This Valentine’s Day, we’re rethinking the way we celebrate love.
We’re honoring all types of partnerships, not just the romantic, chocolate-heart-shaped ones, but the partners and collaborators who are helping us achieve more and live a meaningful life.
These beautiful ecards are inspired by some of our model partnerships, whose wisdom helped form the Six Degrees of Connection framework. Here are four of those partnerships:
The well-known friends, cofounders, and namesakes of the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream company highly value their Deep Connection and their capacity to affect meaningful change through company activism.
Their complementary skills and personalities were united in a greater mission and a shared commitment to build an ice cream company that would change the world.
Who is the Ben to your Jerry?
André & Bertrand formed Solar Impulse to share their passion for aviation and show that the world can be run on clean technologies.
They are firm believers that partnerships can multiply impact, thanks to the healthy motivation of someone who challenges you and forges new innovations from your disagreements.
Who helps you soar higher?
Friends and cofounders of Project VOICE Sarah & Phil celebrate their connection as an unlimited source of joy in their lives, fueling their work to use spoken word to empower, spark change, and improve literacy.
Who brings unlimited & renewable joy to your life?
Though biodiversity protectors Stewart & Ryan are romantic partners, the curiosity and wonder they embrace in their partnership are universal values of Deep Connections.
When partners nurture those values together, it creates ripples outward.
Who brings curiosity & wonder to your life?
These beautiful ecard designs were created by the talented Bethany Halbreich of Paint the World.
