Global Innovative Solutions Teams

Combining Today's Best Practices For Tomorrow's Best Results

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Global Innovative Solutions Teams is a new faith based nonprofit dedicated to increasing reforestation, providing adequate water for all, decreasing particle pollution, and helping our communities focus on each other's strengths. We do the work of using evidenced-based solutions to address all of these issues.

Our Global Vision

Imagine A World With

Cleaner Air To Breathe

Deforested Lands Reforested

Improved Communications

Adequate, Fresh Water For Everyone

We Believe The
Solutions Already Exist

Some of the solutions need improvements, tweaking or additional partners.
Others need a reallocation of resources, improvement of policies and/or manpower.
Most importantly, they need a team of committed people!

We’ll say it again, the solutions already exist. The power to achieve change is within our wheelhouse.

Here's Our Plan

More Trees

Trillion New Trees (TNT)

Our Trillion New Trees Initiative will augment current global reforestation efforts to reach this goal. We will do this by helping expand villagers’ participation globally combined with an exciting new concept to expand trained American volunteers to work alongside the villagers and local foresters to increase reforestation efforts.

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More Fresh Water

Wealth of Water (WOW)

50% more fresh water will be needed globally by the year 2050. Wells are already drying up in many locations, including the USA. Long term solutions are needed now. They already exist! WOW Initiative will act as a spark that ignites the world to think of fresh water as an abundant resource instead of a finite one!

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Cleaner Air

Stop Our Soot (SOS)

Various scientific studies have concluded that soot from incomplete burning of fossil fuels and wood is the second biggest contribution to the melting of global glaciers and Arctic ice, as well as a major contributor to respiratory problems. Our partial solution – the SOS Initiative will become a dynamic catalyst in reducing global soot emissions 50% by the year 2040.

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Improved Communications

Locally Inspired Service Teams Encouragement Network (LISTEN)

Locally Inspired Service Teams Encouragement Network (LISTEN) will tackle the crisis of lack of meaningful dialogue between competing societal goals facing our families, friends, communities, and nation. LISTEN will help local teams identify local problems, team members’ strengths, and arrive at local solutions built upon their teamwork.

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How You Can Help

Typically, a project of this scope will have “angel” donors providing the startup capital. We have made the decision to take the start-up funding opportunity to as many people as possible. Your support, no matter the size, will be greatly appreciated.

This support will allow us to hire key employees, firm up relations with existing partners and build our infrastructure. It will also be an asset to encourage additional “fans” from corporations, foundations, churches, and civic groups.

Donate

Beyond financial contributions, we need people who are committed to helping others and standing with us in the early days of GIST in spirit and prayer. TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.

Consider a Family Legacy -

Combining donations from grandparents, parents, siblings, grandchildren

Be Honored On Our GIST Start-Up Donors’ Hall of Fame

GIST Start-Up Donors’ Hall of Fame

GIST has chosen to use terms associated with baseball – the USA national pastime.

Pre-Startup Donors' Hall of Fame recognizes first donors stepping to the plate prior to our official launch.

First nine donors (starting line-up) in each category listed numerically, remaining donors listed alphabetically.

Donors in the Start-Up Hall of Fame will be recognized permanently on our GIST website (pdf file links).
Donors may choose to be listed by name or anonymously.

GIST will also develop an appropriate display of donors for our future corporate headquarters.

To all of you willing to throw your hat in the ring in the early innings - THANK YOU!

Scouts are volunteers securing GIST donations ($500+ cumulative - including personal) by 31 Dec 2028

Goal: $30 million to cover 3 years' operational expenses.

Additional funds will acquire land and Headquarters campus.

Money raised beyond these needs will be used for a reserve fund.

Global Innovative Solutions Teams