News From The Field

Written by Green Empowerment Operations Manager, Martin Olza and Trip Participant, Danielle Keerbs This spring, students and faculty from Washington State University traveled to Ecuador with Green Empowerment to help advance our projects ...

Many thanks to GPSEN for recognizing Green Empowerment with its Nonprofit Sustainability Leadership Award. On March 8th, Green Empowerment accepted a leadership award at the Greater Portland Sustainability and Education ...

Written by Kristen Grauer, Development ManagerGreen Empowerment is a small organization run predominately by women. In Portland and abroad we educate and empower female leaders in sustainability - from engineers to ...

Written by Green Empowerment Technical Manager, Elise KittrellA world powered by poop. Poop you say? Gross, right? Well not for the RedBioLAC, a consortium of biogas practitioners in Latin America ...

Written by Asia Regional Director, Gabe Wynn A mere two hours from the peaceful border town of Mae Sot lies the Karen refugee community of Lay Kay Kaw. In this ...

Written by Latin America Regional Director, Caitlyn Peake Dear friends, It's easy to feel disheartened when stories of conflict, poverty and displacement dominate the news. When headlines fill us with fear ...

Written by Elise Kittrell, Green Empowerment Technical Manager and Steve Meicke, Engineer and International Volunteer Nestled in the jungle of Rurrenabaque along the vast Rio Beni, live several indigenous communities. ...

Written by Elsa Frey, Green Empowerment Program Manager Green Empowerment is currently in the midst of a project to provide clean, potable water and hygiene and environmental education to improve ...

Written by Koto Kishida, Green Empowerment Malaysia Program Manager Green Empowerment works with partner organizations around the world to ensure our projects are shaped by local expertise. We started working ...

Written by Koto Kishida, Malaysia Program Manager and Gabe Wynn, Asia Regional Director In late August, Green Empowerment and our partners successfully brought biogas digester (BGD) technology to Sabah, Malaysia. ...