PSYCA Wins Psychedelics Design Award for “Education & Community Impact”—See the Full List of Honorees
We’re honored and humbled to share that Psychedelics for Climate Action (PSYCA) has been named the 2025 Winner in Education & Community Impact at the first-ever Psychedelics Design Awards, held in virtually on May 15.
Our organization was recognized for exploring ways to transform our climate emergency into a consciousness opportunity—through community, advocacy, storytelling, and collaboration.
“Awarded on the foundation of the core principles of psychedelic design: consciousness expansion, intuitive creativity, interconnectedness, transformation and growth, functionality, impact, empathy, thoughtfulness, innovation, and harmony.”
We stand in deep gratitude with our community—13,000 strong—who show up in thought, word, and action to co-create a future of climate consciousness. This award belongs to all of us.
Honoring the Movement: Meet the 2025 Psychedelics Design Award Winners
The Psychedelics Design Awards celebrates the visionary artists, technologists, architects, community builders, and healers who are using design infused with psychedelic insight to shape a more regenerative world. Each awardee reminds us what’s possible when design becomes a vessel for transformation.
Some Highlights from This Year’s Trailblazers:
🍄 Mushroom of the Year: Susan Guner for her RESET Microdosing Integration Program—bridging therapeutic insight with grounded community practice.
🛖 Architectural & Space Design: Mycelium – The Schecter Gallery, a living space co-designed with edible and medicinal mushrooms.
📖 Storytelling: High Vibrations, for ethical psilocybin education through immersive narrative.
🧪 Experimental Design: Orb – StudioCone, an AI-human guided vision for decentralized psychedelic therapy.
🛠️ Products & Services: Portier, elevating the at-home journey experience with intentional design.
🎧 Audio Experience: Ritual – Jon Hopkins, a sonic ceremony of transcendent resonance.
🎨 Visual Design & Branding: Elumi – Babump Branding, a vivid visual identity evoking psychedelic symbolism with purpose.
We’re also thrilled to be in community with other honorees in our category like:
Tricycle Day, the always-thoughtful newsletter making research digestible and fun.
SHINE Collective, a survivor-led effort bridging mental health support gaps with grace and power.
A deep bow of thanks to the judges and visionaries behind this initiative—especially Gina Vensel, Victoria Wueschner, and Matthew D. Segall in our category—whose thoughtful curation made this celebration possible.
What’s Next?
PSYCA will continue building the climate-consciousness movement by weaving together the threads of environmentalism, expanded states, and community resilience. Stay tuned for Climate Consciousness Week this fall, and let’s keep planting spores of connection, regeneration, and love.
The full list of winners and upcoming opportunities—including speaking at the Psychedelics Design Festival this November—are available at psychedelicsdesign.com.
Let’s continue designing the future together—with empathy, intuition, and imagination.
With gratitude and purpose,
The PSYCA Team