Ecotrust is a collaborative nonprofit, working with community members and organizations toward a vision of an equitable, prosperous, and climate-smart future
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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: Team and partners behind Local Link 2022, Supreme Optics Photography | Returning home to Sitka, Alaska (Sheet’ká Ḵwáan) after a winter deer hunt, with Mount Verstovia leading the way, Bethany Sonsini Goodrich
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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: The 2021-2022 Viviane Barnett Fellows enjoy a meal with program staff at Black Futures Farm, Jason Hill | Salmon from a fishing trip with Keex’ Kwaan Community Forest Partnership crew members and Organized Village of Kake Natural Resource staff, Bethany Sonsini Goodrich | Blueberries harvested in the alpine of Harbor Mountain near Sitka, Alaska, Bethany Sonsini Goodrich
STAFF VOICES | Ecotrust team member Denise Chin recounts the inspiration behind Mari Kita Makan, a dinner event dedicated to Indonesian, Malaysian, and Singaporean diaspora.
ECOTRUST UPDATE | Ronda Rutledge, Executive Director, shares a foreword with Ecotrust’s 2023 annual report
PARTNER VOICES | Hear from Keri Wilborn, Green Workforce Academy Coordinator, about her role and the upcoming year for the program
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 board during a gathering at the Natural Capital Center, 2023. Photo credit: Jason Hill
