Joseph Hart- Co-Founder 

An avid student of value based and optimal performance thinking. Joseph worked for both the late Dr Robert Hall founder of the Association of Manufacturing Excellence www.ame.org and Prof Gregory Howell of the Lean Construction Institute www.leanconstruction.org , 2 leading groups committed to putting into practice the art and science of "maximizing value and eliminating wastefulness to Improve the quality of life, while greatly reducing rare resource use and eliminating pollution and toxins.”

Over the last 15 years, he has worked with dozens of state and county agencies on environmental, waste water and social issues, including the City of Chicago, the State of California Department of Water Resources, and the North Carolina Division of Waste Management.

 He decided to opt out of college his first year and was blessed to work directly for, and learn directly from Stanford, Indiana and Berkeley University professors. His hobbies and interests include sacred geometry, botany, bee keeping, architecture, indigenous music, Hawaiian culture, yoga, crystal technologies and supporting his favorite philanthropic organizations. He has 1 son and lives between Northern California and Kaua’i, Hawaii.

 In 2017 he wrote a book about the Kenaf plant along with Anthony Azzaro titled "KENAF:Plant based solutions for industrial growth and environmental regeneration"  where you can get a pdf copy at the link below.