Astrid Scholz, Author at Ecotrust

Sphaera: Helping change-makers do more, faster

Incubated by Ecotrust, Sphaera began as the “Resilience Exchange” envisioned as a global, networked, living library of solutions.

Astrid Scholz
August 27, 2015 27 August 2015

A road transects a plot dark green forest in northern British Columbia

Announcing Commonplace magazine

Announcing the first issue of Commonplace, a chaotic and impassioned celebration of home.

Astrid Scholz
August 27, 2013 01 October 2014

View of an ocean, landscape and blue sky

Offering our innovations to the world

Today, on the eve of the Rio+20 Earth Summit, Ecotrust is joining the Global Partnership for Oceans, backed by the World Bank and joined by major seafood buyers like COSTCO, international aid bodies such as the U.S. Agency for International …

Astrid Scholz
June 16, 2012 01 October 2014

Rialto Beach Sunset

Do you love the ocean? Take the Ecotrust Ocean Day Challenge!

Friday June 8th is World Oceans Day, and the salty homes to 90% of the planet’s living biomass are in peril. Destructive coastal development, industrial agricultural practices, and exploitative fishing practices degrade the fisheries that currently feed millions of people globally …

Astrid Scholz
June 6, 2012 01 October 2014

School for Future Leaders sign on the back of a car in Cambodia

Under the mango tree, a village’s future unfolds

Cambodia — Angkor Wat, this country’s ancient temple complex, may be the eighth wonder of the world, but what’s truly remarkable about Cambodia is what people manage to transport on the ubiquitous 2-seater motor bikes that compete for road space …

Astrid Scholz
March 26, 2012 01 October 2014