Sustainable Northwest brings people, ideas, and innovation together so that nature, local economies, and rural communities can thrive. We're headquartered in Portland, Oregon. Through collaboration, we bridge rural and urban interests, encourage entrepreneurship, and build trust in sustainable natural resource management and utilization in the western U.S.

We believe:

• People are an indivisible part of the ecosystems they inhabit.
• Economic and environmental health are interdependent.
• Communities have the energy and creativity to develop innovative, lasting solutions to complex environmental, economic, and social challenges.
• Effective ecosystem stewardship is adaptive, place-based and founded on evolving scientific and practical knowledge.
  
• Connections between rural and urban communities and collaboration between diverse interests and individuals are integral to local and regional sustainability.