Regenerative Working Group: growth and evolution

Within the COVID pandemic-imposed severe-lifestyle shifts, then Elemental Impact hosted the inaugural Regenerative Working Group (RWG) monthly call in April 2020.

Along with Founder & CEO Holly Elmore, Elemental Impact Advisors Bernadette Austin, then UC Davis Center for Regional Change Executive Director, Brad Bass, a 30-year veteran at Environment and Climate Change Canada as well as a Status Professor at the University of Toronto, Tim Trefzer, then Georgia World Congress Center Director of Sustainability, and Ron Thomas, renowned urban planner, retired joined the inaugural call. Shortly thereafter, Simon Lamb, economist and Junglenomics author, joined the group.

Originally formed as the Global Regenerative Land Economics Initiatives (GRLEI) within the auspice of Lambda Alpha International, the RWG intentions were to broaden definitions of land economics to include environmental and social equity considerations and implications. The inaugural RWG members were LAI members.

LAI is the honorary global network for thought leaders in all fields related to the preservation and sustainable development of land.

To maximize impact, the GRLEI was moved under Elemental Impact's umbrella of initiatives and renamed the RWG. If not already member, new RWG participants accepted a LAI-member nomination. As Holly served on the LAI Executive Committee, an unofficial relationship between the RWG and LAI was maintained.

Early RWG Structure

The inaugural RWG Executive Team crafted the RWG Vision, the Focus Areas, and Commitment as follows:

Vision: to explore challenges related to stated focus areas from a holistic approach where the community, environment, and local economies benefit from commentary, discussions, and proposed projects.

The RWG seeks to be a thought leader in supporting complete and equitable communities.

Focus Areas:

• Infrastructure – explores the built environment including a city’s water & sewer systems, water-treatment plants, public utilities, as well as corporate, government, and educational districts | campuses. Additionally, focus is on the availability of and access to affordable housing within a community.
• Environmental Resources – explores the impact of existing and proposed projects and infrastructure within urban and rural communities on energy sources, soil health, local greenways, open spaces, waterways, and resident access.
• Social Equity – explores ways to promote complete communities that include equitable access to housing, transportation and transit, education, employment, human services such as healthcare and safety, and other amenities such as parks. 

These complete communities balance land uses focused on people, (such as commercial and residential land uses), with natural and working land uses such as open space, waterways, farms, and ranches.

Commitment: the RWG is committed to action, whether in the form of drafting educational documentation (articles, white papers, website copy), global webinars, and/or projects designed for community impact. RWG members must actively participate.

The Regeneration in ACTION (RiA) Magazine article, Global Thought Leaders Embrace Regenerative Land Economics, details the vision, scope, and challenges & impact for each of the three focus areas. Prepared by RWG intern Jahin Kahn, the RWG  PPT presentation was designed to support the introductory blog article.

Global Webinars. Interview, & Tour
On July 23, 2020, Brad joined the LAI Global Webinar Pandemic Awakening  featuring local and international authorities on epidemiology, the environment, and macroeconomics; Brad spoke on the environmental impact from pandemic quarantines and subsequent reopening of businesses, schools, and the community as a whole.

Ei Advisor Stephanie Barger, Green Building Council Director of Market Transformation, joined fellow Advisors and RWG members Tim and Simon for the May 25, 2023 Environmental Stewardship: the business perspective global webinar; the webinar was hosted by the Temple of Understanding's Eco Justice for ALL (EJFA) Dialogues and moderated by Holly.

The RiA Magazine article, Environmental Stewardship: the business perspective, gives a synopsis of the empowering webinar; the entire dialogue is available on YouTube at this LINK.

In addition, EJFA produced a 36-minute dialogue with Simon, Junglenomics: Nature’s Solutions to the World Environment Crisis, for their YouTube channel.

Effective January 2024, Holly accepted the position of LAI Global Water-Land Series Group (Group) Co-Chair. Immediately, Holly orchestrated the Introduction to Water and Land Economics Global LAI Webinar hosted on June 13, 2024.

Panelists included Professor Jay Lund, Ph.D., Vice Director, Center for Watershed Sciences & UC Davis Distinguished Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Steve Suau, P.E., Consultant at Carbon Life, and Brad. Jay is invited to join the RWG and at the time Steve was an Ei Advisor and RWG member.

The RiA Magazine article, Introduction to Water and Land Economics, provides an in-depth overview of the webinar; the entire webinar is available for viewing on the LAI YouTube page at this LINK.

On May 17, 2024 an entourage of RWG members visited the 4Roots Farm Campus (4Roots) in Orlando to learn about their innovative approach to food production and distribution as well as their recently launched Culinary Health Institute.

The RiA Magazine article, Ei Tours Resume with 4Roots Campus Tour, provides an overview of the inspiring tour; the Holly Elmore Images-photo gallery, 05-17-24 4Roots Farm Campus Tour, provides a pictorial recount of the 4Roots tour. 

Growth

After residing in Atlanta for 40 years, Holly returned to her hometown, Sarasota, FL in 2021. Simultaneously, the RWG embarked on an evolutionary process with global-thought leadership the predominant focus. 

May 17 RWG Tour Group

With the LAI Global Initiatives official launch in 2023, LAI addresses many of the original GRLEI / RWG focus areas within its various subcommittees; the Group Holly Co-Chairs is a Global Initiatives subcommittee. Thus, it was time for the RWG to reconvene within its global-thought leadership roots.

Upon discovering that they lived a mere hour apart in Florida, Table2Farms (T2F) Visionary & Founder Bridgett Luther and Holly reunited and rekindled their close bond. Bridgett and Holly originally met at the 2015 National Zero Waste Business Conference hosted in Los Angeles. In April 2023, Bridgett joined the the RWG as well as the Ei Advisory Council, and Holly serves as a T2F Principal.

Ringling College of Art & Design Professor of Environmental Studies and Planetary Ethicist Tim Rumage joined the RWG as well as the Ei Advisory Council in May 2023. Tim is instrumental in guiding the RWG evolution.

Era of Impact
On July 11, 2024, Holly signed the trademark-transfer documents and released the use of Elemental Impact to an independent third party. Signing the documents was Holly's final act as Elemental Impact Founder & CEO.

Immediately upon execution of the trademark-transfer documents, Ei stepped into an evolved persona, Earth Impact (Ei)!

With perfect timing, the Elemental Impact-trademark transfer marked the end of the Era of Regeneration and the entry into the Era of Impact!

