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Stealth Environmentalism
From backstage, the Bullitt Foundation works for ecological sanity

Bullitt Foundation President Denis Hayes

Why you should care
"If it has to do with the environment and it's located in the Pacific Northwest, we're probably involved with it," says Denis Hayes, president of the Seattle-based Bullitt Foundation. And he's not a man prone to exaggeration. The foundation, with a $100 million endowment, quietly exerts a powerful hand in defending the Northwest's plants, animals, land, and water. For example, while the spotted owl debate caught the nation's attention, the Bullitt Foundation bankrolled much of the litigation from behind the scenes. Through the foundation, Hayes is arguably the most influential environmentalist in the Northwest.

What's new
The EcoTrust, a new Portland-based financial institution with an environmental mission. The Trust bankrolls eco-friendly businesses to re-employ people in Northwest communities where traditional extractive industries have collapsed. The project perfectly exemplifies Hayes's pragmatic, inclusive approach to improving the environment without sacrificing the needs of people. His next objective: "Cleaning up the largest single source of air pollution west of the Rocky Mountains, the Centralia Power Plant."