Springboard Connectiviity
Our Story
Springboard Connectivity Inc. was founded by Tracy Tarlow after being immersed in climate solutions teams at World Systems Solutions. Tracy and team member, Oliver Juma from Kenya, shared a passion for Food and Water Security and began working together weekly to discover solutions to meet climate crisis effects such as prolonged drought.
Tracy soon discovered that this was more than a water access issue, that we are facing a global social justice issue, where youth in remote villages are struggling to get their foundational needs met such as food, water and education.
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After observing the direct needs that were being presented through our sister non-profit organization, World Systems Solutions (WSS), founder, Tracy Tarlow, decided to take action to start a non-profit organization that would help people to go from survival mode to thriving.
She began gathering Team participants who were knowledgeable, interested or active in the solutions she knew we needed – tree nurseries, permaculure educators, renewable energy experts, farmers, water experts and more. She wanted to gather the strengths and knowledge of all of these people, mostly in Kenya, to get them to support eachother on a deeper level by sharing knowledge and information.
Knowledge and information is shared via computers, phones, etc and she saw that was another block to many people being able to learn and connect. So she made sure the organization would give people easy access to Wi-Fi and computers and other technological learning tools.
If people want to work as a global community towards sustainable solutions, they must have the basic needs to do so – this includes education, sustenance, and access to technology.
Through the sustained collaboration at the WSS Food and Water Security Team, Springboard Connectivity has found many needs to be fulfilled in underserved and underrepresented communities across the globe, mostly Africa, and has been making strong connections to affect this.
Springboard Connectivity is committed to dissolving barriers and borders, enabling all beings to have equal chance at thriving and becoming sovereign. In a rapidly changing world, faced with more and more climate and environmental instability, and if the world is going to be as technologized as much as it is, we cannot leave anyone out or behind.
All beings deserve access to clean water, healthy food and education in the fields they are interested in and, through our collaborators and partners, this is what we are committed to providing.
Our Approach
Our Mission
Our mission is to make sure people get all the support they need to thrive and contribute to a harmonious world.
We serve individuals and organizations who are interested or already are part of climate crisis solutions by providing them access to the basic needs such as the water, seeds, technology and education required for them to participate. All efforts are physical, on-the-ground efforts to regenerate habitat and support harmonious societal environments.
Our Vision
We want to build a world where all beings have access to basic needs, thus fulfill their potential.
There are many disadvantaged and underprivileged people across the world who do not have access to the technology and resources required to be part of solutions generation for world crises such as the climate crisis. The inequity presents a problem because those who would want to contribute to global solutions to the climate crisis are not able to due to lack of resources. We are here to change this paradigm so that everyone has equal opportunity to participate.
Board of Directors
Ken Tarlow
A full member of the Industrial Designers Society of America and authored “Mind To Money,” a 220-page book about the product development process. He founded Tarlow Design LLC in 1984 to help entrepreneurs, inventors, and corporations design, develop, manufacture, and license innovative consumer products.
Ken Tarlow has 75 patents issued in his name as either a sole inventor or as a co-inventor. He is listed in “Who’s Who of American Inventors.”
Ken is currently pushing Power Pak to market so that folks who don’t have electricity can have portable solar charging options.
Jason Braunberger
Jason is a humanitarian wiith a current focus on assisting others in achieving their farming visions. A background in Geosciences provides resources and skill sets in geographic mapping systems, soil science and earth geology. His foundation lies in communal living with a background of carpentry and construction. This most recent decade has been focused on permacultre, syntropic agriculture and both jadam and Korean natural farming techniques. An avid Teacher, Jason provides workshops for groups and farm consultations regarding planting, growing and managing flora and fauna in the tropics. He is dedicated to being of service both locally and globally. Current ongoing projects exist across Hawaii and in Africa.
Aari Loftipour
Carlos ‘Aari’ Lotfipour comes from a teenage self-taught background in computer hardware and on to computer science at the University of North Texas. This led him into a career in nuclear medicine and negative-ion accelerators as a cyclotron support engineer with Siemens Healthcare, supporting dozens of cyclotrons around the world.
In 2014 he founded Jalapeno Inventive, LLC with the goal of making cryptocurrency and decentralized ledger technologies accessible to the masses through education and entertainment.
Carlos has led local meetups, Startup Week events and cryptocurrency conferences across Fort Collins, Boulder, Denver and Aspen Colorado.
In 2019, he helped launch YouthLab Colorado, Innop Global Incubator and founded Ag Advisors International, LLC as a catalyst to the global industrial hemp industry, and has been an angel investor and advisor to various crypto currency and technology startups.
Oliver Wafula Juma
Oliver Juma is an enthusiastic educator with a Bachelor’s in Education Arts from Kibabii University. He is fervently dedicated to positive change, specifically, education, youth empowerment, and community development. Oliver is always striving towards a better, more sustainable future through his actions. His passion for education and the environment are woven together in the hopes of creating long-lasting impact and a brighter tomorrow. As a promoter of critical thinking and curiosity, Oliver goes beyond traditional learning. He believes in a holistic approach to societal progress, making him a determined and resilient advocate for youth and community development.
Our Founder
Tracy received her BA from Sonoma State University in Environmental Studies; Conservation and Restoration, Resource and Land Management.
She got her Permaculture Design Certificate from Occidental Arts and Ecology Center in 2010 and then went on to study and teach Permaculture, farming, gardening and herbalism in addition to being involved in K-12 education on Maui, Hawaii for 10+ years.
From June 2021 – November 2024, Tracy worked for non-profit, World Systems Solutions (WSS), who encouraged working from a foundation of conscious collaboration with as many organizations as possible.
At WSS, Tracy co-founded a creative solutions generation team called the Food and Water Security Team where she began bringing experts in food, energy and education systems together to find ways to meet the needs of underserved communities across the world.
The Food and Water Security Team’s mission is to guide, support and encourage understanding of, and facilitate easy access to regenerative, sustainable and high-quality food and water for all beings. And this mission is one of the pillars of Springboard Connectivity.
Tracy’s passions are in the realms of nutrition, education, equality, whole systems thinking, sovereignty and healthy, diverse ecosystems. She lives in Ojai, California where she supports the region as an International City of Peace and a future of being completely regenerative.
