inspiring and empowering communities everywhere to protect and restore our world
Research + Analysis
We provide the reliable data, insightful analysis, and informed recommendations that help our clients chart a clear course of action.
Planning + Facilitation
We work with clients to design strategies and action plans that are tailored to community needs and priorities.
Communications + Engagement
We bring community members into research, decisionmaking, and action to help ensure a more resilient and sustainable future for all.
Insight. Strategy. Impact.
Cascadia Consulting Group is a small, majority women-owned consulting firm based in Seattle, Washington with an office in Oakland, California and remote locations nationwide. Our team of nearly 100 staff works across sectors to advance environmental and social goals, collaborating across three core skill areas: research + analysis, planning + facilitation, and communications + engagement. We apply these skills collaboratively and impactfully across a wide range of topic areas, described below.
Within these core teams, staff provide additional cross-cutting expertise related to Quality, Accessibility, Graphic Design, GIS/Mapping, Language Access, and Event Planning/Logistics Coordination, delivering insight, strategy, and impact for clients and communities across North America.
What we bring
Broad Expertise
Circularity + Waste Management
We innovate across sectors to prevent waste, support recovery and reuse, and inform policy and programs with reliable data.
Climate Change + Sustainability
We partner with clients to understand climate science, engage communities, and co-design action plans.
Clean Energy + Decarbonization
We deliver thoughtful policies, programs, and technical assistance to improve energy efficiency and promote renewables.
Community + Environmental Justice
We embed environmental justice principles into our work to ensure that all communities are represented and that solutions uplift those most burdened by environmental challenges.
Land, Water + Natural Ecosystems
We support jurisdictions and partnerships working to protect and restore healthy air, clean water, and vital natural resources.
Connected, Resilient Communities
We help expand access to and adoption of transportation and mobility options that reduce emissions and support more connected and resilient communities.
How We Deliver
Cross-Cutting Services
Where We Make a Difference
Featured Projects
Restaurant Grease Disposal Community Jobs Program
We developed and implemented a FOG interceptor training program to support local businesses with FOG compliance.
Cascadia partners with the Seattle Center to reduce landfill disposal by 50% by 2030
Eastside Waste Prevention Campaign
We worked with a partnership of Eastside cities to encourage durable and reusable item adoption using CBSM tactics.
Oakland Recycles: Contamination Critters
We created a “contamination critters” campaign to help residents recognize contaminants when recycling.
Environmental Justice Analysis for ACRP
We completed an EJ analysis on climate guidance, resources, and tools developed by the ACRP.
Duwamish Valley (WA) Youth Corps Engagement
We worked with students to create messaging that could help prevent pollution in the Duwamish.
Seattle Trees for Neighborhoods Program
We helped Seattle create and implement an inclusive resident awareness campaign to grow canopy in local neighborhoods.
Washington Statewide Memory Loss Awareness Campaigns
We used CBSM to help spread awareness of memory loss risks among Black and African American communities in WA.
Centering Community Voices in Pico Rivera’s Climate Action Plan
Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Bin Inventory
We’re working with BART to determine healthy and achievable diversion targets for stations citywide.