Mia Martina Hanák joins host Christine Albers to explore the powerful connection between creativity, consciousness, and our relationship with the natural world. She discusses how art can change the way we see environmental challenges, inspire meaningful action, and help us envision a more peaceful and sustainable future. Drawing on decades of experience, she also considers how art and storytelling can bring people together across cultures and communities around a shared vision for the planet.

Since 2001, Mia Martina Hanák has worked at the intersection of art, ecology, and social change. She founded the Natural World Museum of Environmental Art, a pioneering mobile and global nonprofit arts organization based in San Francisco, whose traveling exhibitions brought together artists, museums, civic institutions, communities, and youth to promote environmental awareness and action.

Mia Martina Hanák … discusses how art can change the way we see environmental challenges, inspire meaningful action, and help us envision a more peaceful and sustainable future.

Since 2005, Ms. Hanák has collaborated with the United Nations system to conceptualize and produce international exhibitions, large-scale public art installations, and immersive experiences focused on creating a more peaceful, equitable, and sustainable future. Her work has been presented at the United Nations Headquarters in New York; the United Nations Environment Program in Nairobi, Kenya; the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Headquarters in Paris; the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway; and in other locations around the world.

Grounded in her TM practice, Ms. Hanák continues to bring people together through art and storytelling to address some of the most pressing issues of our time. She is the founder of Millennium ART and holds a graduate certificate in Museum Studies from Tufts University and a BA in Art History and Cultural Anthropology from UC Santa Barbara. She is currently pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing (nonfiction) at Maharishi International University.

Christine Albers, host of TM Talks, interviewed Mia Martina Hanák. This interview was aired on September 20, 2026.