June 2, 2022
Laudes Foundation’s $1.5 Million Grant Will Ignite Change in Landscapes Worldwide
The 1000 Landscapes for 1 Billion People (1000L) initiative is thrilled to announce that the Laudes Foundation will continue funding our work to boost livelihoods and restore ecosystems through a new grant. By providing a new round of funding to 1000L co-convener EcoAgriculture Partners, Laudes has reconfirmed its bold commitment to align conservation and sustainable […] ...
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March 14, 2022
Five Questions with Delaina Castillo
Delaina Castillo is an EcoAgriculture Partners intern working on the Communications team. Hailing from southern California, her passion for environmental justice and background in Geographic Information Systems inspired her to pursue a position with EcoAg. A sharp writer with an eye for design, Delaina supports the communications team through social media content creation, grap ...
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February 14, 2022
Four Questions with Alyssa Gartenberg
Alyssa Gartenberg is an EcoAgriculture Partners intern working on the 1000 Landscapes for 1 Billion People initiative. Her former life as a professional chef inspired an interest in food systems and agriculture, which nurtured her enthusiasm for agroecology and working with the earth’s interconnected systems. With experience in adult education and facilitation, Gartenberg sup ...
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January 11, 2022
Four Questions with Tonthoza Uganja
Tonthoza Uganja is the new Collaborative Landscape Management Intern with EcoAgriculture Partners and SNV, a non-profit development organization based in the Netherlands. The two institutions are working together to scale their integrated landscape management initiatives. Tontho will play an essential role in SNV’s journey to implement landscape approaches across their projec ...
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November 1, 2021
At EcoAgriculture Partners, We Love Stock Donations!
EcoAgriculture Partners is excited to announce that we are now accepting stock donations. With this new option, our supporters can contribute any way they feel most comfortable: stocks, cash, credit, check or direct from a bank account and soon via Apple, Google or Microsoft Pay, Venmo or PayPal. The new stock donation option is a […] ...
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October 7, 2021
EcoAg Spotlight: Three Questions with Finance Intern David Hecht
Juan Ramos
EcoAgriculture Partners
Our finance intern David Hecht has already been on board for some months, working together with the EcoAg finance team and the 1000L Finance Design Team– so it’s way past time to learn a bit more about him and what’s driven him to work at EcoAg. We posed a few questions to help our readers […] ...
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October 4, 2021
Equator Prize 2021: Local Leaders Ignite Global Change
This year’s Equator Prize winners show that local solutions can help solve global problems. The awards ceremony recognizing local and Indigenous communities worldwide that implement nature-based solutions for biodiversity loss, food insecurity, extreme poverty and the effects of climate change will be held on October 4, 2021. EcoAgriculture Partners has a longstanding relat ...
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September 21, 2021
Landscapes In the United Nations Food Systems Summit: An EcoAg Update on Solutions, National Pathways and Next Steps for the Landscape Community
Juan Ramos
EcoAgriculture Partners
Sara Scherr
The United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) will be held on September 23, 2021, as part of the United Nations General Assembly. Sara Scherr, EcoAgriculture Partners president and CEO, has been busy as part of UNFSS leadership teams working on Nature-Positive Production (Action Track 3) and Territorial Governance (Action Area on Governance). After months of […] ...
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July 29, 2021
Natural Resource Economist Dr. Raul Tuazon Joins EcoAgriculture Partners Board
Juan Ramos
EcoAgriculture Partners
Dr. Raul Tuazon has been bouncing around the Western Hemisphere for more than three decades helping rural areas develop sustainably. An expert in development finance, forestry and soil conservation, he has worked across the U.S. and Latin America to implement programs that have made a real difference in people’s lives. Now, he has graciously agreed […] ...
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July 15, 2021
Renowned Scientist Dr. Ruth DeFries Joins the Board of EcoAgriculture Partners
Juan Ramos
EcoAgriculture Partners
As an environmental geographer and co-founding dean of the Columbia University Climate School, Dr. Ruth DeFries knows better than most that our planet now stands on the precipice of calamity. She has authored more than 100 scientific publications during a four-decade career working at the nexus of social and ecological systems. DeFries has a particular […] ...
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