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stories from the field

Over the past two decades, it has been our privilege to work on campaigns that make our cities more livable, keep natural areas wild and accessible, and prioritize public health over private profits. From defending an ancestral homeland in the Arctic to promoting stronger building codes in Philadelphia, we help partners find and tell the stories that move people.

Cracking the Code

S5_PushingEnergyEfficientHomes CASE STUDY: In 2013, residents and businesses in Utah achieved something remarkable. They changed…  LEARN MORE

Exposing a Fish-Killing Dam

buckley-dam-dead-fish-case-study-thumb CASE STUDY: The White River is one of Washington’s most wild and beautiful, draining…  LEARN MORE

Examining Communications Impact

energy-efficiency-case-study-thumbnail CASE STUDY: The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) is one of the…  LEARN MORE

Food Not Fuel

S18_FoodNotFuel1 CASE STUDY: When conservation organizations banded together to fight a decades-old subsidy for corn…  LEARN MORE

Changing the Conversation About Wildfire in California

S17_RefamingCaliforniaWildfires1 CASE STUDY: Throughout the country, longer hotter summers due to climate change are creating…  LEARN MORE

The Dirty Business of Coal Export

S16_DirtyBusinessOfCoalExport1 CASE STUDY: With demand for coal-fired power declining in the U.S., coal companies have…  LEARN MORE

Climate Change Hits Home

S15_ClimateChangeHits3 CASE STUDY: In the minds of many Americans, climate change only impacts people living…  LEARN MORE

Talking Turkey About Climate Change

S14_TalkingTurkey CASE STUDY: Bringing the impacts of climate change home to people across America is…  LEARN MORE

Introducing a New Voice: California Infill Builders Association

S12_ANewVoiceInGrowth_Dev1 CASE STUDY: Growth and development have long been polarizing issues in the Golden State….  LEARN MORE

Gorilla Doctors

S11_GorillaDoctorsAreIn1 CASE STUDY: When the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project (MGVP) partnered with the UC Davis…  LEARN MORE

Look Who’s Talking About Climate Change

S9_LookWhosTalking2 CASE STUDY: Every four years, a new National Climate Assessment (NCA) provides a status…  LEARN MORE

The Montana Legacy Project

S8_ProtectingAValley1 CASE STUDY: Nestled in the international Crown of the Continent Ecosystem, Montana’s Swan Valley…  LEARN MORE

Every Bird Matters

S6_EveryBirdMatters2 CASE STUDY: When the Deepwater Horizon disaster pumped nearly five million barrels of oil…  LEARN MORE

Fighting for the Right to Strong Codes

S5_PushingEnergyEfficientHomes CASE STUDY: Utah families want and deserve energy-efficient homes. Yet, until very recently, Utah’s…  LEARN MORE

Conference: Moving Beyond Coal

S4_Conference_MovingBeyondCoal CASE STUDY: This year is pivotal for moving beyond coal and transitioning to cleaner…  LEARN MORE

Fighting Costly Coal Contamination in the Nevada Desert

S3_NotInMyBackyard2 CASE STUDY: Take I-15 northeast from Las Vegas and about 50 miles into the…  LEARN MORE

A Blow-out of Epic Proportions

S2_BlowOutOfEpicProportions2 CASE STUDY: Jennifer Aniston. TV anchorwomen. My friend Kristie. What do they all have…  LEARN MORE

California’s Other State Parks

S1_CaliforniasOtherStateParks1 CASE STUDY: The urchins, sea stars and oystercatchers at northern California’s Fitzgerald Marine Reserve…  LEARN MORE

Bringing the Gulf Oil Spill Home

B31_AlabamaGulfSpill PROJECT BRIEF: On the heels of the BP oil disaster in the Gulf, the…  LEARN MORE

The Moral Case for Addressing Climate Change

B30_DC_Climate_NicolaJones PROJECT BRIEF: What do ministers, labor leaders, health experts and certain members of Congress…  LEARN MORE

