Case Studies

CBI works with the Hudson River Sustainable Shorelines Project to facilitate a research and stakeholder engagement process, through collaboratively gathering, synthesizing, and distributing ecological, engineering, economic, management and regulatory data on how best to manage the shoreline in light of projected sea level rise.

Convened by the World Wildlife Federation, CBI facilitates the multi-stakeholder Aquaculture Dialogues, to help set global, environmental, and social standards for responsible production of farmed salmon, shrimp, tilapia, and other species.

CBI facilitates a stakeholder engagement visioning process for the Borderlands Project's Village Innovation Pilot, helping two towns along the rural Connecticut - Rhode Island border collaboratively create a plan for future development.

CBI helps the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration and the Coastal States Organization optimize their stakeholder engagement approach for revising the Coastal Zone Management Act.

The Kellogg Foundation asks CBI to design and facilitate a collaborative process that would enable The Farm and Food Policy Project's six diverse organizations to work toward the goal of building a more sustainable U.S. food and agriculture system.

CBI facilitates meetings on hydraulic fracturing for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, bringing together technical experts from across the country.

CBI designs and implements a community engagement process to explore local interests and concerns regarding a proposed wind energy project working with a team of representatives from the Orton Family Foundation, and the Town and the Village of Manchester, Vermont.

CBI designs and facilitates a structured, integrated decision-making process for the Massachusetts Military Reservation Superfund cleanup site, with a focus on inter-agency negotiation and stakeholder engagement.

CBI assists the National Park Service and Cape Cod National Seashore and stakeholders to develop a plan for maintaining historic dune shacks and providing public access in a manner that is consistent with important traditions and historic qualities.

CBI serves as consultant to the Getty Conservation Institute on a project to improve heritage professionals' capacity to constructively engage stakeholders around the sustainable management of cultural heritage places.

CBI helps Delaware organize and convene a policy dialogue on financing wastewater and stormwater infrastructure, incorporating stakeholders from across the state.

CBI conducts facilitates a negotiated rulemaking process on school maintenance funding for the Bureau of Indian Affairs 185 BIE-funded schools.