Meet Keri Wilborn, Green Workforce Academy Coordinator
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PARTNER VOICES | Hear from Keri Wilborn, Green Workforce Academy Coordinator, about her role and the upcoming year for the program
Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian Reservation Youth Leadership Council
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PARTNER VOICES | An interview with members and advisors of the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian Reservation Youth Leadership Council.
Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson (Haida), attorney, author, activist, artist, and musician
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PARTNER VOICES | An interview with Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson, 2023 Indigenous Leadership Awardee
Sgaahl Siid Xyáahl Jaad, Marina Anderson (Haida/Lingít), Director of Sustainable Southeast Partnership
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PARTNER VOICES | An interview with Sg̱aahl Siid Xyáahl Jaad, Marina Anderson, 2023 Indigenous Leadership Awardee
Kh’asheechtlaa, Louise Brady (Lingít), Herring Protectors
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PARTNER VOICES | An interview with Kh’asheechtlaa, Louise Brady, 2023 Indigenous Leadership Awardee
Gabe Sheoships (Cayuse/Walla Walla), Executive Director of Friends of Tryon Creek
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PARTNER VOICES | An interview with Gabe Sheoships, 2023 Indigenous Leadership Awardee
Corine Pearce, Master Weaver, Pomo
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PARTNER VOICES | Learn more about Corine Pearce, who is honored with a 2023 Indigenous Leadership Award as a master artist in basketry.
Frances Charles, Chair, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe
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PARTNER VOICES | Learn more about Frances Charles (Lower Elwha), 2023 Indigenous Leadership Awardee
Alyssa Macy, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
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PARTNER VOICES | A conversation with Alyssa Macy (Wasco/Navajo/Hopi), a recipient of the 2023 Indigenous Leadership Awards
Michelle Week, 2022 Indigenous Leadership Awardee
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PARTNER VOICES | Learn more about Michelle Week, a recipient of the 2022 Indigenous Leadership Award
Julie Kitka, 2022 Indigenous Leadership Awardee
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PARTNER VOICES | Learn more about Julie Kitka who is a recipient of the 2022 Indigenous Leadership Award
Paul Lumley, 2022 Indigenous Leadership Awardee
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PARTNER VOICES | Learn more about Paul Lumley, a recipient of the 2022 Indigenous Leadership Award.
Spring Alaska Schreiner, 2022 Indigenous Leadership Awardee
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PARTNER VOICES | Learn more about Spring Alaska Schreiner, a recipient of the 2022 Indigenous Leadership Award.
On whitebark pine and climate change: A conversation with Michael Durglo, Jr.
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PARTNER VOICES | An interview with Mike Durglo, Jr., the Tribal Historic Preservation Office director for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes.
Passing the mic
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PARTNER VOICES | Rural Reporting Fellow Bethany Goodrich shares how community care, reciprocity, and centering Indigenous voices guide her storytelling.
Ground Up graduates from the Redd
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PARTNER VOICES | Ground Up reaches their goal of moving to their own space and reflects on the positive impact of the Redd on Salmon for their small business
Oregon schools get a taste for local tamales
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PROGRAM UPDATE | New connections bring Tortillería y Tienda De León’s legacy of traditional Mexican food to school lunch trays throughout Oregon.
A legacy of restoration, in living color
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PARTNER VOICES | After more than 20 years of working together to restore their watershed, the Siuslaw Watershed Council enlists our team to help share their story
Umi noodles go to lunch
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PARTNER VOICES | Lola Milholland of Umi Organics shares the story of how she made her organic yakisoba noodles school lunchroom-ready.
Nourishing community at the Redd
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PARTNER VOICES | As a tenant of Redd on Salmon Street, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church found a solution for their food distribution challenges
Impact through community
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PARTNER VOICES | Ecotrust’s Events team is proud to announce our 2018 Community Grant Awardees
From land and sea to chef and table
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PARTNER VOICES |Nate Rispler of Wilder Land & Sea reflects on his experience at the Redd and how he helped launch Portland’s signature meat and seafood distribution company.
The uncertain future of Oregon’s farmland
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PARTNER VOICES | The tidal wave of farmland transition isn’t coming – we’re in the middle of it
Better than best: Betsy’s Bar None
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PARTNER VOICES | Redd tenant Betsy Langton shares her experiences as a first-time businesswoman and the inspiration that launched her product.
Building a food system grounded in justice
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PARTNER VOICES | Ricardo Salvador challenges us to consider the colonial, racist, and extractive underpinnings of our current food system. And to act.
Ricardo Salvador calls for food justice
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PARTNER VOICES | Join us for an inspirational evening at Light Up the Redd on Thursday, October 5 with keynote speaker Ricardo Salvador
Don’t call it climate change
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PARTNER VOICES | On Thursday, April 20, we welcomed best-selling author, environmentalist, entrepreneur, and climate advocate Paul Hawken to present Drawdown
Biomimicry and the Urban Greenprint Seedkit
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PARTNER VOICES | Urban Greenprint contributes this piece on looking to biomimicry to inform building nature-forward urban environments
Following cultural lifeways
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PARTNER VOICES | Oregon Poet Laureate and former Ecotruster, Liz Woody, shared this poem at our 25th anniversary celebration – Roots at the Redd
Elizabeth Woody, Oregon’s Voice
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PARTNER VOICES | Elizabeth Woody, formerly of Ecotrust, will focus her tenure as Oregon’s first Native American Poet Laureate on rural communities
Forging a future economy with equity at its heart
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PARTNER VOICES | Van Jones speaks at Portland State University on the essential connection between the environment, social justice, and the economy