Spencer Beebe, Founder and Chairman of Ecotrust, and author of Cache: Creating Natural Economies will speak about the unique business model utilized by Ecotrust.
Farmland LP, a private equity fund in Oregon, is upending the traditional (some would say dysfunctional) financial model that leads to those nightmares while practicing sustainable, organic and pasture-based farming methods to boot.
Representatives from eight cities gathered at Portland’s Ecotrust building Tuesday for a workshop designed to train municipal leaders on the art of neighborhood revitalization.
Ecotrust has announced the lineup for their summer event series, Sundown, which is a sort of street-fair/concert to celebrate and raise awareness for green living.
On a very sunny First Thursday in June Ecotrust and Edible Portland invited Portlanders to meet the makers and shakers behind our city’s world-class food scene.
Northern California’s salmon season is in full swing and on San Francisco’s Pier 45, a two-year-old fishermen’s cooperative, the San Francisco Community Fishing Association, is upending a fishing industry dominated by 800-pound gorillas and consolidation.
With the help of a $250,000 grant from the Ocean Protection Council and support from environmental nonprofit Ecotrust, SFCFA also has been able to lease a warehouse on Pier 45 to store its catch, as well as invest in a hoist, freezers and fork trucks.