youth Archives - Ecotrust

A collage of screenshots from wildlife trail cams, featuring an otter, a raccoon, a cat, and another otter

Tribal school science class centers indigenous language and mentorship

As part of the Tribal Workforce Development Project, this culturally-relevant online class connects Native students to urban forests.

Emilie Chen
October 16, 2020 22 October 2020

Update: Keex’ Kwaan Community Forest Partnership

Our team works with the Keex' Kwaan Community Forest Partnership to keep safety top of mind in planning the summer season.

Megan Foucht
July 10, 2020 21 July 2020

A blue school lunch tray showing corn chips and salsa, cornbread, fresh blueberries, and salad greens.

Update: Farm to school

Our Farm to School Coordinator shares current challenges around keeping farm to school relationships afloat during the COVID-19 crisis.

Megan Foucht
April 8, 2020 11 April 2020

Advancing equity in Farm to School education

In a recent keynote address, Jamese Kwele shared examples of centering equity in Farm to School and where opportunity exists to do more.

Jamese Kwele
February 24, 2020 28 February 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

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 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

A woman with a short haircut looking down at a toddler in her lap who is holding a toy in one hand and extending her free hand upward.

A conversation with Susie Lee

Seattle-based artist and entrepreneur Susie Lee chats with us about her career, being a new mom, and being Ecotrust’s newest board member.

Sarah Cline
July 24, 2019 25 July 2019

Two kids in a school cafeteria eating healthy school lunch

Better data, stronger impact

Ecotrust’s new metrics platform spawns tighter focus in farm to institution programming.

Amanda Oborne
June 5, 2018 14 September 2018