The two largest sources of carbon emissions in Seattle are transportation and buildings. ECOSS connects diverse communities with clean energy solutions.
Environmental Equity
New Arrivals Program
ECOSS bridges knowledge and cultural gaps refugees and immigrants face in their new home. This program helps build environmental literacy and leadership through environmental education and experiences.
Resource Conservation
Solid Waste Management
ECOSS helps underserved businesses and multifamily residences build recycling and composting capacity via technical assistance and multicultural outreach.
Brownfields
ECOSS assists property owners in the redevelopment of potentially contaminated properties.
Stormwater Solutions
Equinox
Businesses have great potential to mitigate stormwater pollution, but traditional green stormwater infrastructure
Industrial Stormwater Education
ECOSS helps navigate the challenges of permit compliance and provides tools and techniques to improve site discharge through our industrial stormwater workshops.
Municipal Stormwater Training
ECOSS understands the financial and workforce challenges facing municipalities in adopting ever-increasing regulatory requirements and offers practical stormwater solutions.
GSI/RainWise-Residential
ECOSS’ role in this project is to support customers with different language needs and match them with contractors of similar background and language capacity. We are here to support immigrant, refugee RainWise eligible homeowners at every step of the process: from finding a contractor to submitting their rebate paperwork.
Puget Sound Spill Kit Program
ECOSS’ Puget Sound Spill Kit program saves businesses money, reduces their liability and helps keep our waters clean by preventing pollution problems before they start.