Satish Kumar Foundation
Founder
Satish Kumar
Activist | Author | Speaker
Peace Pilgrim, life-long activist, and former monk Satish Kumar, has been inspiring global change for over 60 years.
Aged 9, Satish renounced the world and became a wandering Jain monk. Then, in his 20s, he undertook a pilgrimage for peace, walking for two years without money from India to America for the cause of nuclear disarmament, meeting figures such as Bertrand Russell and Martin Luther King Jr.
Turning 90 this year in 2026, Satish has devoted his life to campaigning for ecological regeneration and social justice. He is a world-renowned author and international speaker, founder of The Resurgence Trust—an educational charity that seeks to inform and inspire a just future for all—and Editor Emeritus of Resurgence & Ecologist, a change-making magazine he edited for over 40 years, making him the UK’s longest-serving editor of the same magazine. He is also the Charter for Compassion’s 2025 recipient of the Karen Armstrong Humanitarian Award.
A celebrated international speaker and author of ten books—including No Destination, Soil, Soul, Society, and Radical Love—Satish invites us to embrace a life of simplicity, compassion, and interconnectedness. He is a Visiting Fellow and the recipient of the 2022 Goi Peace Prize.
Satish remains a tireless voice for the Earth, offering wisdom drawn from a life lived in service to peace, purpose, and the planet.
