It has been an incredible year at Sustainable Northwest. Now is the perfect time to join our community of supporters and help to create family wage jobs, protect our rural landscapes, and build a Northwest that is truly sustainable.

Here are a few highlights from 2011.

1. We hosted members of the White House Council on Environmental Quality on a tour of the innovative solutions that our partners and the community of John Day, OR are implementing in order to create family wage jobs, restore our national forest land, and build a stronger community. Read more about it here (this was originally posted on the White House blog!)

2. We helped reach a significant milestone in the Klamath Basin: legislation is introduced to Congress. The Klamath Basin Economic Restoration Act represents a community’s ability to come together to solve long standing conflict and restore the Basin’s resources. For 10 years Sustainable Northwest has played a key leadership role in the Basin and we continue to work toward a vibrant region alongside our friends and partners.

3. We ensured that local and sustainable wood products are available in Portland. By working with foresters, small business owners, and green builders throughout the state, we helped grow Sustainable Northwest Wood, and in turn helped bring local wood products that have a truly Northwest story into the hands and homes of Oregonians.

We are able to do this important work because of supporters like you.

Wishing you a healthy and happy new year,

- The team at Sustainable Northwest