POSITIVE IMPACT FOREVER - Key Persons
Ayu has build her experience on client consulting, database management and market research. Additionally, she has practical experience working on various industries in Bali focusing on organic farming as well as being active in several non profit organisations operating in Bali area.
We strive to do no intentional harm to ourselves, those around us, and to the environment.
Job Titles:
- Permaculture Design Consultant
Permaculture design consultant Mark Garrett is passionate about living harmoniously with nature. By observing nature and understanding how it operates, he creates low carbon, green systems where energy is conserved by removing the need for fossil fuel, waste is turned into a useful resource, water is saved and re-used, vital minerals and nutrients in the soil are naturally regenerated and pests are controlled without using harmful chemicals resulting in sustainable organic food production.
Is the Pioneer of Positive Impact Forever and an experienced hotel sustainability professional since 1993. He focusses on environmental impact and applies a wholistic "blue" or circular economy approach inspired by nature and physics. He pays close attention to the waste stream, not only from solid waste but also from an energy and water perspective and brings together all the relevant data to come up with uncomplicated state of the art solutions that will last for a long time.
Piet is a Civil Engineer with a BSc degree in Civil Engineering and a Masters Degree in Project Management. He started his hotel career in 1993 as General manager and Resort Project Manager for Namale Fiji Islands Resort (owned by Tony Robbins the US motivational speaker and coach) He developed this resort from a 2 star to a 5 star resort over a 6 year period.
He was also the area maintenance manager for Soneva Resorts based on Soneva Fushi Maldives where he worked on improving their Eco Centro or waste management area, as well as installing a pilot 75kW solar PV system.
As Group Director of Engineering and Sustainability for Alila Hotels and Resorts where he initiated a Zero Waste Project in 2016 for the 4 Alila properties in Bali. From the beginning of 2018 and until the end of 2019 he is the sustainability consultant for The Datai, Langkawi Malaysia where a waste water system, a drinking water bottling plant, a permaculture garden, and a zero waste to landfill program has been implemented as part of their reopening program after an extensive modelling of this ultra luxury hotel. He also developed and executed hotel audits in Maintenance, Safety and Environment across all the group's hotels.
Piet has been a speaker at the Green School in Bali on zero waste, Role Foundation in Bali on Zero waste to oceans, DAS sustainability conference Johannesburg South Africa of sustainable urban and hotel design and at the EarthCheck inner Circle conference in Cancun Mexico on Delivering targets - beyond core indicators, and at the World Tourism Destination Forum 2018 on Managing Sustainable Destinations. Most Valued Business Sustainable Tourism Seminar 2019 on Input Assessments, 2019 UNINGO in Taiwan - International forum on Ocean Sustainability.