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Mushroom fanatics, on film

Three videos exploring the lives of local mushroom fanatics!

Lola Milholland
October 17, 2013 29 July 2016

High time for tea

Oregon’s newly budding tea industry is showing signs of a hopeful future. With growing enterprises like Tao of Tea interested in localizing their supply chain the demand for tea production in Oregon could reach to new heights and bring pioneering …

Megan Foucht
September 4, 2013 01 October 2014

A road transects a plot dark green forest in northern British Columbia

Announcing Commonplace magazine

Announcing the first issue of Commonplace, a chaotic and impassioned celebration of home.

Astrid Scholz
August 27, 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

In Romania, a mining boom threatens historic mountain villages

By David Paty Nestled among pastoral mountains vibrant with undisturbed forests and rich grasslands teeming with wildflowers, a quiet Romanian village has become the central battleground for a struggle that will most likely determine the state of Romania’s natural and …

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August 5, 2013 01 October 2014

Edible Portland: In league with the bees

After reading the cover story in our summer issue, I found myself sitting in my yard, early in the morning, video recording a bumble bee suckling from a purple sage flower. What I had learned from Kerry Newberry’s feature about …

Lola Milholland
June 13, 2013 29 July 2016

Side of fishing boat named Helen

Diving out of the ivory tower, fisherman organizes on the docks

Fishermen are talking together more, working through issues, and coming up with resolutions.

Emma Deans
May 3, 2013 10 February 2020

Clouds rising above a field.

Documenting culture as it vanishes: The People of Clouds

On April 26th and 27th, Ecotrust and Blue Earth Alliance will co-host 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 15, 2013 29 July 2016

A school of shiny mackerel fish swimming.

True story: How a fish went to school

Enter FoodHub. Mack searched the online directory FoodHub, Ecotrust’s network that connects food buyers and sellers. She found Lyf Gildersleeve of Flying Fish Company. Gildersleeve fishmongers from a 176 square foot shack on Southeast Hawthorne in Portland. He set Mack …

Emma Deans
April 10, 2013 01 October 2014

High snowy mountain range with clouds in background.

The Healing Journey: science and culture along the icy Yukon

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April 1, 2013 02 December 2019