About EcoMetro
We put out the very first print EcoMetro guide, called Chinook Book, in Portland,
Oregon in September 2000. Today people are more interested in green than ever
before, but they are also inundated with information. We have united all of our
print books under the name EcoMetro and created this companion website to provide
local communities with even more information and resources, as well as a space to
converse.
At the core of EcoMetro is the idea that many people want to buy green products and services, and we want to make it easier for them to do so by:
- Providing credible educational information on green products, services and practices.
- Helping consumers distinguish which products truly have reduced environmental impacts. We do this through our highly detailed criteria.
- Providing access to local businesses that sell these products, both through our print guides and through our online directory.
- Providing valuable financial incentive, through coupons both in the print guides and online, for people to try new green products and businesses.
- Supporting the community by offering the print guides as a positive, community based, healthy fundraising option for schools and other local non-profits.
Our print EcoMetro guides provide great resources and several hundred coupons
for products and services that have reduced environmental impacts.
We’re proud to have become a part of the following communities:
Our launch in Portland, Oregon was successful due to
partnerships with the City of Portland, City of Gresham, Oregon Department of
Environmental Quality, Tri-Met, Clark County and the Sustainable Development
Commission. We named our first book Chinook Book to honor two meanings of
the word: the native species of salmon and the trade language used between
Northwest native peoples and the first European settlers.
In 2005 we extended the Portland book to cover the Eugene/Springfield metro
region with the support of the City of Eugene, the Eugene Water and Electric
Board, the City of Springfield, Emerald People’s Utility District, Lane
Transit District and the Springfield Utility Board.
The Seattle book, also called Chinook Book, launched in September 2001.
Our founding partners included King County, Seattle Public Utilities, the
Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, City of Redmond and City of Kirkland.
In Minneapolis/St Paul we launched the book in September 2001 under
the name Blue Sky Guide. We worked
closely with the Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance and
several additional partners including the City of Minneapolis and the
Solid Waste Management Coordinating Board.
Our most recent addition to the EcoMetro family is in California’s
East Bay. Our founding partners included the City of Oakland, City
of Berkeley, StopWaste.org, City of Emeryville, and the Alameda County
Green Business Program.
EcoMetro is produced by Celilo Group Media, a Portland-based media
company with a mission of expanding markets for sustainable products and services.