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 | Gabe Sheoships (Cayuse/Walla Walla) accepts one of the 2023 Indigenous Leadership Awards, Jason Hill | Restoration through Storytelling gathering at Black Futures Farm, Ben Anang for FLI Social
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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, Chief Impact Officer
Hear the voices of our region’s leaders and explore stories of home. See some of our latest news below.
Slideshow: Ecotrust board member Cat Goughnour address staff members as executive director Ronda Rutledge looks on, Ben Anang for FLI Social | 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
PHOTO ESSAY | See photos and hear from the storytellers of the Restoration Through Storytelling Series
PARTNER VOICES | Learn more about Theresa Sheldon, board of directors for the Tulalip Tribes, who is honored with a 2024 Indigenous Leadership Award.
PARTNER VOICES | The 2024 Indigenous Leadership Awards honors Corinne Sams for her steadfast advocacy for and commitment to the preservation of cultural connections between the peoples of the Umatilla and salmon.
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
