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Columbia Land Trust is dedicated to conserving and stewarding the natural landscapes that define the Pacific Northwest. Pitchfork Communications has supported the land trust since 2018, providing strategic communications planning and media outreach for specific projects. 

We partnered with Scheinberg Consulting to complete a communications assessment for the East Cascade Oak Partnership, revealing important insights into the communication preferences of many of the group’s stakeholders. By interviewing stakeholders, conducting research and advising the partnership around a community survey, we learned about specific language to avoid, messages that resonate or alienate, what sources of information stakeholder groups trust, and how to effectively deliver information, or more accurately, how to learn toward a common goal.  

Green Hammer is a leading design-build firm based in Portland, Oregon, creating buildings that are healthy for people and the planet. Since 2008, Green Hammer has led the design-build of nearly four-dozen residences and commercial buildings that have received Passive House, LEED, Earth Advantage, Earth Advantage Net-Zero, or Living Building Challenge™ certification. A Certified B Corporation®, Green Hammer strives to be an example of the change it wants to see in the world by offering health benefits, paid time off, professional development and other opportunities for its employees.

For more than 20 years, New Buildings Institute has been pushing for better energy performance in buildings. NBI works collaboratively with industry market players—governments, utilities, energy efficiency advocates and building professionals—to promote advanced design practices, innovative technologies, public policies and programs that improve energy efficiency. As the building industry has shifted from measuring performance in kilowatt-hours to measuring performance in carbon emissions, NBI has been a key player in shaping the policies and programs that help cities and states set a course toward carbon neutrality.

The Alliance for Higher Education in Prison believes all people, regardless of their location or circumstance, should have access to quality higher education. The nonprofit organization based in Denver, Colorado, is working collaboratively to advance the field of higher education in prison by supporting practitioners and students, producing reliable data and research, and communicating the need, importance, and value of quality higher education in prison.