Ei Eras flow within seven-year cycles: Era of Recycling Refinement (2010 inception - June 2017,) Era of Regeneration (June 2017 - June 2024,) and Era of Impact (June 2024 - June 2031.)

Thus, the Era of Impact emerged as the Ei business model evolved away from projects, pilots, and initiatives and to Ei Educates.

Within the Ei Educates-business model, Ei embraces three focus areas/concepts: Collective Consciousness, Soil & Water: the foundation of life, and What We Eat Matters.

RWG's global-thought-leadership roots align perfectly with the Ei Educates business model and the new focus areas/concepts.

The RiA Magazine article, Era of Impact, welcomes the Era of Impact and gives a synopsis of the prior eras.

Evolution
Once within the Era of Impact, the RWG Executive Team decided to cleanse membership of inactive members and embark on recruitment of diverse professionals eager to participate in global-thought leadership. The original RWG tagline remains exceptionally valid:

Global thought leaders supporting complete and equitable communities.

Charles & Durga at the
Nov 15 event

Within weeks of the decisions, the RWG and Ei Advisory Council welcomed Durga Poudel, Ph.D., Professor and Coordinator of Environmental Science Program, Director of Ag. Auxiliary Units, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. 

In January 2024, Durga published the acclaimed book, Asta-Ja for Prosperity, Pride, and National Integrity, as a compilation of his over-a-dozen articles and papers on the Asta-Ja Framework. At the October monthly RWG, Durga shared the Asta-Ja Framework with his fellow Ei Advisors. By popular demand, the November RWG meeting topic was a Q&A with Durga. At the December meeting, the RWG committed to supporting Asta-Ja via the 2025 formation of the Ei Asta-Ja Nepal Taskforce.

On November 15, 2024 Durga was inducted into LAI by fellow Ei Advisor Charles Reith, Ph.D., a LAI FL Suncoast Chapter member, at an impressive event hosted at University of Louisiana, Lafayette. After Charles' introduction and his induction ceremony, Durga gave a superb presentation on A Journey to Ecological and Environmental Sustainability based on the Asta-Ja Framework he developed over the past decades.

The RiA article, Asta-Ja: Nepal Vision 2040. celebrates Durga's LAI-member induction, gives an overview of his impressive presentation, and introduces Nepal Vision 2040.

For additional and in-depth information on development of the Asta-Ja Framework, view Durga's November 15 A Journey to Ecological and Environmental Sustainability recorded presentation; Durga's PPT presentation is available at this LINK.

In early November, LAI Madrid Chapter member Marina A. Olmos, a renowned architect who focusses on sustainable design and building practices, joined the RWG and Ei Advisory Council. 

As of January 2024, the Ei RWG Executive Team consists of the following members:

1. Bernadette Austin, CivicWell CEO
2. Brad Bass, Ph.D., Senior Policy Analyst, Employment and Social Development Canada
3. Bridgett Luther, Table2Farms Founder & Visionary
4. Durga Poudel, Ph.D, Professor at University of Louisiana at Lafayette
5. Holly Elmore, Earth Impact Founder & CEO
6. Marina A. Olmos, aLL Global Project Management Partner
7. Ron Thomas, renowned urban planner, retired 
8. Simon Lamb, economist and Junglenomics author
9. Tim Rumage, Ringling College of Art & Design Professor of Environmental Studies 

The RWG goal is 12-, yet no more than 15-, active members.

With renewed and evolved vigor, the Ei Regenerative Working Group is staged for tremendous successes within the Era of Impact.

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 Tax-deductible donations in any amount are greatly appreciated to support Ei's important work. 

DONATE HERE

About Earth Impact:

Earth Impact (formerly Elemental Impact) (Ei) is a 501(c)3 non-profit founded in 2010 as the home to the Zero Waste Zones, the forerunner in the nation for the commercial collection of food waste for compost. In June 2017, Ei announced the Era of Recycling Refinement was Mission Accomplished and entered the Era of Regeneration (June 2017 - June 2024). Focus areas included Nature Prevails, Soil Health | Regenerative Agriculture, and Water Use | Toxicity.

The Regeneration in ACTION Magazine articles, From Organic Certification to Regenerative Agriculture to Rewilding Landscapes: an evolution towards soil integrity and SOIL & WATER: the foundation of life, published to explain and substantiate the importance of Ei’s rewilding urban landscapes work within the Nature Prevails focus area. What We Eat Matters is an emerging platform that intertwines within the three focus areas.

As Ei enters the Era of Impact (June 2024 – present,) gears shift to a new business model, Ei Educates. Though education was always integral to Ei’s important work, the  primary focus was on projects, pilots, and initiatives supported by Ei Partners. The Regeneration Era focus areas carry over into the Era of Impact.

The Holly Elmore Images Rewilding Urban Landscapes-album folder documents two active pilots: the Native-Plant Landscape Pilot and the Backyard Permaculture-Oriented Pilot. The Ei Pilots serve as an educational program.

MISSION:

To work with industry leaders to create best regenerative operating practices where the entire value-chain benefits, including corporate bottom lines, communities, and the environment. Through education and collaboration, establish best practices as standard practices.

Ei’s tagline – Regeneration in ACTION – is the foundation for Ei endeavors.

The following mantra is at the core of Ei work:

Ei is a creator, an incubator.

Ei determines what could be done that is not being done and gets it done.

Ei brings the possible out of impossible.

Ei identifies pioneers and creates heroes.

For additional information, contact Holly Elmore at 404-510-9336 | holly@earth-impact.org.

Ei 2024: An Astounding Year!

Emerged from a three-year-chrysalis stage in late 2023, Elemental Impact stepped into a complete, astounding transformation during 2024. By yearend new directions for Elemental Impact's continued important work were documented.

Introducing Earth Impact
On July 11, 2024, Elemental Impact Founder & CEO Holly Elmore signed the trademark-transfer documents and released the use of Elemental Impact to an independent third party. Signing the documents was Holly's final act as Elemental Impact Founder & CEO.

Immediately upon execution of the trademark-transfer documents, Ei stepped into an evolved persona, Earth Impact (Ei)!

The Ei legal entity remains the same, with an amendment with the Georgia Secretary of State for the name change to Earth Impact. Thank you to Ei General Counsel Greg Chafee, partner with Thompson Hine, for your unwavering guidance and support through the trademark-transfer negotiations and legalities.

