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The mystery meal: Eating blind-folded

We recently hosted our final game of our six-month Blind-Tasting Bingo series. We really went out with a bang. Naomi Pomeroy, fresh on the heels of opening her new joint, Expatriate, came ready to entertain, and the crowd, blind-folded and …

Lola Milholland
August 30, 2013 01 October 2014

Beyond Bankruptcy: The resilience of Detroit

On Thursday, July 18th, 2013, the City of Detroit made U.S. history with the largest municipal bankruptcy in the country to date. Approximately $18 billion in size, it dwarfed the second-largest, Jefferson County, Alabama, by a factor of four. “There …

Noah Enelow
August 19, 2013 03 May 2016

Creating Portland’s green design atlas

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August 1, 2013 01 October 2014

Don’t miss our last Sundown concert for the year!

Organically Grown Company and Ecotrust are excited to welcome Radiation City with Genders Wednesday evening (July 31) for our last Sundown concert for the 2013 series. Join us from 5:30pm-8:30pm for some rocking tunes and to learn more about the night’s theme of Honoring …

Emma Deans
July 29, 2013 01 October 2014

Ecotrust Forest Management named to “Best for Environment” list

Today, Ecotrust Forest Management was named “Best for the Environment” as one of the top performers among B Corporations worldwide. Sixty-three companies across 30 industries and 11 countries were recognized by the nonprofit B Lab, with the release of the …

Oakley Brooks
May 29, 2013 01 October 2014

Fish farming for our future

Editor’s note: Ecotrust does not currently engage in work related to aquaculture, but we recognize that there is valuable dialogue to be held around this topic. As always, we welcome discussion in the comment section below. By Mark J. Spalding …

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May 20, 2013 01 October 2014

Carbon action behind enemy lines

By Sarah Pope Lets play the guessing game! If I were to tell you there was a state that had passed legislation establishing a carbon sequestration program granting statutory authority for a state agency to verify carbon sequestration practices over …

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May 16, 2013 04 August 2015

Happy Fish: Mobile fish catch tracking in the Solomon Islands

What are fishermen catching in the Solomon Islands? The government wants to know, to better manage the archipelago’s fisheries. Our Marine Consulting Initiatives (MCI) team recently linked up with the Solomon Islands government and the Coral Triangle Initiative to develop …

Tim Welch
May 10, 2013 01 October 2014

Landscape of river and rocky mountains

Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council named in top 25 innovations in government

Carolyn Holland
May 4, 2013 02 December 2019

Lanscape picture of rural industry

Ecotrust to put $45 million in New Markets Tax Credits toward jobs, innovation

Just days after the public launch of a successful New Markets Tax Credit-supported project, Ecotrust has learned that its subsidiary, Ecotrust CDE, was awarded $45 million of additional New Markets Tax Credit allocation. Ecotrust will put the new federal financing …

Oakley Brooks
April 26, 2013 01 October 2014