Yakama Nation member Paul Lumley was among four tribal leaders in the Pacific Northwest honored with the 2022 Ecotrust Indigenous Leadership Award. A ceremony is planned June 23 in Portland.
One of the three examples examined in this article is the partnership between the Swinomish Indian tribe and Ecotrust in developing a new forest management plan. The resulting Swinomish Forest Bank illustrates how ecosystem markets can be inaccessible to Indigenous peoples due to histories of land fractionation and presents a strategy that respects and acknowledges this history, while also creating new legal structures to enable that access.
A look at food hubs, including the Redd on Salmon Street, across the Pacific Northwest, the benefits they provide local food systems, and the challenges they’ve navigated during the COVID-19 pandemic
Sustainable Southeast Partnership’s (SSP) program director, Ralph Wolfe, Góos’k’, discusses the potential and limits of a $20 million dollar fund, with a mention to a study done by Ecotrust showing the impact of dollars invested in SSP.
A USDA Regional Food Systems Partnerships grant has been awarded to a collaborative of partners: OSU Center for Small Farms & Community Food Systems, Oregon Food Hub Network, which is part of the Oregon Community Food Systems Network; Black Food Sovereignty Coalition; Ecotrust; Oregon Climate & Agriculture Network; Oregon Economic Development Districts; Market of Choice and the Oregon Department of Agriculture.
Nikeisah Newton, chef and owner of Meals 4 Heels, recounts designing her food delivery business for BIPOC sex workers in Portland and pivoting during the pandemic to support sex workers and the larger community in other ways. A partnership with Ecotrust has brought Newton’s cooking, centering Black American dishes, to the Powerhouse at the Redd on Salmon Street.
Shiny Flanary, creator and manager of Come Thru Market, describes her purpose and journey to create a Black- and Indigenous-centered farmers market, including a partnership with Ecotrust to host the market biweekly at the Redd on Salmon Street.
Meals 4 Heels partners with Ecotrust to open a brick-and-mortar location at the Redd on Salmon Street campus. Meals 4 Heels began as a nutritious, vegan and vegetarian meal delivery service for Portland’s sex worker community and is now serving take-away meals to all from the Powerhouse Cafe window.
Ecotrust is part of a collaborative project team that is organizing a series of events to connect health care representatives with high protein plant producers in the region.
As the Duke of Sussex steps into his new role as Chief Impact Officer at a for-profit startup company, Marketplace examines the recentness and functions of Chief Impact Officer roles, including the goals that Ecotrust’s first Chief Impact Officer, Olivia Rebanal, plans to achieve.
Big Tourism host Arica Sears interviews Knowledge Systems Director Jon Bonkoski of Ecotrust and Rachel and Brendan Jones of Finn Alley Fishing as they look at pescatourism from a research lens, as well as from real experience in southeast Alaska.
In this podcast episode of #Changemakers, Executive Director Jeremy Barnicle reflects on how his time at Princeton SPIA — both as a student and later as a lecturer — shaped his approach to leadership. #Changemakers is a podcast series featuring the many Princeton SPIA alumni who built up their policy toolkits at Princeton and went on to change their communities.
Forest products in North America are often considered carbon neutral. Director of Forestry and Analytics David Diaz writes about how that assumption obscures the wood products that are harvested through climate-smart forestry and his simple solution to improve life cycle assessments of wood.
Now open at the Natural Capital Center, República is a dining concept created by Angel Medina, Chef Lauro Romero, and Chef Olivia Bartruff that celebrates their long-time vision for Mexican cuisine. Signature dishes include the torta de cochinita, quesadilla oaxaqueña, pistachio flan brûlée, and paste.
Over the last decade, California established an extensive network of marine protected areas (MPAs) along the coast. Now we’re working with partners to understand the impacts of MPAs, for both fishers and fish.
Food & Farms Coordinator Yolimar Rivera Vázquez is among those featured in these profiles of Washington residents who are combatting climate change. Yolimar’s work explores the question of how communities of color can overcome transportation, housing, and other challenges made worse by climate change.
Redd campus manager Emma Sharer and Food, Farms, and Fisheries team members Tyson Rasor and Maia Hardy discuss the impacts of the pandemic on small food producers and ways in which the Redd on Salmon Street has helped to address gaps in the disrupted regional food system.
Moving into the former Laughing Planet space in the Ecotrust building and opening later this fall, República is a cafe created through the partnership of La Perlita owner Angel Medina, Chef Lauro Romero, and pastry chef Olivia Bartruff. In addition to guisados and masa, República will also feature Mexican wines, pastries, and more.
A network of partners, including Ecotrust, are building the capacity of the Indigenous Guardians program, a long-term partnership agreement signed by the Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska and USDA Forest Service.
