Susan B. Eirich, Phd

Founder Earhtfire Institute. Author Whispers from the Wild

Susan Eirich brings to Gold Mercury International a rare convergence of ecological science, psychology, and lived cross-cultural wisdom — perspectives urgently needed in the pursuit of planetary sustainability and visionary governance.

With degrees in biology and psychology, Susan founded Earthfire Institute, a 120-acre wildlife sanctuary adjacent to Grand Teton National Park, where she has spent over two decades living alongside rescued wild animals — bears, wolves, cougars, and bison — across their full lifetimes. That immersive experience gave rise to Reconnection Ecology®, her framework for reawakening humanity's relationship with the natural world and extending our sense of community to include all living beings. It is both a scientific and governance proposition: that sustainable futures require a fundamental shift in how human institutions relate to the planet they inhabit.

Her fieldwork extends across cultures and continents. Susan has spent time with the Waorani people of the Amazon, Sherpa communities on the Tibetan border, and Inuit peoples of Canada's Arctic — always seeking, as she puts it, to see through others' eyes. She has also worked as a psychologist in maximum security prisons, directed a Nature Conservancy preserve, and taught at universities and military institutions across the US, Europe, and Asia.

The author of Whispers from the Wild, Susan joins Gold Mercury International to help bridge the natural world and global governance — making the case that humanity's long-term future depends not only on better institutions, but on a deeper reckoning with our place within the living systems that sustain us.

An Earthfire Institute / Song Without Borders Production

For more information on Wildfire Institute and Reconnection Ecology® go to www.earthfireinstitute.org