Category Archives: Stabilization Strategies

In 2004, Pacala and Sokolow published “Stabilization Wedges: Solving the Climate Problem for the Next 50 Years with Current Technologies” in the journal, Science. In this article, they outlined a multilateral approach to stabilizing climate change using existing technologies. Rather than coming up with one BIG solution to global warming – an elevator down from dangerously high atmospheric temperatures – they conceived of a stack of relatively slender “wedges” that can provide us with a way – a somewhat more gradual escalator – back down to sustainable levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide.

Seattle Electric Vehicle Association

From their website:Seattle Electric Vehicle Association (SEVA) is the Electric Auto Association’s (EAA) 2nd largest chapter in the United States. Our members actively participate in numerous local events to promote the rapid adoption of EVs in the Seattle metro area and in all of Washington State working in concert with our sister EAA Chapters in Tacoma, Vashon, Wenatchee, Portland, Spokane (Post Falls, ID) and Vancouver, BC. –SEVA  (About Page)

Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation

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(206) 524-1351

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6021 32nd Ave NE Seattle, WA 98115

Saltworks

Saltworks Technologies is a Vancouver, Canada based globally recognized water treatment solutions provider. With multiple product platforms based on our proprietary technologies, we deliver innovative, energy efficient, and low cost solutions.
Our technologies focus on desalination of low to high salinity waters, advanced separations, industrial waste water treatment, brine treatment and concentration, and solids production.
-From the About page on their website

Organization Type: For-Profit Corporation

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1 (604) 628-6508

Address

2105 Commissioner Street Vancouver, BC V5L 1A4

Sightline Institute

Mission statement:  Sightline Institute’s mission is to make the Northwest a global model of sustainability—strong communities, a green economy, and a healthy environment.

“Smart Solutions for a Sustainable Northwest.”

An independent, non-profit, research and communications center, Sightline Institute works towards long-term solutions for the Northwest’s most significant challenges.

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(206) 447-1880

888-447-1880

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1402 Third Ave Suite 500
 Seattle, WA 98101

Clearedge Power

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ClearEdge Power create innovative products to help their costumers improve their energy efficiency and reduce their carbon emissions at home or at their business. With a team of scientists, engineers and managers they use clean tech solutions for the growing energy demands. They are a world leader in fuel cell stacks that provide reliable power for buildings and vehicles.

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(877) 257-3343

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7175 NW Evergreen Parkway, Building 100 Hillsboro, OR 97124

Jefferson Land Trust

According to their website “Jefferson Land Trust is a private, non-profit, grass-roots organization. Our mission is to help the community to preserve open space, working lands and habitat in Jefferson County on the beautiful Olympic Peninsula of Washington State. Landowners work with a Land Trust when they wish to permanently protect wetlands, floodplains, farmlands, wildlife corridors, and scenic areas from inappropriate development.

Jefferson Land Trust provides many services to landowners throughout our area. We help choose protection strategies that meet landowners’ conservation and financial needs.

The Land Trust may become the owner of a particular piece of property, or we may hold the development rights transferred by a conservation easement. Through transferring ownership or development rights to the Trust, a property owner may gain access to reductions in both federal and state taxes.

We work creatively with local residents, governments, agencies, and community groups on numerous collaborative projects. These include the Quimper Wildlife Corridor, a greenbelt of wetlands; Chimacum, Salmon and Snow Creeks, salmon habitat protection; and the Food Farm Network, promoting local sustainable agriculture.

Perhaps most importantly, our responsibility as a Land Trust obligates us to maintain a vigilant watch over these protected lands forever.”

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(360) 379-9501

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1033 Lawrence Street Port Townsend, WA 98368 United States

Inventys Thermal Technologies Inc

Inventys Thermal Technologies (Inventys) is a cleantech company that produces technologies for the energy and process industries. It is currently in its first stages of commercializing its patented VeloxoTherm™ gas separation process whereby carbon dioxide is removed from industrial flue gas streams. The recovered CO2 can then be used for enhanced oil recovery or geologically stored – mitigating its impact on climate change.

-From the About Us page of their website

Organization Type: For-Profit Corporation

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(604) 456-0504

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4510 Beedie Street Burnaby, BC Canada

Farm Power

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Farm Power is a Washington and Oregon company that works towards sustainable agriculture and renewable energy. Their facilities use an anaerobic manure digester that harvests methane gas from manure. They use the methane to create electricity and send the manure to their partnered farms to use as an organic fertilizer. Their goal is to build manure digesters for as many dairy farms in the Pacific Northwest as possible. They work with groups of dairy farmers to design regional digesters that can serve multiple farms. By using their digesters they reduce thousands of tons of greenhouse gas emissions per year.

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(360) 424-4519

Sierra Club – Cascade Chapter

The Sierra Club’s tagline is  “Enjoy, explore, and protect the planet.”

As stated on the website:

The priorities of the Washington State Chapter also encompass the crucial third part of the Sierra Club mission: Protect the planet that we love to explore and enjoy. Our volunteers work hard to achieve a broad range of well-defined conservation goals, in ways ranging from hands-on habitat restoration to active lobbying for better legislation.

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(206) 378-0114

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180 Nickerson Street, Suite 202, Seattle, WA 98109

Society for Ecological Restoration Northwest Chapter

Founded in 1995 as a private non-profit, the Society for Ecological Restoration Northwest Chapter (SERNW) is dedicated to the art and science of restoration.  Their focus is on actively protecting and restoring ecosystems in the Cascadia bioregion, which includes Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaha, Alaska and Northern California.


Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation

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(202) 299-9518

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1017 O St NW, Washington DC 20001 USA

Earth Lab

According to their website “EarthLab.com is a leading climate crisis community that provides a practical guide to green living through community interaction, exclusive environmental news, advice from experts and key analysis. EarthLab features a personalized Carbon Calculator, the first Carbon and Lifestyle Calculator of its kind – a unique three-minute survey that generates a carbon footprint score (ECP Score), which members can then save, work to reduce and track their success over time – as a member creates their own personal green strategy”

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(425) 284-4265 x108

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625 4th Avenue, #200 Kirkland, WA 98033 United States