
Contribute to this unfolding planetary narrative.
Declare your place—not in empire time, but in Earth time.
Not as who you were told to be, but who you are becoming.
This is your invitation.
Be listed. Be seen. Be Terran.
