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The beginning of a partnership in the lands of Keex’ Kwaan

Ecotrust KKCFP Coordinator Miakah Nix shares photos and highlights from Keex' Kwaan Community Forest Partnership's first field season.

Miakah Nix
October 24, 2019 13 November 2019

A man in a plaid shirt plats food from a pan.

Power to the pupusas

Kaitlyn Rich interviews Eli Marroquin, owner of Portland Pupusas y Taquería, and the inaugural Powerhouse participant at the Redd.

Kaitlyn Rich
September 6, 2019 12 September 2019

Close up of hands in the forest picking a bright red thimble berry

Our 2018 progress report

With your support, we furthered new ways of living and doing business in 2018.

Lily Abood
November 29, 2018 29 November 2018

Catalytic Capital: The value of New Markets Tax Credits

New Markets Tax Credits deliver environmental, social, and economic benefits to economically distressed communities when little else can.

Jeremy Barnicle
September 5, 2018 07 September 2018

Smiling woman takes a packaged bar from the table to put in a box.

Better than best: Betsy’s Bar None

Redd tenant Betsy Langton shares her experiences as a first-time businesswoman and the inspiration that launched her product.

Kevin Pozzi
February 27, 2018 05 March 2018

Misty air in a forest of tall trees.

It’s time for Oregon to take a stand on climate

A meaningful price on carbon is essential, but not enough — it's time to invest in rural and urban communities.

Carolyn Holland
February 6, 2018 15 February 2018

watercolor painting of walkway garden

A greener shade of jade

Assessing the potential to bring green jobs and environmental infrastructure to a historically underserved neighborhood in Portland.

Kevin Pozzi
January 26, 2018 26 January 2018

Beneath a corrugated tin roof, two people work stacking blond-wood 2X4 planks onto an already-large pile.

An investment in rural lumber processing pays off

Through the New Markets Tax Credit Program, Ecotrust invested in Ochoco Lumber Company's capacity to grow jobs and help restore the forest.

Molly Simas
August 24, 2017 30 August 2017

A group of people, facing away from the camera, walk down a dirt road flanked by fields of dry grass. In the distance are green, forested hills.

Stories from the field

This year, our team visited the Olympic Peninsula to see how our work impacts communities.

Molly Simas
August 24, 2017 30 August 2017