"These times present a
historic opportunity for change."
Spencer Beebe
Founder, Ecotrust
Please enjoy this quarterly news update from Ecotrust.
DONATE: It's that time of year
Give via our website or through Willamette Week's Give!Guide and help us seed innovation, create jobs and protect nature.
NEWS: The low carbon economy, frozen vs. fresh, FoodHub
» The Washington Post on an affordable way to save the planet (op-ed)
» The Globe and Mail on debunking the fetish of fresh
» The Washington Post and New York Times on greenhouse gas economics
» The Bulletin on farm to fork
» Capital Press on linking farmers and buyers
» The Oregonian on tax credits for rural communities
INDIGENOUS: Ecotrust awards $45,000 to indigenous leaders
The annual Ecotrust Award for Indigenous Leadership recognizes five of our region's most innovative leaders.
HOPENHAGEN: Our low-carbon economy paper heads to Copenhagen
The authors of a major study from Ecotrust's E3 Network are invited to present to the worldwide audience this month.
FOODHUB: Where food people connect
Sign up before Dec. 31 and save $20 on registration.
EDIBLE: Give the gift of Portland’s favorite food magazine
Help friends and family explore the region’s bounty with a gift subscription to Edible Portland.
SHOP: Do it Nau!
Shop online at nau.com this week and 10 percent of your purchase goes to Ecotrust and other social benefit organizations. Free ground shipping.
CREDITS: Tax credits available for rural communities
Ecotrust receives New Markets Tax Credits from the federal government to fuel innovative initiatives in the Northwest’s rural and disadvantaged communities. Have a great idea that fits? Contact us.
VENUE: Community grants for 2010
Apply now for a community grant from Ecotrust Event Spaces to local non-profits.
SOCIAL: Let’s get connected
Please join us on YouTube, Twitter and Facebook.
THANKS: Two lectures, 2,300 attendees — and it was all free
We take a moment to remember the 40+ local organizations and individuals who joined us in 2009 to deliver two major, free lectures to the Portland public.
TED: Clay Shirky on how social media can change the world
How does this fit with the newsletter? It doesn't. It's just interesting.
ABOUT ECOTRUST: Ecotrust's role is to serve as a think-tank that identifies deep innovation, and then it seeks to turn those ideas into proof-of-concept realities. For nearly 20 years, Ecotrust has used this approach to convert $60 million in grants into more than $300 million in capital for local people, businesses, and organizations from Alaska to California. Ecotrust's many innovations include co-founding the world's first environmental bank, starting the world's first ecosystem investment fund, creating a range of programs in the fisheries, forestry, food and farm sectors, and developing new scientific and information tools to improve social, economic and environmental decision-making. Ecotrust works locally in ways that promise hope abroad, and it honors and supports the wisdom of Native and First Nation leadership in its work. More on the Web at www.ecotrust.org.
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