Pyramid Climate & Environment

Climate & Environment

Our Earth is sacred, beautiful, and in crisis.

Climate change threatens the health and existence of species and communities around the globe. It demands bold action, rapid decarbonization, and unprecedented collaboration.

Climate change is our greatest collective threat, and our greatest collective calling.

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Who We Are We’re a team of creative strategists, committed to climate and the environment since day one.

For more than three decades, Pyramid has had the honor of working alongside Tribal Nations, organizations, and individuals who are committed to creating a healthier, just future for people and planet.

Highlights include: • Partnering with policymakers to translate technical carbon reduction strategies into meaningful, human stories.

• Following Indigenous leadership in protecting sacred lands from oil and gas drilling.

• Advocating for urban planning that centers community wellness.

• Supporting numerous food systems change efforts.

• Working with partners to protect and restore thousands of acres of wildlife habitat.

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Our Vision We can thrive, not just survive, in a changing climate.

And when we say “we,” we mean all of us—the interconnected people, wildlife, lands, waters, and elements that comprise this spectacular Earth.

You’re doing the work to create a more abundant world for future generations. We’re committed to being your steadfast partner and co-creator in making the change you want to see in the world.

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Issue Areas Your mission is our motivation.

We partner with advocates, activists, strategists, scientists, protectors, and Indigenous leaders like you whose work expands across these interconnected spaces:

Heal thy Communities Urban planning, public health, food systems and sovereignty, waste, buildings, transportation, and all of the spokes on the wheel of wellness in our daily surroundings.

Protection and Restoration Education, policy, and on-the-ground action to heal and preserve habitat, recover wildlife, protect and uphold Tribal treaty rights, and live in more sustainable relationship with the world around us.

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Environmental Justice and Accountability Legislation, litigation, reform, and reparations to dismantle the capitalist systems that created the climate crisis and continue to push BIPOC communities to the front lines of resistance.

Equitable Climate Crisis Solutions Climate adaptation and mitigation to build resilience and pave the path for a just transition to rapid and far-reaching changes in all aspects of society.

Our Role We’re your partner, advisor, and connector.

Our team’s collective resumes run deep and broad, and bring decades of issue-specific experience and connections.

Pyramid’s overlapping work in education, health and well-being, arts and culture, philanthropy, social justice, and Indian Country offers an intersectional lens, deep network, and ability to consider myriad paths forward.

You can count on us to:

Work collaboratively.

The best work is accomplished when we combine our expertise with your experience and vision.

We work best in true partnerships, and invest in long-term relationships.

Bring people together.

In the thick of a climate crisis, coalition-building has never been more important. Our strong network of partners is vital to what we do.

Show up for the big and the small. We know how to think big and how to get our hands dirty in the day-to-day to bring your vision and goals to life.

Center justice and equity.

The people overburdened by environmental and climate impacts they did not create have the solutions we all need. They must be at the table—leading.

Every project is an opportunity for justice and equity.

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Our Position In order to move forward, we must uproot.

In this time of deep global and systemic interconnectedness, we recognize that the root of all injustice is also the root of climate and environmental collapse. Environmental and conservation movements themselves were built on a foundation of racism, anti-Indigeneity, and anti-Blackness.

For centuries, activists on the frontlines have understood that environmental and social justice are one in the same. Now more than ever, environmental organizations are expanding their advocacy and deconstructing their own legacies.

Following Indigenous leadership There is a great need for the environmental community to listen to, align with, and follow Indigenous leadership. Recognizing Indigenous peoples have spent millenia listening and learning relationships of reciprocity with the environment is key for our survival. As these partnerships grow, allies must ensure they always respect and uphold the sovereignty, agency, and power of Tribal Nations and Indigenous communities.

It is our honor to guide clients in their accountability to Indigenous lands and allyship to Native communities. In partnership with Pyramid Communication’s queer- and womenled Indian Country team, we advise organizations in their efforts to act as partners to local Tribes and Indigenous advocates.

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Select Clients American Rivers

Landesa

The Water Foundation

Blackfeet Nation

Long Live the Kings

The Nature Conservancy

Carbon Leadership Forum

Lummi Nation

The Wilderness Society

Mountains to Sound Greenway Trust

Trust for Public Land

Center for Large Landscape Conservation City of Seattle Office of Sustainability and Environment Climate Solutions Colorado Plateau Foundation

National Farm to School Network

Upper Columbia Salmon Recovery Board

Native Organizer’s Alliance

University of Washington Climate Impacts Group

NOAA National Marine Sanctuary Foundation

UW College of the Environment

Natural Resources Defense Council

Washington Conservation Action

PCC Farmland Trust

Washington Governor’s Salmon Recovery Office

Earthjustice Endangered Species Coalition

Ploughshares Fund

Fair Food Network

Puyallup Tribe of Indians

Washington Recreation and Conservation Office

Forterra

Save Our wild Salmon Coalition

Washington State Department of Ecology

Seattle Aquarium

Wildlands Network

Seattle Public Utilities

Yakama Nation

Front and Centered Islandwood King County Dept of Natural Resources and Parks

Sierra Club

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