Foresting Seattle is a 5-year community program focused on restoring over 20 acres of forests across South Seattle and helping neighbors reconnect with the natural spaces around them through habitat […]
Environmental Stewardship
ECOSS’ environmental stewardship programs connect immigrant and refugee communities with opportunities to learn about and steward their local environment in the greater Seattle area.
Immigrant Youth Stewardship Program
For this program, ECOSS recruited a cohort of immigrant African youth and taught them about household hazardous waste and how it affects our environment and our health. Through a series […]
Outdoor Leadership Empowerment
ECOSS’ Outdoors Leadership Empowerment program builds capacity in immigrant and refugee communities throughout the greater Seattle area to co-create and lead outdoor recreation activities that center their culture and directly benefit their community.
Green Seattle Partnership
ECOSS’ work and collaboration with GSP supports the restoration of forested parklands, specifically a site at Seward Park, and creates opportunities for communities to engage with restoration work.
Transit to Nature
ECOSS’ Transit to Nature programming is a collaboration with King County Metro and King County Parks that aims to get communities outdoors via accessible public transportation options.
Clean Water
Stormwater pollution affects the health of our communities and wildlife in the Duwamish Valley. Mitigation strategies such as rain gardens, cisterns, bioswales, and more exist to help heal our waterways.
Georgetown Stormwater Interpretive Center
The Georgetown Stormwater Interpretive Center will transform the currently fenced and inaccessible piece of land at 12th Ave S and S Harney into an education-focused community space where the overhead […]
Industrial GSI
To improve public health outcomes relating to air quality and heat events, the City of Seattle and King County are working with community organizations (ECOSS, Just Health Action, and Dirt […]
GSI For All
The GSI for All project is a community-driven initiative focused on expanding Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) access to immigrant and refugee communities in South Seattle. The goal is to co-create […]
Vision for Clean Water
The Vision for Clean Water is a regional engagement and planning initiative led by King County WTD to shape the future of wastewater services. ECOSS is actively participating in the […]
Community-Defined Salmon Recovery
This program focuses on engaging BIPOC communities in defining salmon recovery efforts and incorporating their voices into conservation strategies. In 2024, the goal was to build organizational capacity through training, […]
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.
Energy and Transit
The two largest sources of carbon emissions in Seattle are transportation and buildings. Learn about ECOSS’ work in connecting communities to resources for vehicle and building electrification.
Create our Energy Future
Create our Energy Future is a Seattle City Light comprehensive effort that guides various actions, programs, policies, and partnerships as the utility, the city, and our customers move towards a […]
Clean Energy
The two largest sources of carbon emissions in Seattle are transportation and buildings. ECOSS connects diverse communities with clean energy solutions.
Past Programming
Burien Water Pollution & Multicultural Engagement
The goal of this project was to reach previously underserved immigrant communities in Burien and provide education on water pollution. ECOSS developed a plan to provide environmental education to youth […]
Environmental Stewards
The Environmental Stewards program supports education and engagement for low-income and immigrant communities of color in their language to reduce water pollution and encourage sustainable practices.
Water Conservation/Leak Education – Seattle Public Utilities Waterworks
This program provides important water and money-saving information about leaks to underserved customer communities.
Equinox
ECOSS and Equinox Studios joined forces to develop a first of-its-kind, large-scale industrial GSI demonstration site.
Solid Waste Management
ECOSS helps underserved businesses and multifamily residences build recycling and composting capacity via technical assistance and multicultural outreach.
Energize! Heat Pumps Pilot Program
ECOSS has partnered with King County, Spark Northwest, and Emerald Cities Collaborative to install heat pumps in up to 120 homes across the Skyway/West Hill and White Center/North Highline neighborhoods of Seattle.
Agents of Change: Youth for Healthy Seafood
ECOSS is leading the Schools & Youth Programs strategy, one of the Targeted IC Strategies within the Fun to Catch, Toxic to Eat Program led by Public Health of Seattle […]
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.
Brownfields
ECOSS assists property owners in the redevelopment of potentially contaminated properties.
ORCA Incentive Program / Transit Demand Management (TDM) Ridership Recovery Project
In 2022, ECOSS and King County Metro partnered to support people who have been disproportionately affected and severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic by rebuilding engagement in public transportation.