The Ei site was overhauled with new navigation, updated pages, and additional pages. As it documents Ei's important work since the 2010 inception, the Ei site is cumbersome with nearly 100 pages and over 300 downloadable documents. Thank you to Jonathan Beacher of Atlanta Website Design for your commitment and dedication to relaunching the Ei site.

The RiA article, Introducing Earth Impact!, gives additional details on the trademark transfer and new professional adventures.

Era of Impact
With perfect timing, the Elemental Impact-trademark transfer marked the end of the Era of Regeneration and the entry into the Era of Impact!

Ei Eras flow within seven-year cycles: Era of Recycling Refinement (2010 inception - June 2017,) Era of Regeneration (June 2017 - June 2024,) and Era of Impact (June 2024 - June 2031.)

Thus, the Era of Impact emerged as the Ei business model evolved away from projects, pilots, and initiatives and to Ei Educates.

Incorporated within the Ei Educates-business model, Ei embraces three focus areas/concepts: Collective Consciousness, Soil & Water: the foundation of life, and What We Eat Matters.

The RiA Magazine article, Era of Impact, welcomes the Era of Impact and gives a synopsis of the prior eras.

Ei Educates
Though education was always integral to Ei's important work over the years, Ei's primary focus was on projects, pilots, and initiatives supported by Ei Partners. As Ei prepared to enter the Era of Impact, gears shift to a new business model and platform, Ei Educates.

Holly educates at the
2018WorldChefs Congress
photo courtesy of World Chefs Association

Within the Ei Educates platform, Ei utilizes its extensive professional network as well as Holly's experience to educate on pertinent environmental and social equity topics. With their in-depth industry expertise and connections, Ei Advisors are essential to the success of Ei Educates.

The inaugural Ei Educates session debuted at the 2018 U.S. Composting Council hosted in Atlanta, Georgia via the Ei-hosted panel Compost’s Empowering Role in Sustainable Soils; Holly moderated the session and panelists included Ei Advisors and Strategic Allies.

In addition to speaking engagements, webinars, tours and other events, RiA articles are integral to Ei Educates. In the prior Eras, the RiA articles were generally documentary in nature and chronicled Ei's important work. With the advent of Ei Educates, many articles are introductory in nature for emerging concepts or showcase synergies of seemingly disparate issues, events, and/or activities.

The RiA article, Ei Educates, shares the evolution of the Ei business model and announces the Ei Educates platform.

Ei Tours Resume

Ei Tour Group at the 4Roots Greenhouse
Photo courtesy of Holly Elmore Image

On May 17 an entourage of Ei Advisors visited the 4Roots Farm Campus (4Roots) in Orlando for the first post-pandemic Ei Tour. In the Ei Era of Recycling Refinement. Ei hosted a plethora of tours as educational vehicles with subsequent strategy sessions on potential initiatives, projects, and pilots. A variety of tours continued within the Ei Era of Regeneration.

With the onset of the global pandemic in 2020, Ei tours ceased along with other in-person activities. Ei's 2021 move to Sarasota, Florida further delayed scheduling tours.

The RiA Magazine article, Ei Tours Resume with 4Roots Campus Tour, articulates the importance of tours, gives an overview of 4Roots, and chronicles the tour; the Holly Elmore Images (HEI)-photo gallery, 05-17-24 4Roots Farm Campus Tour, provides a pictorial recount of the 4Roots tour. 

Table2Farms
Upon discovering that they lived a mere hour apart in Florida, Table2Farms (T2F) Visionary & Founder Bridgette Luther and Holly reunited and rekindled their close bond. Bridgett and Holly originally met at the 2015 National Zero Waste Business Conference hosted in Los Angeles.

Holly & Bridgett at the 
USCC Conference

In her pursuit to decrease methane gas emissions from landfills and to improve soil health, Bridgett founded T2F; the T2F focus is on scaling-up food waste-collection-for-composting programs in small-to-medium-sized markets. Holly joined the T2F Team as a Principal where she shares her extensive food waste-composting expertise.

Holly, Bridgett, and fellow T2F Principal Tom Wright attended the 2024 U.S. Composting (USCC) Conference hosted in Daytona Beach in February. Though she officially represented T2F at the conference, Holly retained her Ei hat and enjoyed reconnecting with her plethora of industry friends and meeting new colleagues. 

The RiA article, Life Spirals: lifetime friends, new professional horizons, gives a conference overview as well the intertwining history of Holly and several longtime-industry colleagues. 

Ei Magazines
Milestones:

On December 29, 2024 the RiA Magazine topped 690,000 views.

On December 25, 2024 the IMPACT Magazine topped 250,000 views.

The 690,000-views and 250,000-views milestones for niche magazines are monumental achievements, substantiating the published article collection as a prominent industry resource and respected journalism. Though at different velocities, the magazines surpass milestones in tandem.

During her move and subsequent transition to life in Sarasota, Holly ceased writing regular magazine articles and publishing Ei Newsletters; a significant portion of Holly's time was devoted to caregiving for her elderly Mother and establishing the Ei Rewilding Urban Landscapes Pilots. Holly viewed the timeframe as a chrysalis stage preparing for a major life metamorphosis.

In 2023, Holly emerged from her chrysalis and embarked on publishing articles and newsletters.

With the reignited publishing, the Ei readership escalated to unprecedented levels! Prior to the metamorphosis, the Ei newsletters consistently experienced a respectable 23 - 25%-open rate. The Spring 2023 Ei Newsletter set a new threshold with a 45%-open rate; subsequent newsletters receive a consistent 45 - 50%-open rate, double the pre-metamorphosis rate.

The Fall 2024 Ei Newsletter received a 58% open rate; it was the first newsletter sent from Holly's www.earth-impact.org address.

Additionally, the RiA readership experienced an explosion in readership. Through the years, monthly views generally averaged 100 per day or 3,000 per month, with blips from newsletters and when partners promoted articles. Post-metamorphosis, monthly views range from 5,000 to 10,000. With 100,000 views from June 2023 to June 2024, the average monthly views were 8,300.

The RiA Magazine article, Ei Magazine Milestones, celebrates the milestone achievement and gives an overview of readership statistics.

Ei Rewilding Urban Landscapes Pilots
When she returned to her hometown, Sarasota, Florida, after residing in Atlanta for four decades, Holly dedicated her spacious approximately 8,500-square-foot yard to two rewilding pilots: Native Plant Landscape and Permaculture-Oriented Landscape.

