http://blog.ecotrust.org Thu, 16 May 2013 12:30:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blog.ecotrust.org/carbon-action-behind-enemy-lines/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=carbon-action-behind-enemy-lines http://blog.ecotrust.org/carbon-action-behind-enemy-lines/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 12:30:06 +0000 guest http://blog.ecotrust.org/?p=3770
By Sarah Pope Lets play the guessing game! If I were to tell you there was a state that had passed legislation establishing a carbon sequestration program granting statutory authority for a state agency to verify carbon sequestration practices over ten years ago, a state that then created an internationally recognized verification system, had over 50,000 [Full Story] →]]> http://blog.ecotrust.org/carbon-action-behind-enemy-lines/feed/ 0 http://blog.ecotrust.org/happy-fish-mobile-fish-catch-tracking-in-the-solomon-islands/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=happy-fish-mobile-fish-catch-tracking-in-the-solomon-islands http://blog.ecotrust.org/happy-fish-mobile-fish-catch-tracking-in-the-solomon-islands/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 12:30:53 +0000 Tim Welch http://blog.ecotrust.org/?p=3751
What are fishermen catching in the Solomon Islands? The government wants to know, to better manage the archipelago’s fisheries. Our Marine Consulting Initiatives (MCI) team recently linked up with the Solomon Islands government and the Coral Triangle Initiative to develop a new mobile app that will allow improve the ability for surveyors in fish markets [Full Story] →]]> http://blog.ecotrust.org/happy-fish-mobile-fish-catch-tracking-in-the-solomon-islands/feed/ 0 http://blog.ecotrust.org/local-wheat-in-school-pizza-its-back-to-class-for-oregon-farmers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=local-wheat-in-school-pizza-its-back-to-class-for-oregon-farmers http://blog.ecotrust.org/local-wheat-in-school-pizza-its-back-to-class-for-oregon-farmers/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 15:30:16 +0000 Lola Milholland http://blog.ecotrust.org/?p=3536
Farm to School typically brings to mind fruits and vegetables — a bowl of bright red apples, or a salad bar station. But for Tom and Sue Hunton, owners of Hunton’s Farm and Camas Country Mill, located southwest of Junction City, Farm to School means freshly baked rolls, springy pizza dough, and supple tortillas, all [Full Story] →]]> http://blog.ecotrust.org/local-wheat-in-school-pizza-its-back-to-class-for-oregon-farmers/feed/ 0 http://blog.ecotrust.org/yukon-river-inter-tribal-watershed-council-named-in-top-25-innovations-in-government/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yukon-river-inter-tribal-watershed-council-named-in-top-25-innovations-in-government http://blog.ecotrust.org/yukon-river-inter-tribal-watershed-council-named-in-top-25-innovations-in-government/#comments Sat, 04 May 2013 21:19:27 +0000 Carolyn Holland http://blog.ecotrust.org/?p=3735
Last week, our partners at the Yukon River Inter-Tribal Watershed Council (YRITWC) were named one of the top 25 innovations in government by Harvard University’s Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government. These government initiatives represent the dedicated efforts of city, state, federal, and tribal governments and [Full Story] →]]> http://blog.ecotrust.org/yukon-river-inter-tribal-watershed-council-named-in-top-25-innovations-in-government/feed/ 0 http://blog.ecotrust.org/diving-out-of-the-ivory-tower-fisherman-organizes-on-the-docks/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=diving-out-of-the-ivory-tower-fisherman-organizes-on-the-docks http://blog.ecotrust.org/diving-out-of-the-ivory-tower-fisherman-organizes-on-the-docks/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 15:30:19 +0000 Emma Deans http://blog.ecotrust.org/?p=3601
Stephanie Mutz was on track to becoming a professor. She earned a bachelor’s degree in marine biology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a master’s degree in tropical marine biology from James Cook University in Aus­tralia. But while her thesis was being reviewed she took a job as a deckhand and didn’t look [Full Story] →]]> http://blog.ecotrust.org/diving-out-of-the-ivory-tower-fisherman-organizes-on-the-docks/feed/ 0 http://blog.ecotrust.org/antone-minthorn-a-portrait-of-native-resilience-and-leadership/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=antone-minthorn-a-portrait-of-native-resilience-and-leadership http://blog.ecotrust.org/antone-minthorn-a-portrait-of-native-resilience-and-leadership/#comments Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:00:44 +0000 Shaunna McCovey http://blog.ecotrust.org/?p=3677
