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Welcome to the Ei Newsletter
The 2025 Ei first quarter was BUSY settling into our new Earth Impact persona.
Ei Founder & CEO Holly Elmore (me!) remains dedicated to Lambda Alpha International (LAI.) Holly serves as the LAI FL Suncoast Chapter Founding President and the LAI Global Water-Land Series Group Co-Chair.
LAI is the honorary global network for thought leaders in all fields related to the preservation and sustainable development of land.
Additionally, a prominent new advisor joined the Ei Advisory Council.
The Ei Newsletter is a powerful communication vehicle with the Winter Newsletter achieving a 60%-open rate! It was the second newsletter sent as Earth Impact.
A landmark Ei Magazine article published that will spawn future articles, webinars, and other empowering work.
Indeed, Ei continues to thrive and lives the tagline, Regeneration in ACTION!
Follow the Ei Magazines, The IMPACT and Regeneration in ACTION (RiA) to keep current on project status and tales from the journey.
Please update Holly's email to holly@earth-impact.org
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Milestones:
On March 16, 2025, the RiA Magazine topped 710,000 views.
On March 18, 2025 the IMPACT Magazine topped 255,000 views.
With the consistent publishing, the Ei Magazines continue to showcase impressive readership!
The RiA Magazine article, Ei Magazine Milestones, celebrates prior milestone achievements and gives an overview of readership statistics.
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Water Security: a pending to realized crisis
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Though water is abundant on our blue planet, less than one percent is fresh water necessary to support land-based plants, wildlife, and humans. Water security is a crisis, pending in some regions and realized in others, that is wreaking havoc on the survival of civilizations and overall life as we know it on the Earth.
From an overview perspective, water security is broken down into three broad categories:
1>Quality/Quantity
2>Control/Ownership/Accessibility
3>Global Flooding & Sea Level Rise
The LAI Global Water-Land Series Group (Group,) co-chaired by Ei Founder & CEO Holly Elmore (me!,) is prominent throughout the article. Via Holly's invitation five Ei Advisors are Group members: Brad Bass, Ph.D., Michael Barbour, Ph.D., Tim Rumage, Marina Olmos, and Durga Poudel, Ph.D.
The RiA Magazine article, Water Security: a pending to realized crisis, provides examples within each category that showcase the pending or realized crisis for fresh water on our blue planet. The lengthy article is a landmark Ei publication that will catapult numerous articles, webinars, and other empowering work.
Though the scenario seems dire, solutions emerge within holographic global approaches and invoking collective consciousness. The RiA Magazine article, Collective Consciousness: a movement, a solution, introduces collection consciousness and gives examples of how it is incorporated within Ei's important work.
Yet, collective consciousness begins with individual and group consciousness. Ei Advisor Michael Barbour, Ph.D.., a renowned aquatic ecologist, reminds us "The world that our children's children inherit depends on the decisions we make today!"
Image: Blue Planet image courtesy of Science Learning Hub
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Agriculture, Water, Land Nexus: Unlocking the Intricacy
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REGISTER to attend the FREE April 2 12pm EST LAI Global Webinar, Agriculture, Water, Land Nexus: Unlocking the Intricacy presented by the LAI Global Water-Land Series Group.
Ei Advisor Durga D. Poudel, Ph.D., Professor and Coordinator of Environmental Science Program, Director of Ag. Auxiliary Units, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Louisiana, USA, is the lead speaker; Holly serves as the webinar moderator.
In layman's terms, the webinar explains how chemical-based agricultural practices in the Midwest are responsible for the hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico, commonly known as the Dead Zone.
The webinar ends with a prominent Illinois fifth-generation farmer, David Isermann, who educates on how regenerative agriculture is a solution where ALL benefit, the farm, food produced, and the environment.
Registration LINK
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On March 5, 2005 renowned Aquatic Ecologist Michael Barbour, Ph.D. officially joined the Ei Advisory Council!
According to his official bio:
Dr. Michael T. Barbour is an Aquatic Ecologist. He was the 2014 recipient of the International Environmental Stewardship Award given by a scientific society represented by 62 countries. This award was given because of his efforts in assisting EPA in updating the Biological and Physical Integrity components of the U.S. Clean Water Act and participating with scientists from the European Union to develop their biological protocol of their Water Framework Directive. He has been a member of the Heritage Oaks Healthy Lakes Initiative since its inception 4 years ago and has consulted with other Associations and Sarasota County EPD.
Michael will serve as an invaluable Ei Advisor within the Nature Prevails, Soil Health, and Water Use | Toxicity Ei platforms.
Fellow Ei Advisor and LAI FL Suncoast Chapter member Charles Reith introduced Michael to Ei and sponsored Michael for LAI membership; on January 30, Michael was formally inducted into LAI.
Michael joined the Ei Regenerative Working Group (RWG) Executive Team. 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. Michael presented at the March monthly RWG meeting on Communicating our Science to Make Informed Decisions.
In his capacity as club president, Charles invited Michael to present at the March 4 Sarasota Bay Rotary Club on START's (Solutions to Avoid Red Tide) Healthy Pond Collaborative's successes from a scientific perspective. Holly and Ei Advisor and LAI FL Suncoast Chapter member Tim Rumage are also members of the Sarasota Bay Rotary Club and attended the meeting.
The RiA article, Ei Welcomes Michael Barbour Ph.D. to the Ei Advisory Council, celebrates Michael’s impressive expertise and experience and gives an overview of his Rotary Club presentation on START’s Health Pond Collaborative. Ei Advisor Sandy Gilbert is START Chair and Michael and Charles serve on the START Board.
Photo: Michael & Tim at the Rotary meeting.
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Lambda Alpha International
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LAI FL Suncoast Chapter
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On Thursday, January 30, the LAI FL Suncoast Chapter hosted its second meeting as an official LAI Chapter. The IMPACT article, Announcing the LAI FL Suncoast Chapter, celebrates the chapter charter presented on October 16 at the Annual Gathering in Phoenix.
Michael Snipes, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Instruction of Economics, University South Florida, Sarasota, Manatee, presented on the 2025 Suncoast Economic Outlook.
Thanks to the generous sponsorship from the Bradenton Area Convention and Visitors Bureau and the Powel Crosley Estate, the event was open to LAI members and prospective members at no charge. The meeting ended with a lovely reception that was much appreciated by the attendees.
Six new members were inducted, including Michael who was sponsored by Charles.
The IMPACT Magazine article, 2025 Suncoast Economic Forecast, gives an overview of the excellent meeting. The Holly Elmore Images-photo album, 01-30-25 LAI FL Suncoast Chapter Meeting, gives a pictorial recap of the meeting.
Photo: sunset over Sarasota Bay during the chapter meeting.
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Join the Ei Team
Through active participation, Ei Supporters work with industry leaders on establishing regenerative business practice standards. To join the close-knit Ei Team and commit to active participation, contact Holly at holly@earth-impact.org or 404-510-9336.
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