Ecologic Institute, Washington DC, is an independent non-profit think-tank working to improve policies to save the planet. Founded in 2008, its mission is to promote transatlantic understanding of environmental policies, sustainable economic and political development, and environmental protection through research, publications, educational exchanges, and public events. We are affiliated through a cooperative agreement with the Ecologic Institute, a European not-for-profit environmental think-tank established in 1995 with offices in Berlin and Brussels.