Meet Ecotrust

Northeast Portland raised, Urban Planner by trade. Advocate for prison reform, education, and the mobilization of Social Justice. Likes: sports, food, music, and traveling.

Global and local adventurer. Strategic calendar and dinner-party planner. New mother on the steepest learning curve of life. Rookie fly caster, determined river wader. Flower child with an edge.

Indiscriminately curious pop-culture junkie with a nostalgic heart and an involuntary desire to put tahini on everything. Lover of community, flowers, obstacle courses, sincerity and French.

Strategist and storyteller. Policy and philanthropy wonk. Twin father transitioning from frequent flier to bike commuter. Occasionally ditches work for outdoor fun.

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Native Oregonian. Lover of fresh corn, donkeys, and stories. Happiest when cooking with family and friends.

Inspired by new surroundings. Big fan of good food, family, red wine, and shaggy dogs. Can be found in the kitchen, in the trees, or on the pitch.

Map maker working to better understand the intersection of economy, environment, and equity. Committed bike commuter. Husband and father. Sports fan. I like good food, too.

Small-town Midwesterner with farmer roots. Advocate and facilitator of social justice. Strategic systems-thinker. Bike commuter aspiring to grow food and live simply with my wife, cat, and dog.

Travel hacker, gastronaut, book listener, gym mouse. Social introvert, professional extrovert. Government wonk with a sense of humor. Making a difference one spreadsheet at a time.

A recovering hi-tech businessperson finally scratching that itch to make the world better. Lover of urban areas with rural sensibilities. Hopeful problem solver. Happiest behind the oars, on the trail, or sitting at a local café most anywhere in the world.

Eternal optimist, Francophile, mother, and lover of gatherings. Enjoys walks on the beach, traveling to new wine regions, and feeding people.

Tea drinker, deep thinker. Daughter of two generations of immigrants. A lazy birder, who is happy with binoculars, a big camera, or just good ol’ fashioned squinting at the rustling in the bushes. Posts bird pictures to Instagram @watchingtrees.

New mom. Lover of screen printing, transparency, repetition, gift economies, rabbits, fluorescent ink, cooperative ownership, collective management, foraging, sharing meals, in-between spaces, print publications, and the right to useful unemployment (thank you Ivan Illich). Valley girl.

A storyteller at heart. A listener, interpreter, community facilitator and advocate. Happiest when greeting the sunrise in the backcountry or learning about nature. Ramen enthusiast. Proud parent of adopted fluffer pupper Lucy, lover of table scraps. Follow adventures on Instagram @luseatosky.

User and dreamer of 21st-century technology to help communities restore and protect forests and green the built environment. Used to raise butterflies. Now raises kids.

Illustrator and maker of things. Farm boy. Loves gift-giving, constellations, symmetry, sewing clothes, home-cooked meals, translating French poetry, Michel Gondry, hot tea, PNW weather, attempting difficult hikes, running and cycling, and making comic strips of things friends do. Often found at local music shows.

Data nerd and ecosystem science translator. Sustainable forestry fortuneteller. Addicted to trail running, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and home-brewing beer.

Hapa Haole with SF Bay Area roots. Passionate change-maker disguised as a mild-mannered accountant. Ardent advocate of quadruple-bottom-line business practices. Avid cook, forager, and outdoor adventurer. Ex-collegiate footballer. Most importantly, the doting dad of two incredible daughters. Sustained by: laughter, proximity to water, ahi poke, and yerba mate tea.

Part-time events coordinator, full-time sustainable food systems activist. A lover of grilled fruit, campfire aromas and rooftops with a view. Enjoys being lured into exercising with the promise of outdoor adventures.

Depaver promoting urban greenspace, supporter of the arts and book enthusiast. Hands-on learner and collaborator committed to driving radical, practical change. Can often be found with a camera in tow exploring near and far.

Interdisciplinary economist, social justice advocate, big picture thinker, coffee drinker, sometimes blogger, music enthusiast; love to spend my time in and around mountains.

Writer and worker bee. Surfer, poet, singer, and salsa dancer. Loves wine-filled potlucks, being an auntie, mixing the perfect pie crust, and laughing up a storm.

“When members of a society wish to secure that society’s rich heritage they cherish their arts and respect their artists. The esteem with which we regard the multiple cultures offered in our country enhances our possibilities for healthy survival and continued social development.” – Maya Angelou

Pollinator of people and ideas. Serial optimist– usually laughing. Forever amazed and in love with soil. Happiest on a lake (especially the Great ones), or on a bike.

Raised in the Blue Ridge Mountains, now at home with family in the Cascades. Keen listener, enthusiastic planner, ice cream lover, and passionate advocate. Enjoys nothing more than loading up a pack and setting out into the wilderness.

Loves how much words matter. Eats all the vegetables. Amateur poet. Mother. Green Mountains born and raised. Shouts “Whoop!” when powder skiing.

Teacher-learner connecting classrooms, cafeterias, and communities. Enjoys alliteration, writing letters, the color of chicory flowers, and picnics.

