Introduction to Water and Land Economics
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4Roots Farm Campus Tour
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Ei Tours Resume
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Shifting Consciousness: individual action matters
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My Photography Story: from an amateur to a professional
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Ei Supports the Florida Environmental Film Festival
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Local Food Security: building a movement through yard gardens and food forests
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What We Eat Matters
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Jane Best Grandbouche
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Jan Pitchford
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John McCarthy
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Stephen M. Suau, P.E.
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Jay Brady
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Atala Butterflies Return from Near Extinction
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Beyond regenerative landscapes: rewilded landscapes
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Collective Consciousness, a movement, a solution
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The Power of LAI Comes to Florida
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Mary Dougherty
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Dave Tomasko, Ph.D
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Jon Thaxton
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Christine Johnson
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Karina Veaudry
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Mary Anne Bowie, FAICP
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Tim Rumage
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Bridgett Luther
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Save our Seabirds / Lifelines
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COASTAL-WATER QUALITY: Challenges, Solutions, & Economic Impact
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Urban Afforestation: Food Forests and Microforests
read moreSOIL & WATER: the foundation of life
read moreCOASTAL-WATER QUALITY: Challenges, Solutions, and Economic Impact
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SOIL & WATER: the foundation of life
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From Organic Certification to Regenerative Agriculture to Rewilding Landscapes: an evolution towards soil integrity
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Soil: The Foundation of Life
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Aaron Virgin
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Tomás Herrera-Mishler
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Sandy Gilbert
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Charles Reith, Ph.D
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Urban Carbon Sinks: a regenerative solution to the diminishing oxygen-supply crisis
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From Macro to Micro to Nanoplastics
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Nature Prevails, a new Ei platform
Ei announces the Nature Prevails platform to complement and support the Soil Health | Regenerative Agriculture and Water Use | Toxicity platforms.
Within the Nature Prevails premise, the Earth heals herself and nurtures renewed life forms, no matter the calamity caused by humans, natural disasters, or extraterrestrial activities.
With a commitment to align work with Nature, Ei defined The Principles of Nature with three broad categories:
– Diversity
– Dynamic Balance
– Necessity of Cover & Ability to Roam
Beyond the environment-related activity within in each category, societal systems including economic structures, financial markets, urban design to name a few also align within and are impacted by The Principles of Nature.
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Mario Cambardella
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Simon Lamb
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POCACITO
Max Gruenig
(202) 550-9072
max@pocacitor.org
www.pocacito.org
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Bernadette Austin
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GRLEI Social Equity
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GRLEI Environmental Resources Focus Area
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GRLEI Infrastructure Focus Area
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Brad Bass, Ph.D
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Ronald Thomas, FAICP
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A Decade of Impact: Era of Regeneration
In honor of Ei’s ten-year anniversary, a three-article series celebrates the impressive Decade of Impact. The third and final article, “A Decade of Impact: Era of Regeneration,” chronicles Ei’s work from June 2017 through current efforts. Within the Soil Health | Regenerative Agriculture and Water Use | Toxicity, Ei Ei segued from national to global impact via speaking engagements, contributions to prominent scoping papers, co-hosting international events, and attending global gatherings as respected media.
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2019 Fall Austin LEW
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The Legacy of the AMAZING Cindy Jackson
On October 31, 2019 Zero-Waste Icon Cindy Jackson retired from the Georgia Institute of Technology (Ga Tech) as the Director of Waste & Recycling. Under Cindy’s 22-year leadership, Ga Tech never succumbed to single-stream systems and the award-wining recycling program operated as a profit center.
In industry circles, Cindy is known as “The AMAZING Cindy Jackson.” Ei Founder Holly Elmore coined the term at Cindy’s first Ei Partner Meeting. Accurate, the name became a common way to address Cindy with her industry colleagues.
The article is an overview of Cindy’s literally amazing professional accomplishments and ends with the Oct 25 retirement celebration.
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Cindy Jackson Retirement Celebration
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Spartanburg County School District Six: a culture of EXCELLENCE!
Darryl Owings, a culture of excellence infiltrates the district’s entire spectrum of operations. With the strong support of the nine-member School Board, Darryl ensures the SCSD6 adheres to their mission to always put the children first.
As a significant step in serving students healthy, freshly prepared food, SCSD6 ended their third-party foodservice-operator contract and established internal culinary operations.
In 2016, SCSD6 took possession of the 16-acre plot of land destined for the district’s organic-certified farm within their Farm 2 School program.
