Empowering communities to protect and honor the Earth’s natural, living systems.

We empower people as agents of change.

 

Everything we build starts with optimizing water use. Poly/Ana provides hands-on workshops, webinars, and reliable resources. By strengthening support for the ecosystems that sustain our lives, we serve a cause that’s imperative to all people’s well-being.

 

Education

Empowerment.

  • Rainwater Harvesting

  • Landfill to Landscape

  • Medicinal Plants

  • Hugelkultur

  • Ollas

  • Free Webinars

Research

Strengthening and expanding knowledge.

  • Nonpartisan Research Studies

  • Experiments

  • Water and Soil Testing 

Connection

Partnership. Collaborations. Community.

  • LA Compost

  • Arroyo Foothills Conservancy

  • Sheldon Reservoir

  • Grow Monrovia

  • Urban Homestead

  • Multifamily Residential Properties

  • Local Schools

Get in touch

We want to hear from you. Reach out to us at infopolyana@gmail.com

Meet our team

  • Shawn Maestretti

    FOUNDER, VP OF PROGRAMMING

  • Leigh Adams

    FOUNDER, VP OF FUNDRAISING

  • Drea Shillingburg

    PRESIDENT

  • Sanjay Gupta

    CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER

  • Scott Campbell

    SECRETARY

  • Kreigh Hampbel

    CHIEF MATERIALS ADVISOR