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![Shifting Consciousness: individual action matters](https://elementalimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/01-07-24_AG_Ei_FFTour.jpg)
![Ei Supports the Florida Environmental Film Festival](https://elementalimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/09-15-19_HEI_FL_Everglades-cloudreflections-1080x675.jpg)
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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Jane Best Grandbouche
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Jan Pitchford
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John McCarthy
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Jay Brady
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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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From Organic Certification to Regenerative Agriculture to Rewilding Landscapes: an evolution towards soil integrity
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Aaron Virgin
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Tomás Herrera-Mishler
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Sandy Gilbert
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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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GRLEI Social Equity
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GRLEI Environmental Resources Focus Area
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GRLEI Infrastructure Focus Area
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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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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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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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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
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Green Planet Straws
Kevan Johnston
817-909-3006
Kevan@GreenPlanetStraws.com
greenplanetstraws.com
![Regenerating A Bright Future For Planet Earth](https://elementalimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2018-11-11-HEI_EVO-demo-1080x675.jpg)
Regenerating A Bright Future For Planet Earth
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Affairs to Remember
Travis S. Taylor
(404) 872-7859 x22
travis@affairs.com
affairs.com
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Centennial Olympic Park
Tim Trefzer
ttrefzer@gwcc.com
https://www.gwcca.org/park/
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Filters Plus
Steve Myers
steve@filtersplus.com
www.towerwatertreatment.com
![Georgia World Congress Center](https://elementalimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/GWCC-LOGO_white-no-box-4x3.jpg)
Georgia World Congress Center
Tim Trefzer
ttrefzer@gwcc.com
www.gwcca.org
![Green Seal](https://elementalimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/GREENSEAL_CORP-Web-RGB-LG-4x3.jpg)
Green Seal
Brielle Welzerb
(202) 697-4165
bwelzer@greenseal.org
www.greenseal.org
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Meristem Packaging Company
Louis Herrera
(770) 998-7120
LHerrera@Meristempkg.com
www.meristempkg.com
![Natur-Tec](https://elementalimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Natur-TecR_CMYK_UPDATED-4x3.jpg)
Natur-Tec
Rick Lombardo
(517) 230-5995
rlombardo@ntic.com
www.naturbag.com
![Renaissance Technology](https://elementalimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/RenaissanceTech_Logo_585.jpg)
Renaissance Technology
Jim Harrell
(678) 642-5784
jim.harrell@comcast.net
www.savegeorgiawater.com
Second Helpings
Joe Labriola
(678) 894-9761
director@secondhelpings.info
www.secondhelpingsatlanta.org
![Southern Alliance for Clean Energy](https://elementalimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/SACE_Logo_585.jpg)
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy
Anne G. Blair
(404) 373-5832 x2
anne@cleanenergy.org
www.cleanenergy.org
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Ted’s Montana Grill
Paula Owens
powens@tedsmontanagrill.com
www.tedsmontanagrill.com
The Royal Group
Ronny Harris
(404) 583-7416
ronnyh@theroyalgroup.com
www.theroyalgroup.com
Veracity Media Group
Nancy Suttles
Founder & Chief Creative Officer
(770) 883-9507
nancy@veracitymediagroup.com
www.veracitymediagroup.com
Scott O. Seydel
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Sylvia Gort
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An Exploration Of Fungi, Soil Health & World Hunger
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