Backyard food forest
Photo courtesy of Holly Elmore Image

With their three-year anniversaries in upcoming months, the rewilding pilots are nearing maturing and are lush due to the onset of the rainy season. The rewilding pilots will serve as a venue for Ei Educates tours, workshops, and events.

On January 7, 2024 the FB group 941 Natural Gardeners hosted an Ei Pilots tour focused on the backyard food forest and the vegetable, herb and edible-flower garden. Nearly 30 intrigued local residents attended the Sunday morning tour.

In 2024, the Ei Rewilding Urban Landscapes Pilots survived a hurricane trifecta; though completely disheveled, the Pilots sustained minimal long-term damage. The RiA article, Hurricane Trilogy, offers additional details on the hurricanes, discusses the Old Florida charm that was lost or survived, and gives a synopsis of how the Pilots fared through the storms.

The RiA article, Ei Rewilding Urban Landscape Pilots, substantiates the importance of rewilding landscapes, details simple individual action, and introduces the Ei Pilots; the HEI Ei Rewilding Urban Landscapes album documents the pilots' progress in a series of photo galleries.

What We Eat Matters
The act of eating, a task in which the entire Animal Kingdom engages, integrates within and influences the complete spectrum of earthly phenomena. From an individual perspective, what we eat directly impacts the physical vessel's immediate and long-term health. From a macro perspective, what we eat drives economic markets, commercial agriculture-crop choices and practices, societal justices and injustices, species extinction, and a myriad of other subtle and overt scenarios.

A tasty meal that aligns with
WWEM principles
Photo courtesy of Holly Elmore Image

Ei announces a new focus area: What We Eat Matters (WWEM)! Ei's important work over the past seven years is organized into three main WWEM categories:

1. Personal Health - Nutrition, Physical, Mental & Emotional Health, and Tasty Food.
2. World Water Pollution & Depletion - Chemical Farming, Time-Released Fertilizers and Pesticides, and Water-Intensive Food 
3. Diversity Reduction - Insect Apocalypse & the Holocene Extinction

The RiA Magazine article, What We Eat Matters, introduces the new Ei focus area that integrated within the Era of Impact launch.

WWEM is integral to the Era of Impact launch.

Collective Consciousness
In 2012, Ei introduced the WE Consciousness as a higher octave of the then tagline Sustainability in ACTION. When the "I" is replaced with "WE," the impact of our actions extends to the entire community and beyond; collective action accomplishes more profound results than singular effort. By working together, synergies are unlocked, unnecessary boundaries, including competitive barriers, disintegrate, and creative energies catapult possibilities into grounded realities.

The RiA article, Collective Consciousness: a movement, a solution, introduces collective consciousness with a brief history and substantiates how it is integral to Ei's important work via three examples: 1>Zero Waste is a Team Sport, 2> the Sustainable Food & Beverage Packaging Value Chain Meetings (2011 -2014,) and 3> the Nature Prevails platform.

Additionally, Crew Consciousness is showcased within Ei Advisor and Ringling School of Art & Design Professor of Environmental Studies Tim Rumage's This Spaceship Earth. 

In addition to integration within the Era of Impact launch, Collective Conscious is central to the success of the Asta-Ja: Nepal Vision 2040.

Welcome Durga Poudel, Ph.D. to the Ei Advisory Council
On October 18, 2024 renowned Professor Durga Poudel, Ph.D. officially joined the Ei Advisory Council!

According to his official bio, Durga is the Professor and Coordinator of Environmental Science Program, Director of Ag. Auxiliary Units, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Louisiana, USA. 

Durga's research focuses on water quality and nonpoint source pollution control, water quality modeling, climate change adaptation, soil erosion, soil development and productivity, sustainable agriculture, organic farming,  roadside vegetation and highway enhancement, waste water recycling, and farming systems. At the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Durga teaches several soil-science and water-quality courses.

Durga will serve as an invaluable Ei Advisor within the Nature Prevails, Soil Health, and Water Use | Toxicity Ei platforms.

Asta-Ja Framework
In January 2024, Durga published the acclaimed book, Asta-Ja for Prosperity, Pride, and National Integrity, as a compilation of his over-a-dozen articles and papers on the Asta-Ja Framework. At the October monthly Ei Regenerative Working Group (RWG,) Durga shared the Asta-Ja Framework with his fellow Ei Advisors. By popular demand, the November RWG meeting topic was a Q&A with Durga. At the December meeting, the RWG committed to supporting Asta-Ja via the 2025 Ei Asta-Ja Nepal Taskforce.

Charles & Durga

On November 15, 2024 Durga was inducted into Lambda Alpha International (LAI) by fellow Ei Advisor Charles Reith, Ph.D., a LAI FL Suncoast Chapter member, at an impressive event hosted at University of Louisiana, Lafayette. After Charles' introduction and his induction ceremony, Durga gave a superb presentation on A Journey to Ecological and Environmental Sustainability based on the Asta-Ja Framework he developed over the past decades.

The RiA article, Asta-Ja: Nepal Vision 2040. celebrates Durga's LAI-member induction, gives an overview of his impressive presentation, and introduces Nepal Vision 2040.

For additional and in-depth information on development of the Asta-Ja Framework, view Durga's November 15 A Journey to Ecological and Environmental Sustainability recorded presentation; Durga's PPT presentation is available at this LINK.

Lambda Alpha International
When she returned to her hometown Sarasota, FL in 2021, then a LAI Executive Committee-member and former LAI Atlanta Chapter Board member, Holly immediately began nominating local environmental leadership as LAI At-Large members. A prestigious group of LAI At-Large members formed. In late 2023, Holly focused on chartering the LAI FL Suncoast Chapter with strong LAI Global support.

LAI is the honorary global network for thought leaders in all fields related to the preservation and sustainable development of land.

LAI Global Water-Land Series Group
In early 2024, Holly joined Jim Musbach, LAI Golden Gate Chapter member, as Co-Chair for the LAI Global Water-Land Series Group, a subcommittee of the Global Initiatives Committee. Ei Advisors Steve Suau, Tim Rumage, and Brad Bass joined the Group. Later, Durga joined the Group.

On June 13 Steve and Brad served as presenters along with Professor Jay Lund at UC Davis on the Introduction to Water & Land Economics Global webinar hosted by the Global Initiatives Committee. Holly was the webinar moderator. 

