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A school of shiny mackerel fish swimming.

True story: How a fish went to school

Enter FoodHub. Mack searched the online directory FoodHub, Ecotrust’s network that connects food buyers and sellers. She found Lyf Gildersleeve of Flying Fish Company. Gildersleeve fishmongers from a 176 square foot shack on Southeast Hawthorne in Portland. He set Mack …

Emma Deans
April 10, 2013 01 October 2014

National Working Waterfronts gathering: seeking innovation in coastal communities

Across the United States, shorelines are getting squeezed. Expanding populations, industries, and potential uses for coastal areas add up to increasing conflicts over access to waterfronts. Communities both large and small are seeking creative solutions to address evolving waterfront challenges. …

Emma Deans
February 21, 2013 04 May 2020

Large crowd watching a speaker indoors

At PNCA: Gregory Dees, social entrepreneurship guru

Gregory Dees is widely recognized as the "father of social entrepreneurship."

Emma Deans
November 5, 2012 12 August 2016

ioby inspires backyard environmentalism through online community

How does one person change the world? Global issues like resource depletion, air pollution, and climate change can feel daunting and even paralyzing to an average citizen wanting to somehow help the environment. To address this feeling of disenfranchisement, three …

Emma Deans
November 2, 2012 01 October 2014

Patagonia National Park

Tompkins Conservation strives for biodiversity in South America

Doug Tompkins founded The North Face. Kris Tompkins served as a long-time CEO of Patagonia. It seems as likely a pairing as any. Now that the two have left the outdoor gear industry, they’ve dedicated themselves to a plethora of …

Emma Deans
October 22, 2012 01 October 2014

View of a city in the background of a pond and trees

Ecodistricts Summit will work on smarter, more resilient cities

The Portland Sustainability Institute will host the 2012 Ecodistricts Summit October 23- 26, as part of the ongoing effort to build smarter, more resilient, and more livable urban districts across the world. Policymakers, planners, developers, business leaders, and financers from around …

Emma Deans
October 11, 2012 07 May 2020