Sustainable cities are great places to live, with space for all of us. Forterra secures land in our cities for social good—parks, green space, affordable housing, access to transit, the arts, and other essentials for equity and livability.
Forterra is proud to support the Society for Ecological Restoration at UW with a Community Restoration Grant to restore a highly accessible 0.5-acre space on the main Seattle campus of the University of Washington, adjacent to the Burke Gillman trail. What makes this Native Food Forest Restoration & Education Project special […]
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Forterra is proud to support the Service Board with a Community Restoration Grant to engage 40 to 50 BIPoC youth and young adults (ages 14-24) in designing and implementing a 4-week environmental service component aligned with the Service Board’s social justice and equitable access objectives. What
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Forterra is proud to support River City Youth with a Community Restoration Grant to help establish a Monarch Pathway in Spokane’s West Central neighborhood. The project will create a visible, connected corridor of native plants with a focus on pollinator-supportive, native species
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Forterra is proud to support EarthCorps with a Community Restoration Grant for their upcoming work in partnership with the Port of Everett at Union Slough. Union Slough is situated at the intersection of suburban neighborhoods and Everett’s working waterfront. This site provides a vital buffer between industrial
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By UW Net Impact Consulting Experience (NICE) Consultants: Uma Drinan, Britney Ikemura, Olin Blycker UW Net Impact Consultancy Experience (NICE) was asked to quantify the social cost of carbon in the cities of Shoreline and Sammamish to better understand the
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People come to restoration work parties from all kinds of backgrounds. Some have been doing this for years. Others show up not entirely sure what invasive species even means — and leave having learned that English ivy is quietly strangling
When people hear that Forterra stewards more than 17,000 acres across Washington, it’s easy to picture a sweep of forest and a few quiet trails – nature on autopilot, held in place by good intentions. But stewardship isn’t passive. It’s not a
Written by Daniel Hachet, Project Manager Have you ever wondered if you could get 11,000 trees in the back of a U-Haul? Well, we did. And then we did it. As part of our Evergreen Restoration Program, over two intense
When people talk about supporting an organization like Forterra, they often assume it means writing a check. The truth is messier, richer, and more human. I’ve worked with over 365 volunteers this year, and I’ve seen people give in wildly
A Carbon Washington Foundation blog, learn more about Carbon Washington at: https://www.carbonwa.org/ Nov 19, 2025 At Carbon Washington, we believe climate solutions work best when they protect both people and the places we call home. Across Washington, forests, wetlands, farms,