The RiA Magazine article, Introduction to Water and Land Economics, gives an in-depth summary of the impressive webinar. To view the recorded Introduction to Water and Land Economics webinar, click HERE.

Durga is the lead speaker on a 2025 LAI Global webinar Commercial Agriculture's Impact on the Mississippi River Basin and the Gulf of Mexico.

LAI FL Suncoast Chapter
At the LAI Annual Gathering in Phoenix, LAI Global President Kathy King announced the LAI FL Suncoast Chapter charter at the Awards Dinner on October 16, 2024. FL Suncoast Chapter Board Member Jay Brady accepted the chapter charter; in his remarks, Jay emphasized the local and global teamwork that culminated in chartering a chapter. 

Jay with LAI Global Leadership
at the Phoenix Gathering
Photo courtesy of LAI

LAI FL Suncoast commits to hosting stellar activities every other month, or at least quarterly. In addition to the current evening meetings, leadership is enthusiastic to host tours of local facilities with limited access and/or high intrigue within land economics realms. Leadership will ensure that topics, speakers, and/or locations are pertinent to draw strong attendance.

Holly serves as the founding chapter president; the president succession plan is secure through 2030.

As of year end, the FL Suncoast Chapter achieved their goal of 30-active members.

The IMPACT article, Announcing LAI FL Suncoast Chapter, details the chapter's history while under development, the keys to success, and commitment to creating value for members and the community.

An Astounding Year
With dried wings from three years within the chrysalis stage, Earth Impact is soaring within the energy of an astounding year and ready to fully embrace the Era of Impact.

__________________________________________

 Tax-deductible donations in any amount are greatly appreciated to support Ei's important work. 

DONATE HERE

About Earth Impact:

Earth Impact (formerly Elemental Impact) (Ei) is a 501(c)3 non-profit founded in 2010 as the home to the Zero Waste Zones, the forerunner in the nation for the commercial collection of food waste for compost. In June 2017, Ei announced the Era of Recycling Refinement was Mission Accomplished and entered the Era of Regeneration (June 2017 - June 2024). Focus areas included Nature Prevails, Soil Health | Regenerative Agriculture, and Water Use | Toxicity.

The Regeneration in ACTION Magazine articles, From Organic Certification to Regenerative Agriculture to Rewilding Landscapes: an evolution towards soil integrity and SOIL & WATER: the foundation of life, published to explain and substantiate the importance of Ei’s rewilding urban landscapes work within the Nature Prevails focus area. What We Eat Matters is an emerging platform that intertwines within the three focus areas.

As Ei enters the Era of Impact (June 2024 – present,) gears shift to a new business model, Ei Educates. Though education was always integral to Ei’s important work, the  primary focus was on projects, pilots, and initiatives supported by Ei Partners. The Regeneration Era focus areas carry over into the Era of Impact.

The Holly Elmore Images Rewilding Urban Landscapes-album folder documents two active pilots: the Native-Plant Landscape Pilot and the Backyard Permaculture-Oriented Pilot. The Ei Pilots serve as an educational program.

MISSION:

To work with industry leaders to create best regenerative operating practices where the entire value-chain benefits, including corporate bottom lines, communities, and the environment. Through education and collaboration, establish best practices as standard practices.

Ei’s tagline – Regeneration in ACTION – is the foundation for Ei endeavors.

The following mantra is at the core of Ei work:

Ei is a creator, an incubator.

Ei determines what could be done that is not being done and gets it done.

Ei brings the possible out of impossible.

Ei identifies pioneers and creates heroes.

For additional information, contact Holly Elmore at 404-510-9336 | holly@earth-impact.org.

Asta-Ja: Nepal Vision 2040

On November 15, 2024 Durga Poudel, Ph.D. was inducted into Lambda Alpha International (LAI) by Charles Reith, Ph.D., a LAI FL Suncoast Chapter member, at an impressive event hosted at University of Louisiana, Lafayette. After Charles' introduction and his induction ceremony, Durga gave a superb presentation on A Journey to Ecological and Environmental Sustainability based on the Asta-Ja Framework he developed over the past decades.

Durga & Charles 

As a long-time LAI member, Earth Impact (Ei) Founder and CEO Holly Elmore co-sponsored Durga's LAI nomination with Charles. On October 18, 2024, Holly welcomed Durga to the Ei Advisory Council; at the October monthly Ei Regeneration Working Group (RWG) meeting, Durga presented for the full hour on the Asta-Ja Framework; the second half of the November RWG meeting was reserved for an Asta-Ja Q&A session.

The Regeneration in ACTION Magazine article, Welcome Durga Poudel, Ph.D. to the Ei Advisory Council, introduces the Asta-Ja Framework.

Ei commits to work closely with Durga and his Asta-Ja community on building the bridge from academic papers and philosophies into full and complete implementation in Nepal. As Durga and Holly are Rotarians, the vision is to develop empowering working relationships between Ei, LAI, and Rotary International (RI,) with each organization contributing within their respective areas of expertise, networks, and resources.

LAI is the honorary global network for thought leaders in all fields related to the preservation and sustainable development of land. RI is a global network of more than 1.2 million neighbors, friends, leaders, and problem-solvers who see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change – across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves. At the end of the article is a brief Ei introduction.

Durga Poudel, Ph.D.
Born in Tanahu, Nepal, Durga's academic studies spanned the globe from Pakistan to Thailand to Taiwan to the USA where he received his Ph.D. degree in Soil Sciences from the University of Georgia. Subsequently, Durga served as a Visiting Research Scholar at University of California Davis from 1998 - 2000. 

In 2000, Charles, then School of Geosciences Department Chair, hired Durga as a University of Louisiana, Lafayette faculty member where he is now a tenured full professor. Charles says bringing Durga to the university was his "best hire ever" in his long academic career.

According to his official bio, Durga is the Professor and Coordinator of the Environmental Science Program and Director of Ag. Auxiliary Units, University of Louisiana, Lafayette. 

Durga's research focuses on water quality and nonpoint-source-pollution control, water-quality modeling, climate change adaptation, soil erosion, soil development and productivity, sustainable agriculture, organic farming, roadside-vegetation and highway enhancement, waste-water recycling, and farming systems. At the University of Louisiana, Lafayette, Durga teaches several soil-science and water-quality courses.

