Work - Ecotrust

We partner with local communities across the Northwest to put bold, transformative ideas into action.

Check out some of our recent projects here.

The Redd on Salmon Street

Building a working hub for the regional food economy

aerial view of forests and rivers. stunning greens and blues. wild. british columbia

Forest Planner

Our online tool supports smart, long-range planning for forest landowners

A man pours grain feed into a blue bucket

Ag of the Middle

Local food at scale

Aerial view of a small wooded island in the midst of still blue water with wisps of clouds. Northern British Columbia.

Maps that matter

20 years of connecting people and place

Farm to School Counts

We measure the impact of bringing local food to Oregon's schoolkids

old, stained piece of paper that advertises the "Portland Truck Terminal". From the 1930's.

Natural Capital Center

Rebuilding a 100-year-old warehouse

Next-generation
fishing communities

We work with small-boat, community-based commercial fishermen to support healthy, working waterfronts.

Middle school age girl hugs freshly harvested kohlrabi

Farm to School Advocacy

We did it!

Tumble weed reflected in a puddle of water, resting inside a concrete irrigation channel in the Klamath.

Climate-smart planning tools

Spatial information to help decision makers

A pig grazing in a pasture

Local proteins

We're changing the way we think about center-of-the-plate proteins

illustrations of six agricultural products in bright blue circles

Cascadia Foodshed Financing Project

Investing in the Pacific Northwest food economy

Single salmon swimming along the shore of a still green lake

Whole Watershed Restoration Initiative

Supporting watershed restoration for salmon and communities.

a mix of colorful vegetables on a yellow background: bok choy, watermelon radish, red cabbage, kale, a turnip, brussel sprouts, broccoli

FoodHub, building a regional food economy

Our online platform that connects farmers, ranchers, and fishermen with wholesale food buyers.

Restoring the Siuslaw River estuary

Restoring Waite Ranch as a tidally-influenced wetland habitat on the lower Siuslaw River

Children at New Day School in SE Portland are laughing and eating lunch at a wooden table.

Farm to School

For more than 10 years, we've worked with schools to provide healthy, local food to students.

Keystone XL: An alternative jobs strategy

Creating jobs & protecting the climate

Aerial view of a building, the Bullitt Center, with solar panels on the roof. A city skyline, Seattle, is in the background.

The Bullitt Center

Cities are central to ecosystem health and the Bullitt Center demonstrates why.

Portrait of 2014 ILA awardee

Indigenous
Leadership Award

Celebrating 58 tribal leaders honored since 2001

Light Up the Redd

A celebration of the changes coming to the table on October 5

A view of the Sand Lake estuary from above. A large sandy area with a river running through it and opening into the ocean.

Protecting Sand Lake

Permanent conservation for one of the last intact coastal estuaries

Portland viewed across the Willamette River.

Partnering with nature

Identifying the living city of the future

Satellite map of the mid-Atlantic coastline with a heavy distribution of colored dots, representing coldwater coral distribution.

Blue Tools: Ocean health and inclusive mapping

Meeting the challenges of ocean planning

Sundown

Sundown is a quintessential celebration of summertime. Thank you for joining us for this free outdoor concert series

a pile of bright red and orange beets at a farmers market

Food Forums: Engaging in Our Food System

An event series designed to engage leaders in digging deeply into the challenges of our regional food system

Underground Airwaves

A podcast archiving the voices of our food community

Two fish tails, California King Salmon, overlapping on top of a burlap sack

N. Pacific Fisheries Trust

Supporting fishing families & communities

Creek at the edge of green valley.

Priorities

A foundation for custom-built, rapidly deployable decision making and data visualization tools

Illustration of Vicky Hertel and her son, Chris, receiving the 2014 Local Hero Award for farm

Local Hero Awards

Meet six local food heroes who are changing the way we eat — one seed, fruit, and supper at a time.