Washington DC Energy & Environmental Funders

Hosting Sponsor:
Andrews Kurth LLP

The Center for Economic and Environmental Partnership, Inc., will sponsor its next Washington, DC Energy & Environmental Funders’ meeting on Friday June 6, 2008.

Many agronomists, horticulturists and bio-scientists have estimated that plants utilize only 35 to 50% of their genetic potential. Accele-Gro M products can unlock that growth potential and substantially increase performance for market crops such as cotton, corn, sugarcane, soybeans, hay, peanuts, wheat, rye, and vegetables together with grasses, trees or timber.

Accele-Gro M products are not designed to replace fertilization, pesticide or herbicide applications. Instead, they were developed by Accelegrow Technologies, Inc. to work in synergy with traditional crop practices as a fertilizer supplement. Accelegrow Technologies, Inc. has multiple patents pending for its eco-friendly, natural-based, revolutionary plant growth enhancer that provides significant crop yields, increased water efficiency, improved quality and lower production costs and which have greatly increased profitability for those who have used them in accordance with proper application techniques. Depending on the crop being grown and conditions present, one gallon of liquid Accele-Gro M product will treat 10 to 21 acres. With a product cost of $10/acre, typical revenues on US farms have increased by $100 to $500 per acre. For some vegetable crops gross revenues have increased from $3000 to $6000 per acre.

EcoVerdance, Inc. is the international distributor of the Accele-Gro M product. Ecoverdance, Inc. was formed in 2007 by a group of environmental- and humanitarian-minded individuals to simultaneously meet fundamental humanitarian needs (food, health, and subsistence) and address critical environmental issues through distribution of the Accele-Gro M growth enhancer in developing economies.

R. David Morris (President, EcoVerdance) and Lanier M. Davenport Sr. (Founding Partner of EcoVerdance, Global Balanced Carbon Technologies, and Accelegrow Technologies Inc.) will summarize US farmer experience with Accele-Gro M, their plan to distribute the product internationally, and current activities to raise capital and engage Foundations in their activities. Fundamentally, the EcoVerdance business model is to:

• Facilitate distribution and application of Accele-Gro M on indigenous food crops-at "no cost" to farmers-to create self-sufficient farming enterprises.
• Engage existing humanitarian infrastructure and service organizations to link sustainable crops with improved health, nutrition and AID/HIV effectiveness.
• Capitalize on enhanced carbon sequestration properties of indigenous food crops to create certified emission reduction (CER) credits under Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). Capital from CER sales would underwrite EcoVerdance distribution and facilitation mechanisms for Accele-Gro M.

Sector Expert: Janet E. Hawkes, Ph.D. will discuss the tremendous need for and the potential of Accele-Gro M in the Third World as well as the challenges in distributing it, from the perspective of her decades in a variety of development work.

Date: Friday, June 6, 2008
Time: 8:00 – 10:00 am
Place: Andrews Kurth LLP
1350 I Street, NW, Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20006
202-662-2700

Nearest Metro stop: The building is between 13th and 14th Street. You can exit at McPherson Square and cross the street to the building or exit Metro Center on 13th Street (and G Street) and walk up to 13th and I, where you make a left and cross the street.

Cost: $50 if you pre-register.
Cash or checks (payable to CEEP) accepted. Must register or cancel by 4pm the previous day. No shows will be invoiced.
$60 if you pay at the door.
See below for Annual Registration opportunities and other important conditions.

Agenda:
8:00 to 8:20 – Networking with Members
8:30 to 9:00 – Presentation by David Morris, Director and President, with Lanier M. Davenport Sr. (Founder)
9:00 to 9:30 – Presentation by Sector Expert: TBD
9:30 to 10:00 – Discussion and Networking

Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you at the next DC Funders meeting.

If you have any questions about registration or need more information about the program, please contact Gelvin Stevenson at gelvin@optonline.net.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:

David Morris: Director, Chairman, and President. Before joining EcoVerdance, he was involved in management of a Home Depot in Park City, Utah, and in private investments. From 2000-2002, he was semi-retired, working as a consultant in the plastic injection-molding sector. From 1998-2000, he was President of IMC Plastics, Inc., a custom plastic injection molding business located in Los Angeles, CA. From 1996-1998, he was President of OTTO Material Handling, Inc. in Charlotte, NC. Prior to that, he held a number of different positions with Hoechst Celanese Corporation. R. David Morris, 59, has a BS and Masters degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and resides in Park City, Utah.

