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Spencer Beebe hands over the reins at Ecotrust

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  • Ecotrust announced Thursday that Spencer Beebe, the organization’s founder and president, would assume the role of board chairman.
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Best of 2012: top voices blog posts from the year

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  • This year, some of our top news stories of the year led to our most-read Voices blogs, along with some new ideas.
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Beebe not going far as Ecotrust plans further growth

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  • Spencer Beebe is leaving the job he invented two decades ago, but the father of Portland’s Ecotrust wants everyone to know he’s not going far.
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Beebe will remain involved at Ecotrust

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  • Spencer Beebe is leaving the job he invented two decades ago, but the father of Portland’s Ecotrust wants everyone to know he’s not going far.
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Ecotrust: conservation through community economic development

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  • Ecotrust helped Alaska fishermen accomplish a drop in bycatch by partnering with them to create the Alaska Sustainable Fisheries Trust.
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Sharecroppers of the sea

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  • As Alaska’s deadliest catches become more regulated, “slipper skippers” exploit those who actually fish.
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Program to put Alaska-grown food into local schools sees success in 2012

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  • Two years ago, Alaska’s Farm to School Program was just getting started. In 2012, the program reached more than 20,000 students.
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A delicious blind date

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  • Ecotrust is bringing back their popular Blind Tasting Bingo events, featuring Portland’s top women chefs and a chance to put your senses to the test.
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Stiglitz and the WEF: Making the Connection between Climate Change and Economics

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  • The World Economic Forum kicks off in Davos this week.
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Joseph Stiglitz and the World Economic Forum: Making the Connection Between Climate Change and Economics

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  • On Monday the World Economic Forum (WEF) kicked off in Davos.
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More Oregon school districts land farm-to-school grants

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  • Eleven school districts will share $189,140 in state funding to purchase Oregon-grown food and implement garden-based education programs in their schools.
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Small bites: Blind-Tasting Bingo, more food events and contests

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  • Ecotrust and Edible Portland magazine are bringing back Blind-Tasting Bingo.
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Oregon awards farm-to-school grants

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  • Department of Education awarded 11 school districts $189,140 in farm-to-school and school-garden grants.
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School grants awards

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  • The Oregon Department of Education has announced it has awarded 11 Oregon school districts $189,140 in grants for farm-to-school and school-garden programs.
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Super Bowl “Farmers” ad: heartfelt and misleading

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  • Hearing Paul Harvey’s voice and seeing pictures of those incredible farmers and their families struck a chord.
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Centennial School District uses state farm-to-school grant to buy local produce and meat for student meals

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  • A new “from scratch” lunch will be made with locally produced foods in Centennial School District cafeterias.
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Sheeran: Our economy depends on climate action, hold Barack Obama to his promise

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  • In his inaugural address, Obama promised action on climate change, and we all must hold him to that promise.
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Ignoring climate change hurts economy

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  • Knowledge comes from seeing past missteps clearly. But we won’t learn the lesson failure offers unless we acknowledge what is going wrong.
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North Pacific council talks Gulf of Alaska trawl bycatch

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  • The North Pacific Fishery Management Council modified its purpose and need statement regarding Gulf of Alaska trawl fleet bycatch at its Portland meeting, and asked for an expanded discussion paper on those issues.
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Ecotrust considers an expanded Natural Capital Fund

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  • It may not be common for a nonprofit to run its own investment fund, but Spencer Beebe didn’t establish Ecotrust 22 years ago with a goal to fit in.