What does camping mean for the Bhutanese community?
“Let’s go to the place where you can make a lot of noise, where you can yell and shout!” How do you escape the hustle and bustle of city life? […]
Young’s Restaurant featured in NW Asian Weekly
Read the NW Asian Weekly article! Young’s Restaurant recently commemorated their cisterns with ECOSS and King County RainWise. They are the first Seattle restaurant and business to install green stormwater […]
Snohomish Tribune features outreach work!
The Snohomish County Tribune featured ECOSS-hosted outreach around the connections between healthy homes and a healthy environment. Small changes at home can protect the environment and your community from pollution. […]
Chinese American diner is the first business to become RainWise
Stormwater pollution is Puget Sound’s #1 source of pollution. One restaurant, however, is on the forefront of reducing this pollution. During heavy rains, stormwater surges through city pipes. These surges […]
Doris Duke Scholars engage underserved communities around environmental sustainability
Dedication. Passion. Determination. Resilience. Pride. The Doris Duke Conservation Scholars exuded these feelings and many others during the Conservation Scholar Summit, where individuals shared connections with their communities, cultures and […]
Celebrating how water shapes our culture
The 2018 Water Festival brought communities together to celebrate their cultures and their connections to water and nature. Thank you all for being a part of the celebration! Check out […]
Congratulations to the Community Health Advocates!
For some, this was the first graduation ceremony they had ever attended. The excitement was palpable. But this was no regular graduation ceremony. This was the graduation of some of […]
City Habitats features our stormwater solutions outreach!
“Being true to myself and being true to the community that I serve is so important for programs to be an actual benefit to the community.” – Ruben Chi […]
Electric Vehicles Outreach is an Energizing Endeavor!
Nearly 300 individuals representing ten communities, speaking eight different languages, of all ages from children to seniors. This was the extent of our outreach on electric vehicles in the last […]
RainWise achieves a major milestone!
Congratulations to the RainWise program for hitting the major milestone of capturing rainwater from two million square feet of rooftops via rain gardens and cisterns! That’s roughly equal to the […]