The Ecological Onion
Explore the concentric layers of influence on your experience — from your innermost self to the global systems that shape all life. A tool for understanding your whole contextual self.
💚 Click any layer to explore influences
💚 Click any layer to explore influences
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Your Ecological Onion
Click any layer of the onion to explore the influences living there. Start from the inside out, or wherever feels most alive for you.
Individual
Your core self, including adverse experiences, internal resources, and resilience factors.
Personal
Family, work, and community contexts that are directly experienced, and local culture.
Indirect & Institutional
Family, school, services
Structural
Laws, policies, systems
Socio-Cultural
Norms, media, culture
Planet
Environment & global forces
Time
Historical context & moments