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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
PARTNER VOICES | Lola Milholland of Umi Organics shares the story of how she made her organic yakisoba noodles school lunchroom-ready.
INTERVIEW | Our Ag of the Middle Program Manager, Maia Hardy, interviews rancher and Accelerator participant, Jared Gartner
INTERVIEW | The story behind the Heiltsuk First Nation Investigating and eventually litigating a 2016 diesel spill in unceded territorial waters
ECOTRUST UPDATE | Attendees of the Redd on Salmon Street’s grand opening event tasted the future we’re working toward
INTERVIEW | Jessie Housty of the Heiltsuk First Nation shares the social and economic impacts following the grounding of the Nathan E. Stewart.
PROGRAM UPDATE | Our new Rural Reporting Fellowship will provide support for in-depth reporting on climate change from a rural perspective.
ECOTRUST UPDATE | With the historic renovation complete at Redd East,the two-block campus is complete and ready to host the community
ECOTRUST UPDATE | With your support, we furthered new ways of living and doing business in 2018
PARTNER VOICES | As a tenant of Redd on Salmon Street, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church found a solution for their food distribution challenges
STAFF VOICES | As Election Day 2018 approaches, our executive director urges voting on behalf of the generations to come
INTERVIEW | Our Event Centers are proud to offer a catering list that is delicious, community-minded, and culturally-specific. Meet the latest addition
STAFF VOICES | We’re working hard to shed new light on our regional opportunity to draw carbon out of the atmosphere
PHOTO ESSAY | On September 8, 2018, more than 75 Hoonah locals headed for the Yaakw Kahidi (Canoe Shed) for the first Huna Traditional Food Fair.
INTERVIEW | Lisa Watt and Doe Hatfield interviewed Alan Parker following the publication of his recent book, Pathways to Indigenous Nation Sovereignty
PROGRAM UPDATE | Now in its second year, we’re accepting applications for our Ag of the Middle Accelerator, a unique business development program
PROGRAM UPDATE | Indigenous fellow Miakah Nix reports on preparing for a traditional foods fair in southeast Alaska
ECOTRUST UPDATE | Our new peer-reviewed study finds additional carbon storage potential through just two components of FSC management.
PROGRAM UPDATE | As the seasons change, the community at the Redd continues to strengthen their connections to one another and build their businesses
PROGRAM UPDATE | New Markets Tax Credits deliver environmental, social, and economic benefits to economically distressed communities when little else can
STAFF VOICES | Stephanie Gutierrez and David Diaz drove to the Swinomish Reservation this past week to partake in a traditional clambake
STAFF VOICES | We sit down for a quick Q&A with our new Communications Director, Doe Hatfield
PARTNER VOICES | Ecotrust’s Events team is proud to announce our 2018 Community Grant Awardees
STAFF VOICES | Our executive director visits Alaska and finds opportunities that benefit the environment and the economy, and advance equity for all
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
PROGRAM UPDATE | We welcome coffee shop La Perlita to the Natural Capital Center, and prepare to open our newest event space
PROGRAM UPDATE | At Hoonah’s Haa Tóo Yéi Yatee Culture Camp, students are learning about their culture and building its vibrant future
STAFF VOICES | Throughout the Pacific Northwest, tribes are taking action to fight climate change
STAFF VOICES | “When I hear the words ‘Soul Food,’ I don’t think Louisiana, I think Alaska,” Miakah Nix says.
PROGRAM UPDATE | Our head of Fisheries reports back on what she learned this year at Slow Fish San Francisco, a briny conference that brings together fish advocates from across the country to shuck, slurp, converse, and celebrate