WHAT WE DO
Ecotrust Australia is an enterprising non-profit organisation that seeks to make a breakthrough contribution in the areas of conservation, social finance and community development in Australia. Click here to read about the Ecotrust Australia team.
FOCUS
Our focus is on regional and remote Australia, with a particular emphasis on working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
DONORS & SUPPORTERS
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PURPOSE
Ecotrust Australia's purpose is to promote Reliable Prosperity. We offer tools and resources to Indigenous and other community-based organisations to facilitate positive change at the intersection of cultural resilience, ecosystem conservation, economic opportunity and community vitality.
NEWS
Centre for Appropriate Technology features Ecotrust January 2012
Anote Tong’s eloquent plea to the world December 2011
17 November public seminar in Canberra – Ronald Grzywinski October 2011
Social impact investment leader joins Ecotrust team October 2011
Kylie Charlton from Ecotrust Australia presenting at the upcoming RMIT Impact Investment Forum. October 2011
NAILSMA reviews Ecotrust book Living Proof August 2011
BLOG
Anote Tong’s eloquent plea to the world 09/12/2011 – 0 comments
Garma offers heady mix of bush and business 12/08/2011 – 1 comment
Drama in the Kimberley 25/07/2011 – 1 comment
RELIABLE PROSPERITY
Reliable Prosperity demands a new approach to the economy. By placing equal emphasis on environmental stewardship, social equity and financial returns we will build a more resilient system that pays dividends far into the future.
“Working along with natural principles of development, expansion, sustainability, and correction, people can create economies that are more reliably prosperous than those we have now, and that are also more harmonious with the rest of nature.”
– Jane Jacobs, The Nature of Economies