Asta-Ja Framework
In 2008, Dr. Pramod Dhakal at the University of New Brunswick, Canada invited Durga to give an oral presentation, Asta-Ja for Economic Development in Nepal, at a Canadian conference. Later, Professor Basu Sharma encouraged Durga to publish his first in a series of thirteen Asta-Ja papers in distinguished journals. The inaugural paper, Management of Eight "Ja" for Economic Development of Nepal, was published in June 2008 in the Journal of Comparative International Management.

In January 2024, Durga published the acclaimed book, Asta-Ja for Prosperity, Pride, and National Integrity, as a compilation of his thirteen articles and papers on the Asta-Ja Framework.

According to Durga,

"The book, Asta-Ja for Prosperity, Pride, and National Integrity, is a collection of thirteen published research articles from 2008-2022 AD. It presents theoretically grounded pioneering framework, the Asta-Ja Framework, for sustainable conservation, development, and utilization of natural and human resources for fast-paced socio-economic transformation, sustainable economic development, and environmental quality in Nepal. It presents practical guidelines for food, water, energy, environmental and climate securities. This book also presents Nepal Vision 2040 which aims for developing Nepal to the level of developed nations by 2040 AD."

At the foundation of the Asta-Ja Framework, are eight resources:

1. 
   Jal (Water)
2. Jamin (Land)
3. Jangle (Forest)
4. Jadibuti (Medicinal and Aromatic Plants)
5. Janawar (Animals)
6. Jarajuri (Crop/Plants)
7. Jalbayu (Climate)
8. Janashakti (Human Resource)

In Nepali, asta is eight and each of the eight resources begin with "Ja" letters. Thus, the name Asta-Ja.

Asta-Ja Resources have economic value and can be degraded with poor management. Though they are critical elements of life, fire and air are free for all and not considered Asta-Ja Resources.

From 2008 through 2024, the Asta-Ja Framework segued through the Era of Theorizing, Framework Development, and the Institutionalization of the Asta-Ja via the following milestones:

• 2008: Asta-Ja introduction.
• 2009 - 2012: Asta-Ja policy, strategy, capacity-building, and social-inclusion frameworks.
• 2013 - 2018: relevancy and the applicability of the Asta-Ja Framework (national planning, agriculture and natural resources development and management, cooperatives.)
• 2018: Nepal Vision (elevating Nepal’s economy at the level of a developed nation by 2040.)
• 2019 - 2021: Food, Water, Energy, Climate, and Environmental Security introduction.
• 2022: Governance.
• 2024: Asta-Ja for Prosperity, Pride, and National Integrity publication.

With the turn of the quarter-century earmark, the Era of the Implementation of the Asta-Ja Framework, Nepal inaugurates. With Diving timing, Ei and Durga join forces on securing the collaborative forces necessary for Asta-Ja Nepal implementation!

An Integrated, Holistic Framework
In his presentation, Durga explained how the Asta-Ja Resources integrate with the Earth's four subsystems:

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  Family, students, and friends 
  after Durga's presentation

  Atmosphere - Climate = Jalabayu
• Hydrosphere - Water = Jal
• Lithosphere - Land = Jamin
• Biosphere:
• Forest = Jangle
• Medicinal and Aromatic Plants = Jadibuti
• Animals = Janawar
• Crop/Plants = Jarajuri
• Human Resource = Janaskakti

The Theory of Asta-Ja includes eight principles with Principle #1, Community Awareness. at the energetic center: within a circle, Principles #2 through #7 directly interact with Community Awareness; Principle #8, Sustainable Community Development and Socio-Economic Transformation of Nepal, encircles the entire Community Awareness circle. Principles #2 through #7 are as follows:

• Principle #2 - Community-Capacity Building
• Principle #3 - Policy-Decision Making
• Principle #4 - Interrelationships and Linkages
• Principle #5 - Comprehensive Assessment
• Principle #6 - Sustainable Technologies and Practices
• Principle #7 - Institutions, Trade, and Governance

Durga created a comprehensive table, A Hypothetical Example of Asta-Ja Framework for the City of Kathmandu, Nepal, that showcases how the Asta-Ja Resources interact with and impact the eight Principles. For example, the intersection of Community-Capacity Building with Climate (Jalabayu) is flood control and crop diversification. The table is on pages 231and 232 in Durga's recently published Asta-Ja book.

Furthermore, the Asta-Ja Framework addresses five security areas: Food, Water, Energy, Climate, and Environmental Securities. Within his security analysis, Durga substantiates how each security area impacts and interacts with the Asta-Ja Resources and eight Principles.

In the presentation video (link provided below) provides a thorough analysis of how the Asta-Ja Framework is an Integrated, Holistic Framework. 

The analysis concludes with how Governance is critical to crafting an actionable, effective implementation plan.

For additional and in-depth information on development of the Asta-Ja Framework, view Durga's November 15 A Journey to Ecological and Environmental Sustainability recorded presentation; Durga's PPT presentation is available at this LINK.

Nepal Vision 2040

According to the COVID-19 Pandemic and Nepal: Issues and Perspectives, a 161-page paper published in October 2020, Asta-Ja is a non-profit organization dedicated to community capacity-building through training, technology transfer, logistic support, policy advocacy, and research and development. Its goal is to develop partnership with research and developmental institutions, governmental agencies, community organizations, universities, and other stakeholders and work collaboratively in agricultural, natural resources, environmental, and other research and developmental projects. 

Essential to the Asta-Ja non-profit, the Asta-Ja International Coordination Council (Asta-Ja ICC), an assembly of affiliated scholars and professionals with diverse expertise, is highly regarded in Nepal as national and global thought leaders. Durga is the ICC Chair.

Founded in 2014 within the Asta-Ja non-profit, the Asta-Ja Research Development Center (RDC)  enhances grassroots-community involvement in research and development of Asta-Ja for poverty alleviation and socio-economic transformation of Nepal implementation of the Asta-Ja Framework.

The Asta-Ja Nepal Vision 2040 aims to elevate Nepal at the par of a developed nation by 2040 utilizing the Asta-Ja Framework. The Vision showcases how the Asta-Ja Resources transform the abundant challenges into an empowering reality.

Identified challenges include poverty, food insecurity, negative balance of trade, public debt, foreign-aid dependency, plan-implementation failures, massive outmigration, Gross Domestic Product growth, natural disasters, environmental degradation, energy, corruption, and welfare.

