Equitable Evaluation Toolkit

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Projects & Partners › Current Projects Project partners: Austin Advocates With  Insight for Action   Goals 2023 – present Tomatoes. Photo credit: Roland Dahwen Overview Equitable Evaluation Toolkit Partners Ecotrust Staff & Services […]

Forest Bank

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We explore how community-centered management, operationalized by a unique financial model, can lead the way toward climate resilience.

Maps that Matter

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Maps have always been at the heart of Ecotrust’s work to better connect people to the places they live.

The Bullitt Center

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Cities are an integral part of nature. The Bullitt Center demonstrates this principle by blurring the lines between buildings and nature, and giving back more of nature’s benefits than it consumes.

Forestry Tech

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Tools and technology to help forest and land managers make decisions

Tribal Forestry Workforce Development

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Bringing together partners with from economic, natural resource management, research, and education backgrounds to address urban and community tribal forestry workforce needs

Ecotrust CDE & New Markets Tax Credit

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Mobilizing New Markets Tax Credits for projects that strengthen climate resilience, intergenerational wealth-building, and lands and waters stewardship.

Embodied Carbon

Actionable data to facilitate market connections for climate-smart wood producers

Green Workforce Academy

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A paid opportunity for Black, Native, and people of color in Portland who want to learn more about jobs in the green economy.

Systemic Barriers to Land Access

Supporting American Farmland Trust in providing training for agricultural service providers on systemic barriers to land access and tools for choosing creative land access models

Local Link

Bringing together a growing network committed to building thriving local economies, vibrant urban and rural communities, and equitable access to good food

Farm to School

Working with a statewide network to support farm to school programming in Oregon

BIPOC Farm to Market Program

A training program for farmers and producers who are Black, African, Indigenous, and people of color in the Portland Metro area