Walt Eifert, Director of Roux Associates, Inc. Engineered Natural Systems Practice, has recently been elected to the Board of Directors of the International Phytotechnology Society (IPS). The IPS is a nonprofit, worldwide professional society comprised of individuals and institutions engaged in the science and application of using plants to deal with environmental problems.

IPS’s mission is to promote research, education, training, and application of those technologies that use plants to deal with problems of environmental contamination, carbon sequestration, alternative fuels, and ecological restoration.

IPS is open to all researchers, practitioners, regulators, site owners and interested and concerned individuals who want to promote a natural way to deal with environmental problems.