youth Archives - Ecotrust

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

Centering frontline communities

This year, we endorsed the People’s Climate Movement to support the power shift from dominant-culture to frontline community leadership.

Carolyn Holland
May 20, 2017 14 July 2017

students pair up to work on exercise

Solving by Design: Students rise to the challenge

Ecotrust and Construct partner for Design Week Portland in challenging local high school students to consider the future of livable cities.

Carolyn Holland
April 13, 2016 13 April 2016

Kids line up in front of a salad bar cart including black beans, carrots, and snow peas at Parrish Middle School in Salem, Oregon.

A better future for kids through healthy, local lunches now

Fixing school lunch can help fix our broken food system. When schools purchase more local food, kids are healthier now and in the future.

Carolyn Holland
November 12, 2015 19 November 2015