Mari Kita Makan
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STAFF VOICES | Ecotrust team member Denise Chin recounts the inspiration behind Mari Kita Makan, a dinner event dedicated to Indonesian, Malaysian, and Singaporean diaspora.
A conversation with Eric Rodriguez
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STAFF VOICES | Learn more about Ecotrust’s new Director of Food Equity, Eric Rodriguez
Getting to know Ronda Rutledge, Executive Director
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STAFF VOICES | A conversation with Executive Director Ronda Rutledge
Uplifting Farmers in Southeast Alaska
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STAFF VOICES | Southeast Alaska’s Juneau staff supported the Southeast Alaska Farmers Summit with a pre-summit marketing workshop
Celebrating community and traditional foods in Keex’ Kwaan
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PHOTO ESSAY | A look back at the Keex’ Kwaan Traditional Food Fair
From acknowledgement to action
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STAFF VOICES | In place of a land acknowledgement, Ecotrust staff are asking you to support Indigenous communities by taking action
Moving forward, with hope and gratitude
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STAFF VOICES | A departing message from Jeremy Barnicle, Executive Director
Beyond Hispanic Heritage Month: the rich and varied heritages within ‘Latinx’ identities
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STAFF VOICES | Three Ecotrust team members share vulnerably about who they are, their reflections about Latinx Heritage Month, and recommended readings.
Celebrating Asian voices
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STAFF VOICES | Ecotrust staff who are of Asian descent share readings and writings that resonate with their unique experiences.
Introducing Carson Viles
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INTERVIEW | Tribal Network Strategist Carson Viles discusses a growing body of work at Ecotrust around Indigenous stewardship and co-management.
Reflecting on food, roots, and family
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STAFF VOICES | Aaron Vargas, Food Equity Manager, reflects on what inspires his work building equitable regional food systems
Tribes, agencies, and co-management: Indigenous Guardians Programs
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STAFF VOICES | Centering this region’s Indigenous peoples and traditional land and water management knowledges.
Casting a vote for common purpose
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STAFF VOICES | Ecotrust team members discuss what’s at stake in the upcoming election
Building back better
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STAFF VOICES | As we confront the multiple crises here in our home region, we need to think bigger than getting back to “normal”
A conversation with Laurie Dunne
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STAFF VOICES | Indigenous Fellow Laurie Dunne talks about her GIS work, her experience working from home, and her hopes for the future
The future of our forests at the confluence of climate change and wildfire
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STAFF VOICES | This year’s wildfire season has been nothing short of devastating. How did we get here and where do we go from here?
Home fires burning
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STAFF VOICES | As devastating wind-driven fires reshape forest communities up and down the West Coast, a team member reflects on home, partnership, and staying connected.
Climate, land, and BIPOC leadership: Pursuing equity-centered solutions
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ECOTRUST UPDATE | Jamese Kwele spoke on centering equity in climate solutions panel hosted by Rep. Blumenauer.
Update: Keex’ Kwaan Community Forest Partnership
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INTERVIEW | Our team works with the Keex’ Kwaan Community Forest Partnership to keep safety top of mind in planning the summer season
Where to invest now for racial justice in our region
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STAFF VOICES | Building resilient communities, ecosystems, and economies requires a multitude of approaches. These Black-led organizations are showing the way.
Statement of support
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ANNOUNCEMENTS | Economic opportunity, social equity, and environmental well-being cannot be achieved without racial justice.
Love where you live
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STAFF VOICES | This Earth Day, we continue to realize our vision for resilient communities, economies, and ecosystems, in our region and beyond
Update: Farm to School
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INTERVIEW | Angela Hedstrom shares current challenges around keeping farm to school relationships afloat during the COVID-19 crisis.
Update: The Redd on Salmon Street
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INTERVIEW | We connect with the Redd campus manager, B-Line founder, and our VP of events and engagement for an update on activities at the Redd campus amid COVID shutdowns.
A time for connection and resilience
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STAFF VOICES | Amidst uncertainty, we’re looking to stories of resilience to remind us that a new way forward is possible and necessary
Advancing equity in Farm to School education
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STAFF VOICES | In a recent keynote address, Jamese Kwele shared examples of centering equity in Farm to School and where opportunity exists to do more.
Climate threat v. climate opportunity
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ECOTRUST UPDATE | With rapid adoption of forward-looking policies, we have a chance to develop a robust regional response to climate change.
Ecotrust stands with the Global Climate Strike
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STAFF VOICES | As an organization, Ecotrust stands with the Global Climate Strike. We are going to give this challenge everything we’ve got
Cutting to the core of the climate crisis
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STAFF VOICES | Grant Coordinator Madeleine Corich reflects on how she overcame climate despair, by organizing with the youth-led movement Sunrise.
The urgency of voting for the long haul
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STAFF VOICES | As Election Day 2018 approaches, our executive director urges voting on behalf of the generations to come
Defining direction for a regional climate response
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STAFF VOICES | We’re working hard to shed new light on our regional opportunity to draw carbon out of the atmosphere
Field notes on first foods: Swinomish clambake
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STAFF VOICES | Stephanie Gutierrez and David Diaz drove to the Swinomish Reservation this past week to partake in a traditional clambake
Welcome Doe Hatfield
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STAFF VOICES | We sit down for a quick Q&A with our new Communications Director, Doe Hatfield
Small insights on the Great Land: A report from Alaska
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STAFF VOICES | Our executive director visits Alaska and finds opportunities that benefit the environment and the economy, and advance equity for all
An unexpected dialogue
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STAFF VOICES | Amanda Oborne, our VP of Food & Farms, shares lessons she learned on sharing power and privilege while attending a convening of leaders working to create a more equitable and resilient food system
Taking action now: the Tribal Climate Change Project
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STAFF VOICES | Throughout the Pacific Northwest, tribes are taking action to fight climate change
Soul food in southeast Alaska
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STAFF VOICES | “When I hear the words ‘Soul Food,’ I don’t think Louisiana, I think Alaska,” Miakah Nix says.
An organic reformation?
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STAFF VOICES | Our head of Food and Farms reports on what she learned this year at EcoFarm, the Ecological Farming Association conference that has flowered annually in California since 1981.
New connections in our fibershed
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STAFF VOICES | There is a growing interest in a regionally-based, responsible fiber economy. And the challenges of scale mirror those in food.
Under water, on fire: Waking up to a new climate reality
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STAFF VOICES | In the latest string of extreme natural disasters, we are all made living witnesses to a new geological epoch.