Ecotrust is a collaborative nonprofit, working with community members and organizations toward a vision of an equitable, prosperous, and climate-smart future
We work in partnership across our region at the intersection of equity, the economy, and the environment. Explore some of our 50+ current projects below.
Slideshow: Harvesting kelp in Southeast Alaska, Bethany Sonsini Goodrich | Restoration through Storytelling gathering at Black Futures Farm, Ben Anang for FLI Social | An acorn found at Hall Mountain Community Forest, managed by the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Sean Gutierrez
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Our strategic goals connect us to this place, to our communities, and to each other. We uplift powerful, community-centered and self-determined initiatives in pursuit of climate resilience, intergenerational wealth-building, and lands and waters stewardship.
—Olivia M. Rebanal,
VP of Social Enterprise & Community Capital
Hear the voices of our region’s leaders and explore stories of home. See some of our latest news below.
Slideshow: Gabe Sheoships (Cayuse/Walla Walla) accepts one of the 2023 Indigenous Leadership Awards, Jason Hill | Red huckleberries harvested in the Tongass National Forest, located in Southeast Alaska. These are the homelands of the Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian Peoples who continue to care for, steward, and honor the lands and waters that sustain all Southeast Alaskans, Bethany Sonsini Goodrich | Ecotrust staff and volunteers help out at Thimbleberry Collaborative Farm, Jason Hill
INTERVIEW | Speaking with the founder of Caitlyn Minimalist, a southern California-based jewelry business that is a 1% for the Planet member and Ecotrust supporter
INTERVIEW | In this conversation with Catherine Nguyen, she discusses her pathway into farming and her family story as the daughter of Vietnamese refugees
INTERVEW | In the third interview of a series about Asian American farming, Emilie Chen speaks with Malia Myers, whose maternal grandparents immigrated from the Philippines to Hawai’i.
Impact
Being transparent about who we are, what we have accomplished, and where we can improve is an important part of becoming an anti-racist organization, and we are committed to growing these practices at Ecotrust.
Ecotrust staff and family pull ivy at a volunteer day in collaboration with Friends of Tryon Creek, 2024. Photo credit: Jason Hill