Utilizing the Asta-Ja Resources, the challenges transform into the Nepal Vision 2040:

1. Food self-sufficiency
2. Reliance on renewable resource energy
3. 30-million tourists annually
4. Export of organic foods, medicinal and aromatic plants, and other products
5. Corruption control
6. Infrastructural development
7. Community resiliency & Social Services
8. Asta-Ja Resource conservation, utilization, and development

Grassroots Research and Development

In 2018, Asta-Ja USA, Sustainable Natural Resources for Community Development, was established as a 501(c) nonprofit with the following mission:

To promote sustainable development of natural and human resources through education, capacity building, charitable activities, applied research, policy-``decision support, and environmental conservation. 

As a non-profit, Asta-Ja USA may accept tax-deductible donations and contributions from U.S.-based organizations, corporations, and other entities that fund grassroots research and development with the RDC.

Via a RI Basic Education Improvement Grant, seventeen U.S. teachers traveled to Nepal and aided with course curriculum, Nepalese teacher education, and other education-based projects. 

The RDC Projects page lists funded Asta-Ja grassroots projects over the past years: 

• Seeds for Family Nutrition and Income Generation 
• Environment Pollution Community Awareness Seminar Series
• Chudher Drinking Water Project
• 2015 Gorkha Earthquake Relief Works
• Chure Conservation and Development Project
• Climate Change Adaptation Research

Grassroots projects showcase the amazing potential for Nepal within the Asta-Ja Framework; the projects build the foundation for holographic implementation across Nepalese communities, tourist and other industries, and environmental stewardship

All in the Family

During his November 15 presentation, Durga honored his family for their unwavering support for and contributions to building the Asta-Ja Framework. In 2008, the Poudel family traveled together via car 2549 miles, 39 hours from Lafayette, LA to Ottawa, Canada and back for Durga's inaugural Asta-Ja lecture. 

Durga with Shanta and their
daughter Rachana.

Several times during his dialogue Durga acknowledged and recognized his lovely wife Shanta who was in the audience.

As she was visiting her parents, Durga and Shanta’s youngest daughter Rachana attended the event. The elder siblings – Roshan and Rosina – celebrated Durga’s LAI induction and Asta-Ja achievements in spirit from New York City and Los Angeles, respectively.

Ei Asta-Ja Nepal Task Force
As a welcome to 2025, Ei embarks on establishing the Ei Asta-Ja Nepal Task Force to serve as a bridge from academic papers and philosophies into full and complete implementation of Asta-Ja: Nepal Vision 2040. The task force will serve as a guiding force within the Era of the Implementation of the Asta-Ja Framework.

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Tax-deductible donations in any amount are greatly appreciated to support Ei's important work. 

DONATE HERE

About Earth Impact:

Earth Impact (formerly Elemental Impact) (Ei) is a 501(c)3 non-profit founded in 2010 as the home to the Zero Waste Zones, the forerunner in the nation for the commercial collection of food waste for compost. In June 2017, Ei announced the Era of Recycling Refinement was Mission Accomplished and entered the Era of Regeneration (June 2017 - June 2024). Focus areas included Nature Prevails, Soil Health | Regenerative Agriculture, and Water Use | Toxicity.

The Regeneration in ACTION Magazine articles, From Organic Certification to Regenerative Agriculture to Rewilding Landscapes: an evolution towards soil integrity and SOIL & WATER: the foundation of life, published to explain and substantiate the importance of Ei’s rewilding urban landscapes work within the Nature Prevails focus area. What We Eat Matters is an emerging platform that intertwines within the three focus areas.

As Ei enters the Era of Impact (June 2024 – present,) gears shift to a new business model, Ei Educates. Though education was always integral to Ei’s important work, the  primary focus was on projects, pilots, and initiatives supported by Ei Partners. The Regeneration Era focus areas carry over into the Era of Impact.

The Holly Elmore Images Rewilding Urban Landscapes-album folder documents two active pilots: the Native-Plant Landscape Pilot and the Backyard Permaculture-Oriented Pilot. The Ei Pilots serve as an educational program.

MISSION:

To work with industry leaders to create best regenerative operating practices where the entire value-chain benefits, including corporate bottom lines, communities, and the environment. Through education and collaboration, establish best practices as standard practices.

Ei’s tagline – Regeneration in ACTION – is the foundation for Ei endeavors.

The following mantra is at the core of Ei work:

Ei is a creator, an incubator.

Ei determines what could be done that is not being done and gets it done.

Ei brings the possible out of impossible.

Ei identifies pioneers and creates heroes.

For additional information, contact Holly Elmore at 404-510-9336 | holly@earth-impact.org.

A Hurricane Trilogy

The second half of the 2024 hurricane season was brutal to Florida's Gulf Coast: three hurricanes - Debby, Helene, and Milton - made landfall in two months, with Helene and Milton less than two weeks apart. Each hurricane wreaked havoc with different flavors of destruction.

Earth Impact's (Ei) global offices reside in Ei Founder & CEO Holly Elmore's Sarasota home, located three miles inland from Sarasota Bay. Sarasota is on the Central Gulf Coast 50-miles south of Tampa and was directly impacted by the three hurricanes.

Hurricanes
With their own personality and parameters, Hurricanes Debby, Helene, and Milton arrived in and left the Sarasota region with unique damage and destruction.

Debby, a rain event
In early August, then Tropical Storm Debby brought 18 inches of rain to Holly's backyard, flooding the lower-yard levels yet not her home. Two weeks earlier a low pressure system ended the severe drought with 16 inches of rain in two days. Thus, the area ground was saturated when Debby's rain arrived and caused severe flooding.

Tropical Storm Debby
street flooding
photo courtesy of Holly Elmore Images

Debby's flooding was generally inland along Philippe Creek, a 7.2-mile stream within the Sarasota Bay Watershed, the Myakka River, a 72-mile river that flows through Manatee, Sarasota, and Charlotte Counties into the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf) through Charlotte Harbor, and in several well-established neighborhoods.

Much of Debby's flooding in Sarasota was unprecedented and served as a wake-up call for the importance of infrastructure maintenance; many in the community questioned the common practice of filling in wetlands to build gated communities and other developments.

Before making landfall on August 4 in Steinhatchee on Florida's panhandle, Debby strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane.

