Belle Dessa represents Great Plains Earth Institute in Wichita, Kansas. GPEI is an environmental education program that seeks spiritually integrated solutions to ecological challenges through transformational experiences.

As a community catalyst and change agent, Great Plains Earth Institute provides innovative programs that empower individuals and groups to take care of Earth. Programs emphasize individual responsibility as well as the importance of a supportive community, offer action-oriented educational, spiritual and creative forums for rediscovering our interconnectedness to all living things, and provide access tools and resources for individual and cultural change.