OUR MISSION

ECOSS is devoted to promoting environmental justice and sustainability in an effort to build immigrant and refugee communities that can shape their environmental futures. 

We accomplish this by: 

• Promoting connections with nature to build community, foster healing, and integrate ancestral knowledge into environmental practices 

• Creating inclusive spaces and opportunities that engage, connect, and empower communities 

• Leading environmental stewardship efforts through sustainable resource use, community-led conservation, ecosystem restoration, and partnership collaboration. 

• Advocating for communities on the frontlines of environmental challenges and climate change impacts; centering their experiences and needs. 

Black and other communities of color have long suffered injustice in the U.S. As an environmental organization that centers the voices of immigrants and refugees, we at ECOSS recognize that racial, social and economic equity are prerequisites for environmental justice. We must act to undo the systemic racism that has plagued this land for over 400 years. ECOSS stands in solidarity with our Black communities against racial injustice.