Education! Ownership of our Planet. People all over the planet are expecting someone else to fix and take care of stuff. When I speak I drive that home. I can tell you some stories about how ownership changed an entire communities attitude through their children. "if it is to be, it is up to me!"

How we do not have the luxury of time to wait, we must NOW start fixing the symptoms of the problems we have... i.e. we not only have Plastic in the Ocean, we are creating Plastic Pollution daily, there is the "Black Ball of Death" in Venezuela's Lake Zulia. We can fix the contamination, but we must shift awareness and how people treat the environment. We cannot continue to disrespect Mother Nature by pouring land contamination such as cattle manure, chemical runoffs and oil discharges into our potential drinking and eating water, without expecting some dire consequences!

Venezuela''s Lake Zulia is a major port. The way the currents flow in this lake cause a circular ball like current flowing round and round on top of itself. A great deal of oil and waste have gathered in this torrential current forming a huge black ball of waste. When fish swim in, they never swim out again, they simply add more death to the pile of waste.

The SBBEC is the "South Bay Business Environmental Coalition" this organization is unique because it was formed to bring businesses together to help the their business and the environment. While most other organizations like this are focused on how to make businesses be compliant with regulation, the SBBEC is focused on working with business to find solutions that are beneficial to businesses and to the environment. Part of the solution is to help businesses understand what is going on with the environment and listen to their feedback on how to solve these problems.

Formed circa 1989, incorporated in November 1992, but was actively involved in the community long before.

Sure:

• Venezuela - Caracas, Aragua State, Barinas, Valencia and others
• Also, Venezuelan Delegation visited my facilities in the City of Carson)
• El Salvador (multiple trips) - San Salvador and surrounding communities
• Krakow, Poland
• Chennai, India
• Argentina - Buenos Aires, El Calafate
• Chile - Santiago
• El Salvador - San Salvador
• Sri Lanka
• Kyrgyzstan
• Kazakhstan

There are others. In most cases, I met with Public officials and Non-Government organizations to help them better understand how to integrate a sustainable waste management protocol in their community.