Little-known creature with unverified sightings in the Pacific Northwest and India. Likes to help people and places with code, music, and cheer.

Here’s my daily credo: “Infuse your life with action. Don’t wait for it to happen. Make it happen. Make your own future. Make your own hope. Make your own love. And whatever your beliefs, honor your creator, not by passively waiting for grace to come down from upon high, but by doing what you can make grace happen… yourself, right now, right down here on Earth.” (inspired by Bradley Whitford)

Adventure Capitalist. Hugs trees and dances with rivers. Loves his sons’ laughs, Oregon berries, and warm slippers after taking off boots.

Event wrangler. Planner of experiences that engage communities to learn, eat, listen, drink, and be merry. Inspired by growing a jungle of plants, hiking the Cascades in every season, and learning through new travels.

Conjurer of Black girl magic. Emergent strategy enthusiast. My ancestors’ wildest dreams. Soul rebel. Mama of two. Shaping change while being shaped by change. Afrofuturist reclaiming the right to radical imagination. Fueled by authentic connection, subversive humor and deep joy.

Problem solver, modeler, map-maker, data explorer. Addicted to learning. Serious about adventures. Naturally ridiculous.

Mother of two zany boys, foodie, gardener, and would-be skateboarder. Enjoys uproarious laughter, good times, and close friends. Cat lady. Bookworm and library lover.

Peace Corps volunteer, thru hiker, gravel biker, caretaker of an historic Steiner log cabin, and father of a sassy kiddo.

Systems thinker, incentive believer, garden tinkerer, and desperate sun-seeker. Will play pranks.

Father, runner, bike commuter, committed to helping others use maps, data, science, and tools to make our world a better place.

Proud Haida-Tsimshian woman. Doesn’t believe in “wilderness”; believes in Indigenous homelands. Comes alive for traditional foods, wild mushrooms, and gardening. Dog-less dog lover. Bather in cold mountain streams, rivers, lakes, and oceans. Athlete and Auntie: athletic Auntie? Follow Instagram adventures @miakahnix.

Conscientious eater, for-profit/for-purpose optimist, straight-talker, enthusiastic collaborator, artisan beverage imbiber.

Professional amateur. Part-time adult. Thrives near tide pools. Appreciates public transit. Checks the weather before going outside less often than she should.

Free thinking child at heart. Heals through food choices. Breathes deeply in nature. Musical Being. Likes harmony. Loves learning.

Professional developer of the web and software. Amateur bryologist, geologist, paleontologist, arborist, cosmologist, numismatist, philatelist, ornithologist, bibliophile, and scutelliphile.

Food enthusiast. Fish is food. Work hard, eat good. Eat good, feel good. Feel good, play good. Re-creator of self through experiential learning.

Seeker of hot springs and saunas. Plant nerd, mushroom forager, climber of rocks, and maker of clothes. Dog mom to one energetic blue heeler pup, Tepals. Wakes up for coffee, systems change, radical self compassion, and social justice.

Quiet observer. Strong advocate. Obsessed with airplanes. Dreams of living in a tiny house, in the forest, by a river with a rescued foxhound.

Passionate about food and working for a sustainable future. Habitual list maker, proud Puerto Rican and ocean lover. Happiest in or near water. Likes to travel to new places, meet new people and cultures, work in the garden, and advocate for equity and social justice.

Fundraiser. Book lover. Favorite meal is a hotdog at the ballpark. Believes in the healing power of a good road trip.

Detail-orientated night owl operating mostly behind-the-scenes in a supportive role for the events team. Loves yoga, basketball, video games, and drinking only the finest of chocolate milks.

Cultural anthropologist with an insatiable curiosity. Spanish-speaking black belt dedicated to building regional food supply chains that restore and inspire our environment and communities. Exuberant outdoors adventurer in pursuit of fresh trails to run, new mountains to ski and rivers to fish.

Local food fanatic, public health geek, school food advocate. Builder of networks and connector of people. Committed bike commuter and avid yogini. Canadian acro ninja!

Seeking sun, rivers, craft beers and coffee in bed. Enthusiastic for change.

Addicted to Taiwanese tea and David Attenborough, foraging for fungi and hot springs and plotting my next artistic project. Enthusiastic about bridging communities with art, radical solutions to big problems and the power of a well organized google drive to make anything possible.

Map maker, pattern finder, nerd-to-English translator. Believes that wool is the new kale. Travels by bike, hiking boots, or knife & fork.

Coordinator of tasks, enabler of people, food system geek & immigrant rights advocate. Mexican heritage, California raised & Pacific Northwest rooted.

Travel loving pluviophile. Scottish and Ottawa by blood, British by birth. Any day I learn something new is a good day.  If I don’t know how to do something, I want to learn how.

Museum geek supreme, art, dog, candy, dessert lover (all in equal measure), Portland Timbers season ticket holder and massive fan of the 5 am Saturday/Sunday Premier League matches on NBCSN. First office job in 18 years. Need new clothes.

Herding cats for dog people….Can be bribed with chocolate.