Earth Economics works to identify and focus on research topics that inform good investment in communities and result in measureable on-the ground impact.  Our research is independent, non-partisan and goes through peer review processes that respect a wide diversity of approaches and disciplines.  We routinely publish our work in legal, economic and scientific journals.  The documents below provide a sample of our latest papers in PDF format.   To browse some of our reports in magazine format, please click visit our ISSUU page.


Recent Publications



Factsheet: 2010 Puget Sound Restoration and Protection (2012)

Factsheet: 2011 Puget Sound Restoration and Protection (2012)

Nature’s Value in the McKenzie Watershed: A Rapid Ecosystem Service Valuation (2012)

Ecological Economic Rapid Valuation of the environmental impacts related to land use changes on Industrias Infinito property after resolution 244-2008-SCH of the Conservation Area of Arenal Huetar Norte (2012)

Rapid Assessment of the Economic Value of Wisconsin’s Wetlands (2012)

Economic Impact of Metro Parks Tacoma Ecosystem Services: Economic Impact Study Phase II (2012)

Puget Sound: Washington State's Best Investment (2012)

What's the Economy for, Anyway? (2011 - Bloomsbury Press) by John De Graaf and David K. Batker

Nature's Value in the Skykomish Watershed: A Rapid Ecosystem Service Valuation (2011)

In English: An Ecological Study of Ecuador’s Intag Region: The Environmental Impacts and Potential Rewards of Mining (2011)
En Español: Estudio ecológico de la región de Intag, Ecuador: Impactos ambientales y recompensas potenciales de la minería

How Water Utilities Can Spearhead Natural Capital Accounting (The Solutions Journal, 2011)

The Economics of Change: Catalyzing the Investment Shift Toward a Restorative Built Environment (2011)
with Integrated Real Estate Investment Model Tool (xls)

The Puyallup River Watershed: An Ecological Economic Characterization (2011)

The Whole Economy of the Snohomish Basin: The Essential Economics of Ecosystem Services (2011)


General Publications

What's the Economy for, Anyway? (2011 - Bloomsbury Press) by John De Graaf and David K. Batker

The Ecosystem Promise Meinder Brouwer - David K. Batker, contributor

What is Ecological Economics?

Sustainability through a New Economic Paradigm for the 21st Century

Common Terms in Ecological Economics