Environmental Holism |

Building Trust and Involvement

a peaceful space inc’s Environmental Holism Program (EHP) is a granular community engagement platform that provides lived-experience data collection, analyses and modeling based on authentic communication and relationship building. EHP is designed to involve underserved communities in comfortably co-developing community solutions on environmental health and community resilience.

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"Feet on the Street"

EHP advances community resilience efforts through and environmental health through deep, granular community engagement and co-design processes that promote equitable community participation in planning and designing climate and quality-of-life solutions. We are the “feet on the street”, building trusted relationships, learning about lived experiences, and sharing residents stories with local officials.

Workshops and Training for Women Going Green Business Startups : Atlanta, GA

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Co-Design

City governments increasingly recognize that technical data alone—traffic counts, emissions inventories, census figures—cannot capture the full realities of urban life. To build equitable and resilient cities, planners and policymakers are integrating lived experiences and community storytelling into decision-making processes. These narratives, when translated into reliable and actionable data, provide a richer, more inclusive foundation for city plans, policies, and projects.

Translating lived experiences into usable data for policy and planning is at the core of our EHP Model.

Community Economic Development Tour in Jackson, Mississippi

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The EHP Model

Leading participatory science efforts such as, heat and air quality monitoring and perception surveys. The Environmental Holism Program includes Resilience Ambassadors, Participatory Science and Community Advocacy – a framework that equips underserved communities to lead solutions from within and advocate for policy changes and program investments rooted in lived experiences and community evidence.

Perception Surveys with 2C Mississippi : Jackson, Mississippi

Results of Granular Community Engagement

- - - New Orleans, Louisiana – Post-Katrina Recovery
      Residents’ oral histories about displacement and rebuilding were integrated with FEMA data to shape more just housing and land-use policies.
    - Phoenix, Arizona – Heat Resilience Engagement
      Storytelling workshops captured resident experiences of extreme heat (“choosing between electricity bills and groceries”) and informed policy on utility shutoffs and neighborhood cooling hubs.
    - Toronto, Canada – Tower Renewal Program
      Immigrant residents’ stories about high-rise living revealed gaps in maintenance and access to green space. Their narratives were converted into indicators guiding investments in retrofits and community amenities.

Overview of EHP Services

Support and Outreach

Develop and implement community engagement strategies and plans.
Create pathways for frontline residents to become environmental health advocates, data collectors and civic influencers.
Lead participatory science efforts such as, heat and air quality monitoring, capturing and recording stories and door-to-door experiences, etc.
Develop a scalable model based on measurable data or key performance indicators that can be published and shared with local officials and planning departments.
Advocate for policy changes and program investments rooted in lived experiences and community evidence.

Collaborative Networks

We work with cities, local organizations and businesses to create wholistic approaches to community resilience.