Helene, a storm-surge event
On September 26, Hurricane Helene moved north through the Gulf around 100 miles off the Florida Central Gulf Coast. Predictions included 4 - 7 feet of storm surge on the Sarasota barrier islands and bay-front coastline. Due to Helene's 100-mile distance off shore, many were surprised when the storm surge arrived as predicted; the storm surge completely flooded the barrier islands and dropped tremendous volumes of sand on roadways and in homes and businesses. The destruction was devastating.

In Sarasota, minimal rain accompanied Helene with Holly recording approximately two inches of rain at her home.

Helene made landfall as a massive Category 4 Hurricane in Florida's Big Bend Region. After making landfall, Helen traveled north causing catastrophic damage in the North Carolina western mountains and other areas; the destruction path was 500-miles long.

Milton, a wind event
Less than two weeks after Helene's devastation, the Florida Gulf Coast braced for a cataclysmic hurricane garnering unbelievable strength as it traveled east through the warm Gulf waters. With minimal time for collection, streets on the barrier islands remained lined with debris from cleanup of Helene's destruction. Meanwhile, Hurricane Milton barreled towards the Tampa Bay / Sarasota area.

Fallen tree near Holly's home
photo courtesy of Holly Elmore Images

At 8:30 pm on October 9, Milton made landfall on the southern portion of Siesta Key, one of Sarasota's barrier islands, as a Category 3 storm; two days earlier Milton rapidly intensified into a Category 5 hurricane breaking records as one of the most powerful storms in the Atlantic basin.

For nearly an hour, Milton's eye hovered over the Sarasota region gifting residents with the surreal silence inherent within the eye of a hurricane.

Though the area lost tremendous elder tree cover, the predicted obliteration of the Sarasota barrier islands did not manifest. A good portion of the region was without power for a week or more.

Old Florida Charm
Hurricane Helene's storm-surge flooding and sand deposits caused unrepairable damage to many of the region's elder homes and businesses. In general, structures designed and built in accordance with the more recent building codes survived the hurricanes with minimal or at least repairable damage. New building codes require elevated living/working space along with hurricane-resistant construction materials.

The Rod & Reel in 2018
photo courtesy of Holly Elmore Images

Sadly, the Sarasota region lost many of its iconic, eclectic restaurants. One local favorite, the Rod & Reel Pier Restaurant built in 1947 survived Helene with only the pier sustaining major damage. Yet, Milton completely obliterated the pier and restaurant; only the sign survived. The Rod & Reel was the first stop on Holly's famed SRQ Tour.

Another popular dining destination, Caddy's Bradenton on the Manatee River was completely destroyed and will not be rebuilt.

Yet, the Cortez Fishing Village established in the 1880's cleaned, repaired, and opened for business within weeks after Milton seemingly destroyed the charming village. Pop's Sunset Grill located on the Intracoastal Waterway and Turtles on Little Sarasota Bay, popular eclectic destinations, opened within days after Milton traveled across the state. It is surreal that Turtles received minimal damage as Milton made landfall nearby.

Ei Rewilding Urban Landscapes Pilots
When she returned to her hometown in 2021, Holly donated her front yard for an Ei Native Plant Landscape Pilot and her backyard for an Ei Permaculture-Oriented Landscape Pilot. The Holly Elmore Images Ei Rewilding Urban Landscapes Pilots album chronicles the pilot development and progress. 

The RiA Magazine article, Ei Rewilding Urban Landscapes Pilots, announces the pilots and emphasizes their importance within the Ei Nature Prevails platform.

Oak tree debris in pilot
photo courtesy of Holly Elmore Images

For Tropical Storm Debby, the Pilots were appreciative of the excessive rainfall after the drought during the summer's usual rainy season. As Holly's home is three miles inland from Sarasota Bay, Hurricane Helene's storm surge did not impact the pilots. 

After Hurricane Milton, the pilots were completely disheveled and numerous plants lost. The four massive oak trees on the property provided protection from the intense wind and deposited a significant amount of oak debris throughout the pilots.

The healthy soil filled with active microbial communities and fungi networks absorbed the tremendous rainfall from Debby and held the roots in place for most of the young trees, bushes, and plants. In the overall perspective, the pilots were reasonably unscathed by the 2024 hurricane trilogy and will completely recover over time.

Resiliency is a necessity for those who choose to call the Florida peninsula their home. With warming oceans, increased frequency and intensity of hurricanes are forecasted for the Sunshine State. The 2024 hurricane trilogy is a glimpse of future weather patterns.

_______________________________________

Tax-deductible donations in any amount are greatly appreciated to support Ei's important work. 

DONATE HERE

About Earth Impact:

Earth Impact (formerly Elemental Impact) (Ei) is a 501(c)3 non-profit founded in 2010 as the home to the Zero Waste Zones, the forerunner in the nation for the commercial collection of food waste for compost. In June 2017, Ei announced the Era of Recycling Refinement was Mission Accomplished and entered the Era of Regeneration (June 2017 - June 2024). Focus areas included Nature Prevails, Soil Health | Regenerative Agriculture, and Water Use | Toxicity.

The Regeneration in ACTION Magazine articles, From Organic Certification to Regenerative Agriculture to Rewilding Landscapes: an evolution towards soil integrity and SOIL & WATER: the foundation of life, published to explain and substantiate the importance of Ei’s rewilding urban landscapes work within the Nature Prevails focus area. What We Eat Matters is an emerging platform that intertwines within the three focus areas.

As Ei enters the Era of Impact (June 2024 – present,) gears shift to a new business model, Ei Educates. Though education was always integral to Ei’s important work, the  primary focus was on projects, pilots, and initiatives supported by Ei Partners. The Regeneration Era focus areas carry over into the Era of Impact.

The Holly Elmore Images Rewilding Urban Landscapes-album folder documents two active pilots: the Native-Plant Landscape Pilot and the Backyard Permaculture-Oriented Pilot. The Ei Pilots serve as an educational program.

MISSION:

To work with industry leaders to create best regenerative operating practices where the entire value-chain benefits, including corporate bottom lines, communities, and the environment. Through education and collaboration, establish best practices as standard practices.

Ei’s tagline – Regeneration in ACTION – is the foundation for Ei endeavors.

The following mantra is at the core of Ei work:

Ei is a creator, an incubator.

Ei determines what could be done that is not being done and gets it done.

Ei brings the possible out of impossible.

Ei identifies pioneers and creates heroes.

For additional information, contact Holly Elmore at 404-510-9336 | holly@earth-impact.org.