Guides & Toolkits

About to be Flooded?

Practical suggestions for protecting people and property during flooding events.

Annual Case for Support Outline: What Your Donors Need to Know About You… And Will Need to Know Every Year

A short guide to developing compelling Case Statements.

Anti-Greenwashing Educational Toolkit

This toolkit highlights how greenwashing plays out in the push for widespread electrification, which requires lithium and other industrially mined…

Bright Guide

Founded in 2016, ELI’s Blight Revitalization Initiative for Green, Healthy Towns (BRIGHT) helps environmental justice communities craft their own area-wide…

Climate Equity & Community Engagement in Building Electrification

This toolkit was derived from the City of San Francisco’s engagement with Urban Sustainability Directors Network’s Zero Cities Project, a…

Climate Survivor Workbook

This guide is a compilation of activities and resources that were developed and piloted by the Pacific Institute at community meetings,…

Coping with Extreme Heat

The mentally ill are particularly vulnerable during extreme heat periods, with greater morbidity and mortality. These tool kits provide: Educational material…

Diversity Toolkit

The Diversity Toolkit is intended for anyone seeking to strive in an increasingly diverse workforce. It enables leadership staff and…

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Toolkit Volume 1: Internal Organization Practices

This toolkit was created for use by members and partners of the Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed. Volume 1…

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice Toolkit Volume 2: External Engagement Practices

This toolkit is a sequel to the Coalition’s first DEIJ Toolkit, Volume 1: Internal Organizational Practices. The first volume focused…

EPA Climate and Health Assessment Kits

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed climate communication materials that summarize key points from the USGCRP U.S. Climate…

Equitable Adaptation Legal & Policy Toolkit

Many local governments and community-based practitioners are incorporating principles of equity into their climate adaptation planning and implementation. This toolkit…

Evaluating Your Development Plan: A Series of Dashboards for Tracking Progress

The Dashboards guide presents a series of metrics to allow organizations to define and track progress on goals, allowing for…

Expert’s Guide

ELI’s Expert Guide supports environmental leaders with timely, insightful, and impartial analysis on environmental law and governance.

Fighting Monopoly Power

Concentration has reached extreme levels. Most industries are dominated by a handful of corporations. As we detail in this report,…