portland Archives - Ecotrust

A man wearing an apron, food preparation gloves, and a cap placing noodles onto a grill

Feeding communities during a crisis

Feed the Mass is preparing, delivering, and serving hundreds of free meals every week out of the Redd Community Kitchen.

Emilie Chen
May 14, 2020 29 May 2020

A man loads cardboard boxes

Update: The Redd on Salmon Street

We connect with the Redd campus manager, B-Line founder, and our VP of events and engagement for an update on activities at the Redd campus.

Doe Hatfield
March 25, 2020 06 April 2020

Woman with long dark hair, wearing a black jacket, laughs while looking into the distance

Introducing Teresa Gaddy

We are proud to introduce our new Green Workforce Academy Program Manager.

Doe Hatfield
February 11, 2020 12 February 2020

December B Learning: Nonprofit Fair!

B Local PDX is having a nonprofit fair! Nonprofits from around Portland will be sharing their work as well as providing more information on how businesses and individuals can support and contribute to nonprofits.

Olivia Bartruff
December 12, 2019 07 December 2019

B Corp 101

Are you an aspiring B Corp? Are you working through the assessment at a prospective or currently-certified B Corp and want to know more about the process, the assessment, and the community? Come check out a B Corp 101!

Olivia Bartruff
December 12, 2019 09 December 2019

Changes in Rules and Regulations: What you need to know about changes to ORS 65

The changes to ORS 65 will go into effect on January 1, 2020. The statutory changes will affect the way all nonprofits in Oregon work and act. Come learn about simplified rules for majority voting, allowances for voting by email, modifications to the conflicts of interest provisions and changes to a number of requirements for membership nonprofits.

Olivia Bartruff
December 11, 2019 07 December 2019

A man and a woman smiling

Fresh connections, new opportunities

More than 100 producers, food businesses, advocates, and buyers came together to discuss diversity and dig into the delicious details at the

Aaron Vargas
December 11, 2019 19 December 2019

A woman wearing a white blouse with floral embroidery holds two plates of tamales, smiling toward the camera

Oregon schools get a taste for local tamales

New connections bring Tortillería y Tienda De León’s legacy of traditional Mexican food to school lunch trays throughout Oregon.

Megan Foucht
October 10, 2019 30 October 2019

A large banner with the words "This is an emergency, climate debate now" is suspended from the seventh floor of a parking structure.

Cutting to the core of the climate crisis

Grant Coordinator Madeleine Corich reflects on how she overcame climate despair, by organizing with the youth-led movement Sunrise.

Madeleine Corich
September 12, 2019 12 September 2019