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Man and dog on dirt forest logging road surrounded by tall green trees.

Ecotrust Forest Management named a “Best for the World” company

Ecotrust Forest Management has been named one of the top 67 companies in the world for overall social and environmental impact by the nonprofit group B Lab. B Lab chose this “Best for the World” list from over 700 Certified …

Oakley Brooks
April 17, 2013 12 August 2016

Billy Frank Jr. Conference Center full of people, at the Natural Capital Center

At the Natural Capital Center: Collaborations for Cause

On April 26th and 27th, Ecotrust and Blue Earth Alliance will co-sponsor Collaborations for Cause, a national gathering of photographers, NGOs, activists, and communications professionals, to discuss the collaborative future of storytelling. Panelists include experts from top-notch firms like Wieden+Kennedy …

Emma Deans
April 11, 2013 29 July 2016

Reflection on glass building with multicolor painting behind

A quantum leap in green building

By Dennis Hayes Sometimes, incremental innovations can’t produce quantum change. You can tinker with carbon paper forever without producing a photocopier. The quill pen did not lead to a typewriter, and not a single typewriter company evolved to personal computers. …

guest
January 18, 2013 29 July 2016

Past Indigenous Leadership Awards honorees

A rich sense of honor: Learning from tribal leaders

In this world of broken economies, climates, and institutions, it’s an opportune time to ask: what if Native people were in charge?

Spencer B. Beebe
December 6, 2012 02 December 2019

Large crowd watching a speaker indoors

At PNCA: Gregory Dees, social entrepreneurship guru

Gregory Dees is widely recognized as the "father of social entrepreneurship."

Emma Deans
November 5, 2012 12 August 2016

View of a city in the background of a pond and trees

Ecodistricts Summit will work on smarter, more resilient cities

The Portland Sustainability Institute will host the 2012 Ecodistricts Summit October 23- 26, as part of the ongoing effort to build smarter, more resilient, and more livable urban districts across the world. Policymakers, planners, developers, business leaders, and financers from around …

Emma Deans
October 11, 2012 07 May 2020

blue sky, green grass, illustration, simple

FoodHub infographic captures local food/tech landscape

The team behind FoodHub, Ecotrust’s online marketplace that helps local food buyers and sellers connect, has just released Local Food/Tech Landscape, an interactive guide to innovation at the intersection of local food and technology. As Amanda Oborne, FoodHub’s director put …

Oakley Brooks
September 26, 2012 01 October 2014

A canyon on the Elwha River.

In austere times, where best to invest restoration money?

Jocelyn Tutak
July 12, 2012 03 May 2016

Software for 21st-century decisions

How will we all thrive on a densely populated, rapidly changing planet? For over twenty years, Ecotrust has been tackling this question, through the creation of innovative mapping and software solutions that bridge different perspectives on land and ocean use. …

Tim Welch
July 10, 2012 01 October 2014