The article showcases the community spirit, collaborative effort and investments that resulted in the SCSD6 evolving from the development to the operational stage.
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Plastics: a double-edged sword
The seemingly magical gift of plastic came with a double-edged sword filled with the potential to destroy life as it is currently known on Earth.
In less than seventy years, humans managed to infiltrate the Earth with micro and #nanoplastics from discarded single-use and durable products in literally every nook and cranny, ranging from the arctic snow caps to the depths of the oceans and everywhere in between.
It is time to shift perspectives from human-focused to life-focused and let the Earth show us how to heal the damage inflicted. Answers will come to those who live and take action from the heart.
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A Hydroponic-Agriculture Renaissance
GREAT NEWS: hydroponic farming uses approximately 10% of the water consumed in soil-based agriculture. If enclosed, hydroponic farms eliminate the use of the “cides” (insecticides, pesticides and herbicides). Food safety improves as soil-borne diseases are not a factor. These are only a few of the benefits of hydroponic farming included in the “A Hydroponic-Agriculture Renaissance” article.
With the global population and desertification escalating along with a diminishing clean water supply, hydroponics farming holds promise to feed the world’s citizens with healthy, nutritious food produced in a cost-effective and water-conscious manner.
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Ga Tech | Hickory Grove Farm
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Ga Tech | Kennesaw State University | Hickory Grove Farm
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Pattie Baker / Georgia World Congress Center Authority
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Pattie Baker / Mercedes-Benz Stadium
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Mercedes-Benz Stadium / Kellogg Garden Products
read moreMay 2019 Rio Piedras PAD
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Greenville Urban Farm Tours
While in Greenville for the Healthy-Food School Programs meetings, Ei Strategic Ally Mary Hipp, Feed & Seed Chair, took Holly on tours of two prominent, impressive urban farms, Reedy River Farms and Horseshoe Farm.
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Olivia Ries
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Carter Ries
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Zero Waste Zones Launch Ten-Year Anniversary
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WorldChefs’ Feed the Planet: Making a Global Impact
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Three Steps to Straw Integrity
read moreScott Seydel | CompostNow | King of Crops
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Green Planet Straws
Kevan Johnston
817-909-3006
Kevan@GreenPlanetStraws.com
greenplanetstraws.com
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Regenerating A Bright Future For Planet Earth
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Ei Newsletter 2018 Fall
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Ei Newsletter 2018 Summer
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Ei Newsletter 2018 Spring
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Ei Newsletter 2018 Winter
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Ei Newsletter 2017 Fall
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Ei Newsletter 2017 Summer
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Ei Newsletter 2017 Spring
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Holly Elmore
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Thompson Hine
Greg Chafee
(404) 407-3642
Greg.Chafee@ThompsonHine.com
www.thompsononline.com
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Chemol Company
Fred Wellons
(800) 849-3050
sales@chemol.com
www.seydel.com
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Container Recycling Institute
Susan V. Collins
(310) 559-7451
scollins@container-recycling.org
www.container-recycling.org
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Filters Plus
Steve Myers
steve@filtersplus.com
www.towerwatertreatment.com
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Georgia World Congress Center
Tim Trefzer
ttrefzer@gwcc.com
www.gwcca.org
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Green Seal
Brielle Welzerb
(202) 697-4165
bwelzer@greenseal.org
www.greenseal.org
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HLB Gross Collins
Kristin Laconi
(770) 433-1711
klaconi@grosscollins.com
hlbgrosscollins.com
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Institute for Local Self-Reliance
Brenda Platt
(202) 898-1610
bplatt@ilsr.org
ilsr.org
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Meristem Packaging Company
Louis Herrera
(770) 998-7120
LHerrera@Meristempkg.com
www.meristempkg.com
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Natur-Tec
Rick Lombardo
(517) 230-5995
rlombardo@ntic.com
www.naturbag.com
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One More Generation
Jim Ries
678-491-6222
info@onemoregeneration.org
www.onemoregeneration.org
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Park Pride
Michael Halicki
(404) 546-7970
michael@parkpride.org
parkpride.org
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Recycle Across America
info@recycleacrossamerica.org
www.recycleacrossamerica.org
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Renaissance Technology
Jim Harrell
(678) 642-5784
jim.harrell@comcast.net
www.savegeorgiawater.com
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Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
Anne G. Blair
(404) 373-5832 x2
anne@cleanenergy.org
www.cleanenergy.org
The Royal Group
Ronny Harris
(404) 583-7416
ronnyh@theroyalgroup.com
www.theroyalgroup.com