Cutting to the core of the climate crisis
STAFF VOICES | Grant Coordinator Madeleine Corich reflects on how she overcame climate despair, by organizing with the youth-led movement Sunrise.
The urgency of voting for the long haul
STAFF VOICES | As Election Day 2018 approaches, our executive director urges voting on behalf of the generations to come
Defining direction for a regional climate response
STAFF VOICES | We’re working hard to shed new light on our regional opportunity to draw carbon out of the atmosphere
Field notes on first foods: Swinomish clambake
STAFF VOICES | Stephanie Gutierrez and David Diaz drove to the Swinomish Reservation this past week to partake in a traditional clambake
Welcome Doe Hatfield
STAFF VOICES | We sit down for a quick Q&A with our new Communications Director, Doe Hatfield
Small insights on the Great Land: A report from Alaska
STAFF VOICES | Our executive director visits Alaska and finds opportunities that benefit the environment and the economy, and advance equity for all
An unexpected dialogue
STAFF VOICES | Amanda Oborne, our VP of Food & Farms, shares lessons she learned on sharing power and privilege while attending a convening of leaders working to create a more equitable and resilient food system
Taking action now: the Tribal Climate Change Project
STAFF VOICES | Throughout the Pacific Northwest, tribes are taking action to fight climate change
Soul food in southeast Alaska
STAFF VOICES | “When I hear the words ‘Soul Food,’ I don’t think Louisiana, I think Alaska,” Miakah Nix says.
An organic reformation?
STAFF VOICES | Our head of Food and Farms reports on what she learned this year at EcoFarm, the Ecological Farming Association conference that has flowered annually in California since 1981.
New connections in our fibershed
STAFF VOICES | There is a growing interest in a regionally-based, responsible fiber economy. And the challenges of scale mirror those in food.
Under water, on fire: Waking up to a new climate reality
STAFF VOICES | In the latest string of extreme natural disasters, we are all made living witnesses to a new geological epoch.
Creating jobs and building equity in the urban forest
STAFF VOICES | A new report by Ecotrust and PolicyLink shows economic and social benefit of increasing equity in the growing green infrastructure industry.
Three things to watch as tall wood buildings rise in the Northwest
STAFF VOICES | A closer look at opportunities in the burgeoning Cross Laminated Timber market
10 things to know about the Elliott State Forest sale
STAFF VOICES | We believe the Elliott State Forest is an invaluable cultural and conservation resource that should be in public or tribal ownership
Culture trumps data: A new myth for our planet
STAFF VOICES | The story of our bioregion is real, immediate, and fundamentally hopeful.