Our film Third Degree Burnout introduces audiences to burnout as a universal experience.
Narrated by renowned meteorologist John Morales, Third Degree Burnout – A Survivor’s Guide uncovers the hidden connections between personal burnout and the climate crisis, reframing both as symptoms of a deeper socio-economic metacrisis. Through world-class animation, in-depth interviews with more than 20 leading experts, and moments of thoughtful, disarming humor woven into original skits, the film translates complex systems into stories that are accessible, relatable, and emotionally resonant. Spanning the evolution of modern food systems, the cascading impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the intersections of health, policy, and culture, the documentary offers a fresh, integrative lens on the forces shaping burnout today.
The Beyond Burnout Coalition extends this work by advancing the dialogue beyond the screen - amplifying evidence-based solutions and lived experience through trusted voices. Grounded in the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals framework, the coalition mobilizes diverse communities to translate awareness into action across nutrition, climate resilience, and public health.
Third Degree Burnout is more than a documentary. It is a survivor’s guide and a call to action - delivering urgency, hope, and clear pathways forward for those seeking justice, equity, and systemic change at the intersection of health, climate, and food systems.
Why this Coalition?
Burnout has become the epidemic behind every epidemic.
From individual exhaustion to cascading global crises, we are living in an age of chronic overwhelm - one driven by systems that demand infinite growth on a planet with finite resources.
The Beyond Burnout Coalition was created to illuminate the root causes of burnout - both personal and planetary - and to advance a post-growth vision grounded in resilience, creativity, and collective care. We believe burnout is not a personal failure, but a systemic signal calling for cultural, economic, and ecological transformation.
Our Mission:
To advance awareness of burnout and resilience at a time when misinformation obscures the truth about our health, our food systems, and the limits of our planet—by elevating evidence-based insights, lived experience, and solutions aligned with post-growth and regenerative thinking.
Our Vision:
A future where stories of survivorship inspire healthier choices—for individuals, communities, and Mother Earth—within systems that honor planetary boundaries and human dignity.
Who are supporters of this Coalition?
The coalition brings together cultural leaders and influencers, ecological economists, climate scientists and communicators, healthcare providers, creative professionals, authors, anthropologists, poets, and artists - recognizing that no single discipline can address burnout in isolation.
Guided by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals framework, the Beyond Burnout Coalition fosters cross-sector collaboration to shift cultural narratives, challenge extractive models of growth, and co-create pathways toward well-being that are socially just, ecologically grounded, and sustainable by design.
What the Coalition Will Do:
Host Online Coalition Conversations — short, powerful dialogues on burnout’s personal and planetary dimensions.
Spark awareness campaigns that keep burnout — and solutions for it — in the public eye.
Share their own SURVIVAL stories.
Who Created the Coalition?
The Beyond Burnout Coalition is a project of The Virsa Foundation Inc. and its flagship initiative, JIVINITI Research & Advocacy Program, a nonprofit organization
It is anchored in the award-winning documentary Third Degree Burnout – A Survivor’s Guide, produced to connect the dots between personal burnout and planetary crisis.
Stay tuned as the Beyond Burnout Coalition reveals its founding members and brings new energy to the fight against burnout.
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