THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND
Erica Gies has researched and written two white papers for The Trust for Public Land, a national, nonprofit, land conservation organization. After months of tracking down materials and reading and processing hundreds of articles and reports, she synthesized the information into concise, current, useful prose. Written for parks and open space advocates and professionals, both papers are intended to make the case for parks as a wise community investment. The Economic Benefits of Parks and Open Spaces will be published in 2009.

	The Health Benefits of Parks [March 2007]
	Forests for a Cooler Future [Winter 2007]
	Playing It Smart! [Summer 2008]

BLUE PLANET RUN: THE RACE TO PROVIDE SAFE DRINKING WATER TO THE WORLD
This 2007 photography book by Rick Smolan and Jennifer Erwitt, the team that created a whole series of "Day in the Life" photo books, was their first project focused on environmental issues. They hired Erica Gies to help generate story ideas about water issues around the world and to research background information to assist the photographers.

GEOGRAPHIC EXPEDITIONS
This high-end travel company has a tradition of being an environmental leader in its field. Erica Gies provided GeoEx with information about carbon offsets, acquired from a wide range of sources. That knowledge helped GeoEx update its responsible travel program. Erica has also helped prepare written materials to communicate this program to clients and colleagues.

	Responsible Travel program