What We Offer

Our tools for building collective change

Above: Brody Abbott, former Ecotruster and founding member of the Green Workforce Collaborative, participates in an arborist workshop with Treecology at the Natural Capital Center. The Green Workforce Collaborative is a partnership between Ecotrust, The Blueprint Foundation, Wisdom of the Elders, Self Enhancement Inc., and the Native American Youth and Family Center. Video credit: Alex Emberlin

We creatively combine our services for the greatest collective impact.

The services on this page are people-powered and reflect the collective experience and expertise of our 60+ staff , who are working across the region with our partners to support climate resilience, build broadly shared intergenerational wealth, and expand lands and waters stewardship.

The tools

PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT and implementation

Large group facilitation
Developing ideas into programs
Affected people/community analysis
Program evaluation and reporting
Measuring progress in racial equity

CAPACITY BUILDING

Leadership development
Culturally competent curriculum development
Business planning
Venue space and event support
Fundraising
New Markets Tax Credit
Grants

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Economic analysis
Measurement frameworks and indicators
Decision-support tools
Operations planning and value-chain coordination
Spatial analysis
Software development
Cartography

ADVOCACY and Communications

Advisory group convening and participation
Policy support and amplifying messages
Event production
Branding and marketing
Design
Storytelling

Our program opportunities combine multiple services for transformative impact.

Interested in bringing our toolkit of capabilities to your work or your community?

Tools in Action

As a partner in grant-funded work, a skilled consultant, or a direct service provider, Ecotrust has the ability to combine services for powerful impact. Check out our Current Projects for examples of how we activate our toolkit of capabilities in collaborative projects that build climate resilience, broadly shared intergenerational wealth, and lands and waters stewardship across our region.

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Ecotrust’s work around linking the carbon dynamics of the forest with wood product procurement has been invaluable to the architectural design community. Their research has provided one of the few roadmaps for our clients to understand the full environmental performance of their mass timber structures and constituent supply chains.

—Jacob Dunn, Principal at ZGF Architects

Emilie Chen, Jessica Douglas (Ecotrust staff), with Ted Davee, Henry Craddoc, and Roland Dahwen (Patuá Films) interview Thomas Belt, Cherokee language scholar, as part of a contract project with the Intertribal Timber Council. Photo credit: Sean Gutierrez

Tyson Rasor, Fisheries & Food Systems Program Manager, tries a sample from Eleni Woldeyes, founder and manager of Eleni’s Kitchen at Local Link 2022. Photo credit: Supreme Optics Photography

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