Five E's mission is to serve scientists, business people, educators, legislators, community organizers, governmental policy makers, rural and urban planners, and the public at large by communicating sustainable development information, invigorating public interest in sustainability issues, and providing sound consultation for guiding sustainable development action taking.

We encourage new working relationships across environmental, economic development, and social justice boundaries. And, we transform decision-making processes by articulating and clarifying crucial controversies and identifying strategies to advance problem-solving that guarantees the meeting of sustainable development objectives by encouraging people to seek common ground solutions.

Our work is designed to demonstrate how sustainable development provides an effective set of organizing principles to guide the seeking of sound solutions, whether one is working on community-based strategic planning design and implementation, conservation-based development and biodiversity maintenance, adaptive coastal zone management, watershed assessment and protection, sustainable agriculture, integrated global climate change mitigation, sustainable economic development in forest-dependent communities, regional comprehensive planning, urban planning and sustainable redesign including low impact development, green building/energy conservation, dispute resolution and mediation, sustainability education and communication, or advancement of ecotourism for sustainable economic development.