Hear the voices of our region’s leaders and explore stories of home on the Ecotrust blog. Learn more about What We Do and our Current Projects.
ECOTRUST UPDATE | Ecotrust KKCFP Coordinator Miakah Nix shares photos and highlights from Keex’ Kwaan Community Forest Partnership’s first field season.
PROGRAM UPDATE | New connections bring Tortillería y Tienda De León’s legacy of traditional Mexican food to school lunch trays throughout Oregon.
STAFF VOICES | As an organization, Ecotrust stands with the Global Climate Strike. We are going to give this challenge everything we’ve got
STAFF VOICES | Grant Coordinator Madeleine Corich reflects on how she overcame climate despair, by organizing with the youth-led movement Sunrise.
INTERVIEW | Kaitlyn Rich interviews Eli Marroquin, owner of Portland Pupusas y Taquería, and the inaugural Powerhouse participant at the Redd.
INTERVIEW | Seattle-based artist and entrepreneur Susie Lee chats with us about her career, being a new mom, and being Ecotrust’s newest board member.
PROGRAM UPDATE | Exploring opportunities to fill food infrastructure gaps in the Puget Sound.
ECOTRUST UPDATE | We are proud to join the Sustainable Southeast Partnership and expand our work together in Southeast Alaska.
INTERVIEW | Our Director of Food Equity talks about her new role.
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