Sustainable Communities

Promote and catalyze renewable economies that incorporate appropriate technologies for sustainable communities. Promote education and awareness regarding sustainable practices, subsistence and wild-salmon-way-of-life in our region of focus.

Activities

• Green Commercial Fishing Practices
• Wild Salmon Potlatch
• Hosting
• Events

We recognize that in order to achieve our goal of permanently protected wild salmon habitat, we must promote economically successful yet sustainable communities that preserve our culture and the ecosystems on which we depend.

In 2007 we launched the Sustainable Communities initiative. The goal is to envision, research, and experiment with carefully considered sustainable businesses. Our role in the process is to support development of Alaskan business models that preserve wilderness and Indigenous cultures while building sustainable-over-centuries economies.

The Cordova Community Cold Storage & Kitchen (CCS) will sell space,  time, services, branding and market support for specialized products in an intelligent state-of-the-art DEC approved seafood processing facility and certified kitchen where local subsistence hunters, fishers and gatherers can process, package and value-add their harvests alongside commercial fishers who want to increase the quality of their traditional foods anclJor direct-market their seafoods... Read more.  

Also, take a glance at the CCS's Mission and Objectives.

The Copper River Wild Salmon Co (CRWSCo) is a socially and environmentally responsible for-profit business, intent not only on providing the best quality regional fish on the market, but supporting and stimulating the local economy, instituting advanced clean and recyclable energy sources, while supporting habitat preservation and a community non-profit processing service. On the cutting edge of green technology and local solutions, and critical to our success, will be... Read more.

Also, take a glance at the  CRWSCo's Mission and Objectives.