Editor’s note: Antone Minthorn has served on the Ecotrust Board of Directors since 2002. For most of his life, Antone Minthorn has served his people and his community. Raised on the Umatilla Indian Reservation by a Cayuse grandfather and a Nez Perce grandmother, Antone learned about the Nez Perce War of 1877 from some of [Full Story] →]]> http://blog.ecotrust.org/antone-minthorn-a-portrait-of-native-resilience-and-leadership/feed/ 0 http://blog.ecotrust.org/at-the-natural-captial-center-examining-our-nuclear-legacy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=at-the-natural-captial-center-examining-our-nuclear-legacy http://blog.ecotrust.org/at-the-natural-captial-center-examining-our-nuclear-legacy/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:00:18 +0000 Emma Deans http://blog.ecotrust.org/?p=3627
On August 9th, 1945 the United States dropped an atomic bomb named “Fat Man” on the city of Nagasaki, Japan. The plutonium used in the bomb was produced in southeastern Washington at the Hanford Nuclear Site. A multi-disciplinary exhibit called Particles on the Wall (POTW) explores the human and environmental legacy of nuclear technology, specifically [Full Story] →]]> http://blog.ecotrust.org/at-the-natural-captial-center-examining-our-nuclear-legacy/feed/ 0 http://blog.ecotrust.org/ecotrust-to-put-45-million-in-new-markets-tax-credits-toward-jobs-innovation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ecotrust-to-put-45-million-in-new-markets-tax-credits-toward-jobs-innovation http://blog.ecotrust.org/ecotrust-to-put-45-million-in-new-markets-tax-credits-toward-jobs-innovation/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:30:43 +0000 Oakley Brooks http://blog.ecotrust.org/?p=3670
Just days after the public launch of a successful New Markets Tax Credit-supported project, Ecotrust has learned that its subsidiary, Ecotrust CDE, was awarded $45 million of additional New Markets Tax Credit allocation. Ecotrust will put the new federal financing toward innovative initiatives that create economic, social and environmental benefit in rural and disadvantaged communities [Full Story] →]]> http://blog.ecotrust.org/ecotrust-to-put-45-million-in-new-markets-tax-credits-toward-jobs-innovation/feed/ 0 http://blog.ecotrust.org/ecotrust-forest-management-named-a-best-for-the-world-company-by-b-lab/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ecotrust-forest-management-named-a-best-for-the-world-company-by-b-lab http://blog.ecotrust.org/ecotrust-forest-management-named-a-best-for-the-world-company-by-b-lab/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:15:40 +0000 Oakley Brooks http://blog.ecotrust.org/?p=3580
Ecotrust Forest Management has been named one of the top 67 companies in the world for overall social and environmental impact by the nonprofit group B Lab. B Lab chose this “Best for the World” list from over 700 Certified B Corporations  worldwide. With the release of the second annual “Best for the World” list, [Full Story] →]]> http://blog.ecotrust.org/ecotrust-forest-management-named-a-best-for-the-world-company-by-b-lab/feed/ 0 http://blog.ecotrust.org/national-ocean-plan-finalized-now-time-to-act-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=national-ocean-plan-finalized-now-time-to-act-2 http://blog.ecotrust.org/national-ocean-plan-finalized-now-time-to-act-2/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:51:58 +0000 Megan Mackey http://blog.ecotrust.org/?p=3568
Yesterday, the Obama Administration released the final ocean action plan to help coordinate the federal government’s efforts to tackle some of the biggest threats facing oceans, coasts and Great Lakes. This advances the National Ocean Policy’s  goal of creating healthier oceans and coasts and stronger economies for our coastal communities. The health and resilience of [Full Story] →]]> http://blog.ecotrust.org/national-ocean-plan-finalized-now-time-to-act-2/feed/ 2