Regenerative Working Group

Global thought leaders supporting complete and equitable communities.

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

Along with Ei Founder & CEO Holly Elmore, Ei 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 (LAI,) the GRLEI  intentions were to broaden definitions of land economics to include environmental and social equity considerations and implications.

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 Ei’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.

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

With perfect timing, the July 11, 2024 Elemental Impact-trademark transfer marked the end of the Era of Regeneration and the entry into the Era of Impact!

Within the Era of Impact 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, Regenerative Working Group: growth and evolution, chronicles the RWG formation and history, growth over the years, and the current evolutionary stage.

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

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

Activities within Ei’s Nature Prevails platform are in partnership with the RWG.