Tag Archives: Research

Earth Economics

Earth Economics uses principles of economics to find solutions to climate change. Some of the services they provide, taken from their website, are:

Ecosystem Service Valuations: Working with public, private and NGO agencies, Earth Economics’ Ecosystem Service Valuation (ESV) studies quantify the value of the goods and services provided by regional ecosystems. This valuation justifies the shift of investment toward environmental preservation and/or restoration.
Scenario Mapping and Planning: “Working with leading systems modelers, ecologists and hydrologists, Earth Economics analyzes ecosystem services such as freshwater provisioning, carbon sequestration, flood protection, biodiversity and hurricane protection.”
Conversion to Sustainability: Working with the electronic recycling industry, paper mills and other industries, Earth Economics helps catalyze the shift from unsustainable to sustainable technology and industrial processes.

Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation

Website

http://eartheconomics.org/

Contact e-mail

inform@eartheconomics.org

Telephone

(253) 539-4801

Address

107 N. Tacoma Avenue Tacoma, WA 98403

Earth Justice

According to their website“Earth Justice is a non-profit public interest law organization dedicated to protecting the magnificent places, natural resources, and wildlife of this earth, and to defending the right of all people to a healthy environment.”

Conservation of wild areas is natural carbon sequestration.

Organization Type:

Website

http://earthjustice.org/

Contact e-mail

nwoffice@earthjustice.org

Telephone

(206) 343-7340

Address

Northwest 705 Second Avenue Suite 203 Seattle, WA 98104

Pacific Science Center

The Pacific Science center is a hand on science museum that’s goal is to educate the public on science and technology. Their curriculum includes programs that address the challenges of Climate Change, including an exhibit on carbon monitoring and a weekend long program addressing the Arctic and the Antarctic and some of the changes that are happening.

Organization Type: Non-profit Corporation

Website

http://www.pacificsciencecenter.org

Contact e-mail

feedback@pacsci.org

Telephone

(206) 443-2001

Address

200 Second Avenue North Seattle, WA 98109

Pacific Northwest Biochar Initiative

Biochar is a sequestration process of putting charcoal into the soil. This organization is comprised of academics, researchers, engineers, foresters, farmers, and policy experts to look into biochar technology for use in soil amendment.

Organization Type: Not-For-Profit Corporation

Website

http://www.biochar-international.org/regional/pnw

Contact e-mail

jmiedema@peak.org

Telephone

(541) 929-5975

Address

International Biochar Initiative 640 Brook Run Dr. Westerville, OH 43081 United States