“Your ideas present a clear, direct methodology we can—and will—use to show our end user how to maximize their dollars and make the right choice for our environment at the same time. ”

A TESTIMONIAL FROM UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ PURCHASING DEPARTMENT

“I don’t see the downside. I know folks say there will be some kind of economic tax. … I’m not sure anyone who worries about that has done the full analysis.”

Lorraine Bolsinger, the executive in charge of GE’s Ecomagination Initiative.

“Some local officials are betting there is revenue in a forest resource that few appreciated before: the ability of trees to absorb carbon dioxide, a heat-trapping gas that can contribute to global warming.”

NY Times, March 28, 2009

“Saving the world and making a profit is not an either/or proposition.”

Bob Willard, a former IBM(Research) executive and author of The Sustainability Advantage
 

Clients

EcoShift consultants have worked with a range of organizations in the private, public and non-profit sectors. While our work has focused on California clients, we also work with clients across the country and internationally.

UniModal – SkyTran – Personal Rapid Transit
Lifecycle assessment of an emerging technology to increase efficiency in public transportation.

San Jose Mineta Transportation Institute
Assessment of carbon footprint of carsharing programs in Europe and North America

Transportation and Parking Services – University of California, Santa Cruz
Carbon Accounting Tools for Mobile Source Emissions

Client Confidential
Lifecycle Analysis and Environmental Impacts of Solar Photovoltaic Industry

Chancellor’s Council on Climate Change – University of California, Santa Cruz
Life Cycle Costing, Carbon Accounting, and Planning for Cogeneration, Solar, and Biomass Power Generation

ScanEx Imaging
Applicability of GIS for Climate Change Mitigation

Procurement and Business Contracts Group – University of California, Santa Cruz
Education and economic tools for green purchasing

Remote Sensing, Vegetation and Climate Change in Inner Mongolia, China – University of California, Santa Cruz
Remote Sensing and GIS work tracking vegetation shifts resulting from climate change

Interdisciplinary Group on Appropriate Rural Technology, Michoacan, Mexico
Planning, project development, GIS and remote sensing for community involvement in forest resources management

University of Florida
Forest resource management evaluation, GIS and participatory process in Quintana Roo, Mexico.

Roots