Noah Enelow, Author at Ecotrust

A wetland field under sunny blue skies

A greener future for Colwood Wetland

Thanks to for-purpose business practices and unique partnerships, North Portland's Cully community is looking a little greener.

Noah Enelow
September 2, 2016 02 September 2016

Environmental Justice leader Van Jones joins audience members at Portland State University for a photo

Forging a future economy with equity at its heart basis of Van Jones presentation at Portland State University

Van Jones speaks at Portland State University on the essential connection between the environment, social justice, and the economy.

Noah Enelow
November 10, 2015 10 November 2015

Student looking across highway in Cully Neighborhood

Tree city: creating prosperity for all

Ecotrust and our partners will explore the economic impacts of building neighborhood wealth through investments in urban ecosystems.

Noah Enelow
October 15, 2015 10 November 2015

Beyond Bankruptcy: The resilience of Detroit

On Thursday, July 18th, 2013, the City of Detroit made U.S. history with the largest municipal bankruptcy in the country to date. Approximately $18 billion in size, it dwarfed the second-largest, Jefferson County, Alabama, by a factor of four. “There …

Noah Enelow
August 19, 2013 03 May 2016

The Intertwine Alliance: Restoring nature in the city

Imagine yourself at a park in your neighborhood. You might be playing basketball or soccer, running or jogging, lounging in the grass, letting your dog run in the off-leash area, or pushing your kid on the swings. Do you envision …

Noah Enelow
July 23, 2013 01 October 2014

Two children walking towards a lettuce patch.

Urban Farming grows up

Until the recent growth in the popularity of urban farming, it’s unlikely that growing food on a vacant lot in the middle of an American city would be considered a serious urban planning proposal. But at a recent community meeting …

Noah Enelow
February 11, 2013 17 March 2015

Two tractors harvesting crops for biofuel production

Have cellulosic biofuels arrived?

“Our bugs are the best in the business,” Dean Kegler of ZeaChem declares proudly. I’m touring one of the country’s first experiments in cellulosic biofuel production, a demonstration-scale refinery in the small industrial port town of Boardman, Oregon. The bugs …

Noah Enelow
November 30, 2012 01 October 2014

Man standing in front of graffiti wall in Detroit

Resilience on the Brightmoor Farmway

In Spencer Beebe’s recent post “Confluence,” he mentioned Earthworks Urban Farm as an example of the regeneration of Detroit. It’s far from the only example. Ten miles away on the other side of the city, Sam and I saw urban …

Noah Enelow
August 23, 2012 01 October 2014

Aerial of forest land

Future We Want: Local food sovereignty, not land grabs

Most successful means of resistance to land grabbing have been local initiatives for sustainable land use.

Noah Enelow
April 25, 2012 13 March 2020