Lanier M. Davenport Sr.: Founding Partner of EcoVerdance, Global Balanced Carbon Technologies, and Accelegrow Technologies Inc. His specialty is in fostering early-stage developing companies and growing emerging technologies. Lanier has served as CEO of several NASDAQ and small-cap public companies. He currently serves as director of Special Projects for EcoVerdance.

v Lanier has a focused passion for balancing the Earth's carbon burden and feeding the world's hungry. He is a graduate of Auburn University, where he received a BS degree in Accounting and an MBA. He is a licensed CPA and attorney, and currently resides in Lanett, Alabama.

Janet E. Hawkes, Ph.D., Cornell University, works with a variety of not-for-profits and start-up ventures commercializing agriculture, environmental, and educational technologies. For example, she has 1) served as one of the Program Leaders for the Food Systems Consortium, a partnership of educational institutions, businesses, community, and government organizations in the Mid-Atlantic States; 2) worked in international development and tropical agriculture in the South Pacific, Asia (India, Philippines, China), Africa, and the Caribbean; 3) served as Department Head at the University of the South Pacific, College of Agriculture in Alafua, Samoa; and 4) taught at Cornell University at the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. She has authored research and instructional resources on a variety of agricultural topics from energy and animal husbandry to tropical agroforestry and issues in sustainable agriculture.

She currently serves 1) on the Advisory Board for the United Nations Food and Agriculture "The Growing Connections" Program; 2) as an advisor to EcoPort in South Africa; 3) on the Cornell University Theory Center Advisory Board; 4) on the Stone Barns Center for Sustainable Agriculture Board of Directors; and 5) is past Chair of the Cayuga Lake Watershed Network, as well as other economic development, environmental, and agriculture boards and committees.

Hawkes has presented at numerous conferences and scientific meetings and recently presented at the an International Consultancy on Bioenergy Development at the U.N. International Fund for Agriculture Development in Rome, Italy, on the Root Production Method and other practices for improving plant performance. She also recently was a panelist speaking on improving woody biomass production performance at both an Official Side Event sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, and a in featured session at the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference, co-hosted by the American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE).

Hawkes has a Doctorate in Agricultural Sciences, a Masters degree and teaching certification in Agriculture and Science Education, and the Bachelors of Science all from Cornell University.

Advisory Board
Zachary Alexander, ebT Design, LLC
Bob Lawrence, Bob Lawrence & Associates
Mark Riedy, Andrews Kurth LLC
Ira Rubenstein, Center for Economic and Environmental Partnership, Inc.
Gelvin Stevenson, Ph.D., Center for Economic and Environmental Partnership, Inc.
Michael Ware, Advance Capital Markets, Inc.

DCE&EF Pricing Policy
1. Cost, with pre-registration up to 4pm the day before the meeting: $50.
2. No-shows will be invoiced.
3. Cancellations allowed until 4pm the day before the meeting.
4. Cost, with registration at the door the day of the meeting: $60.
5. All paid registrants will be emailed any information made available electronically for that meeting.
6. An Annual Registration for DCE&EF can be purchased for $400. It will provide admittance to all regularly scheduled meetings held during a 12-month period.
7. Annual registrants will be emailed any information made available electronically for any of the regularly scheduled meetings covered by their annual registration.

Formed in February 2004, DC Energy & Environmental Funders (DCE&EF) is a joint service of Investors Circle, the Energy & Environmental Capital Network (ECN), the Environmental Business Association of New York State, Inc. (EBA/NYS), Investors Circle and Cleantech Venture Network LLC (Cleantech). DCE&EF provides networking, information, and other services to investors interested in energy and environmental companies. DCE&EF activities are produced by the Center for Economic and Environmental Partnership, Inc. (CEEP) in furtherance of its educational mission.

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