Restore the Earth Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit. We’ve unlocked the business case for landscape scale restoration and we’re using it to restore 1 million acres in the Mississippi River Basin, North America’s Amazon.
We go beyond talk to action; since 2008 we’ve tested and refined every element of our approach with real projects on the ground.
150K+
acres have been restored
Equal to ~120,000 + football fields
32,550,000
metrics tons of CO2 sequestered over the lifetime of the projects
Equivalent of taking ~7,076,085 cars off the road for one year
15 B+
gallons of freshwater per year have been diverted
This amount of water could fill over 22,727 Olympic-size pools
New Metrics for a New Economy: Restore the Earth’s EcoMetrics Model
By P.J. Marshall, Co-founder & Executive Director, Restore the Earth Foundation Originally posted on Sustainable Brands' website on 11/15/16. The New Economy has begun. One year into a world where global leaders have agreed to act on 17 concrete Sustainable...
North America’s Amazon: The Restoration Has Begun
On Thursday, October 27, 2016, over 120 people joined Restore the Earth Foundation to celebrate the groundbreaking of our initiative to restore one million acres in the Mississippi River Basin—a vast ecosystem once so rich in biological and environmental resources...
The Houma Courier: Nonprofit group starts restoration project
By Sean Ellis, The Houma Courier A nonprofit organization broke ground today on an initiative to restore 1 million acres of land in the Mississippi River Basin with the planting of trees in Pointe-aux-Chenes. P.J. Marshall, co-founder and executive director of the...
The Houma Courier: State partners with group to restore area swamps
By Kevinisha Walker, The Houma Courier Until the mid-20th century, bald cypress filled 4,000 acres of Pointe-aux-Chenes’ forested wetlands, but erosion, sinking land and Gulf of Mexico storms have since destroyed most of them. In 2002, an oil and gas company tried to...
Press Release: Restore the Earth Foundation donates “Marsh Master” to LDWF
Oct. 28, 2016 – Restore the Earth Foundation announced its gift of a Marsh Master to the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries at its groundbreaking at Pointe-aux-Chenes Wildlife Management Area on October 27th. The Marsh Master, built by Coast...
Press Release: Melancon pledges LDWF support to Restore the Earth’s restoration effort
Oct. 28, 2016 – “You have our total support,” Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Secretary Charlie Melancon pledged Thursday to a national organization attempting to restore some 1 million acres of land along the Lower Mississippi River Basin, or as...
Press Release: Restore the Earth Foundation Breaks Ground on One-Million-Acre Landscape-Scale Restoration Project
Pointe-aux-Chenes, Louisiana—October 2016—On October 27, Restore the Earth Foundation will break ground on a bold new landscape-scale restoration project to restore one million acres of degraded land in the lower part of the Mississippi River Basin— a vast...
Breaking Ground on a Bold New Vision to Address Climate Change: Restoring North America’s Amazon
On November 4, the historic Paris Agreement for global action on climate change will enter into force, catalyzing collective action by governments, civil society organizations, and businesses to collaborate on building a 2°C future. “Now we must move from words to...
Unlocking the Billion-Dollar Business Case at IUCN
Our dynamic team at IUCN Congress 2016; Henry Hicksy, Futerra; Susan Fernandes, US Business Council for Sustainable Development; Ed Pinero, The Pinero Group; PJ Marshall, Restore the Earth; Marv Marshall, Restore the Earth; Carol Cone, Carol Cone on Purpose; Taylor...
Louisiana Floods: Restoration Will Help Us Build Back Better
In Baton Rouge these past weekends, the “Cajun Navy” was out in force cleaning up after the devastating Louisiana floods that killed 17 people and forced thousands of others to leave their homes. Despite the crushing heat and debris-filled neighborhoods, the mood felt...
Silicon Valley Firm Joins the Collaborative Fund
Our latest video with partner VMware shows the power of collaboration
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