Communicating the Cost of Inaction on Climate

B29_TennesseeE3_GregHeywood PROJECT BRIEF: Is climate change too expensive to tackle? Not according to a report…  LEARN MORE

Leaner, Greener Buildings: Supporting City Benchmarking Laws

B28_PennsylvaniaBuildingBenchmarking PROJECT BRIEF: Cities are helping people save money by making existing buildings more energy…  LEARN MORE

Speaking Out Against the Boom/Bust Cycle of Mining

B27_Californiabodiehills PROJECT BRIEF: We teamed with the Bodie Hills Conservation Partnership to build support for protecting…  LEARN MORE

The High Cost of Oil Shale

B23_ColoradoOilShale_StuartCaie PROJECT BRIEF: The oil industry has long touted oil shale as a potential goldmine,…  LEARN MORE

Making the Case for Energy Efficiency

B19_NevadaEnergyEfficiency PROJECT BRIEF: Nevada’s energy efficiency programs were on the hot seat in early 2012…  LEARN MORE

A Better Farm Bill

B18_IowaFarmBill PROJECT BRIEF: Most Americans want U.S. food and farm policies to support healthy eating,…  LEARN MORE

Thinking Like a River Basin

B17_ArizonaColoradoRiver PROJECT BRIEF: As climate change sweeps the Southwest, Carpe Diem West, an unlikely alliance…  LEARN MORE

Stewards of the Land and Water

B16_PennsylvaniaAg PROJECT BRIEF: Chesapeake Bay has long suffered from polluted farm runoff, much of which…  LEARN MORE

Preserving Organic Farmland in Walla Walla

Rom and Ray Williams of Williams Hudson Bay Farm PROJECT BRIEF: The PCC Farmland Trust worked with a family farm in eastern Washington…  LEARN MORE

Preparing Local Leaders to Talk Climate

B13_FloridaGeos PROJECT BRIEF: Geos Institute’s ClimateWise® program helps local leaders understand and prepare for climate…  LEARN MORE

Promoting an Energy Efficient Economy

B12_AceeeIn_DC PROJECT BRIEF: No one said it would be easy to advance energy efficiency policies,…  LEARN MORE

21st Century Pollution Solutions

B11_WashingtonPugetSound PROJECT BRIEF: Restoring Puget Sound—and addressing the polluted runoff from the paved paradise surrounding…  LEARN MORE

Shared Vision for Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front

B10_MontanaRockyMtnFront PROJECT BRIEF: Few places in North America rival Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front for scenic…  LEARN MORE

Protecting the Yukon’s Peel Watershed

B9_Alaska_YukonPeel-JuriPeepre PROJECT BRIEF: The Yukon’s Peel watershed is the largest constellation of wild mountain rivers…  LEARN MORE

Defending a Historic Way of Life

B7_AlaskaUmiat PROJECT BRIEF: Energy companies want to build a 100 mile-road to the remote Arctic…  LEARN MORE

Making Sense of Nitrogen Pollution

B6_VirginiaNitrogenPollution PROJECT BRIEF: Nitrogen pollution—caused primarily by overuse of chemical nitrogen fertilizer—is one of the…  LEARN MORE

Remembering Lessons from the Gulf

B4_LouisianaRememberingTheGulf PROJECT BRIEF: Industry spin doctors were working overtime in the aftermath of the BP…  LEARN MORE

Investing in the Future of Fishing in Oregon

B3_OR-MarineReserves PROJECT BRIEF: Earning bipartisan support for a system of marine reserves off Oregon’s coast…  LEARN MORE

Bridging the Divide in Idaho

B1_IdahoRiley_BigCreekMikeBeagle PROJECT BRIEF: In 2006, a New York real estate developer bankrolled an Idaho ballot…  LEARN MORE

The Green Slime of Summer

B2-WisconsinGreenSlime PROJECT BRIEF: Summer in the Midwest is time to head for the lake. But…  LEARN MORE