Causes: Sustainable

The Story of Stuff Series

The Story of Stuff Project

Sometimes a message arrives just at the right time. Someone says something that everyone's been thinking but has yet to be expressed. It was like that with Annie Leonard's exposé on stuff which brought the world into a conversation she'd been dying to spark.

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The Story of Stuff Series

Sustainability Workshop Series

Autodesk

The world’s cities, buildings and products are designed using Autodesk’s software. So when we set out to teach designers how to create more sustainably, we knew the potential for change was enormous. Together we created the Sustainability Workshop series to accelerate the movement for smart design.

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Sustainability Workshop Series

Peak: Investing at the Edge of Ecological Limits

Portfolio 21

Our economy relies on the Earth’s ecology. This should be obvious, but most investment strategies refuse to take this simple fact into account. Portfolio 21's powerful report changes the whole conversation.

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Peak: Investing at the Edge of Ecological Limits

NRDC Organizational Website

Natural Resources Defense Council

A cornerstone of the environmental movement for decades, NRDC is a hero brand for us. We helped them develop a new engagement-focused voice by redesigning their web presence.

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NRDC Organizational Website

National High School Climate Assemblies

Alliance for Climate Education

Sure, the Internet is great for moving minds. But what about a brand designed to meet millions of people face-to-face? We found out that it’s not easy but it is incredibly rewarding when it works. With ACE, we’ve taught high-schoolers across the country about climate change.

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National High School Climate Assemblies

RU4YNP? Protect Yellowstone Campaign

Greater Yellowstone Coalition

Winning our Youtopia grant has been transformational for several brands and campaigns over the years. But our trip to Yellowstone for the 2010 winner, and the media we created from it, also transformed us.

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RU4YNP? Protect Yellowstone Campaign

The Meatrix

GRACE

"Have you heard of the Meatrix?" With these now-famous words Moopheus drew Leo the pig and more than 25 million viewers into the hidden world of factory farming. If you haven't taken the red pill yet, it's time.

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The Meatrix

Shareable Online Community

The Schecter Family Foundation

Sharing, or "Collaborative Consumption" as some call it, is one of the most exciting trends of this decade — for sustainability and for human happiness. We're proud to have designed the brand at the heart of this movement, with true visionaries and a foundation willing to take a stand.

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Shareable Online Community

50 Years of Making Waves

Save the Bay

For Save the Bay's 50-year celebration, we brought their story to life with a unique visual storytelling approach.

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50 Years of Making Waves

Because the World Needs to Know

350.org

350.org has done incredible things in their few years of existence – like organizing more than a thousand simultaneous climate demonstrations. It doesn’t hurt that they have a great video to get activists excited.

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Because the World Needs to Know

Grocery Store Wars

The Organic Trade Association

"These are dark times young Cuke." Indeed Obi Wan Conoli. Indeed. The market has been taken over by an empire of toxic food that seeks to destroy all that is good. Can Cuke use the Farm and destroy Darth Tater? Find out.

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Grocery Store Wars

Every Purchase Matters

Fair Trade USA

You've seen the labels everywhere, but have you stopped to consider what Fair Trade really means? We helped Fair Trade USA bring the concept to simple and vivid life.

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Every Purchase Matters

Green Mountain Corporate Responsibility Reports

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters has been working for years to “brew a better world,” and Free Range has collaborated to illustrate their evolution and successes.

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Green Mountain Corporate Responsibility Reports

The Bay vs. The Bag

Save the Bay

Imagine what would happen if all our plastic trash came back to haunt us. Save the Bay helped viewers do that and moved some serious legislative change as a result.

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The Bay vs. The Bag