About Us

OUR MISSION

Our mission is to achieve regional sustainability, livable communities, environmental justice, and a healthy environment and economy for existing and future residents. ECOS strives to bring positive change to the Sacramento region by proactively working with the individual and organizational members of ECOS, neighborhood groups, businesses, local and regional agencies and governments.

At ECOS, we recognize the deliberate policies that have been historically enacted to disproportionally place environmental burdens on marginalized populations, especially low-income communities of color. As such, we pledge to work to dismantle historic environmental injustices by using our platform to ensure that all people enjoy the same level of protection from environmental and health hazards and feel welcome to our decision-making process.

Nuestra misión es de contribuir a la conservación y manejo sostenible de los recursos naturales y del medio ambiente desde la justicia y solidaridad, participando en la ejecución y administración de proyectos estratégicos de desarrollo ambiental en el ámbito local, junto a nuestros miembros, otras organizaciones, y el gobierno local. ECOS trabaja para crear cambios positivos en la región y a su vez ayuda a nuestras comunidades a prosperar.

IMPLEMENTING OUR MISSION

ECOS is a coalition of community-based organizations and individuals throughout the Sacramento region that helps drive a community conversation and promote action. ECOS strives to implement its mission through several approaches.

  • EXPERTISE COALITION: ECOS provides a forum for member organizations to enhance their networks and effectively collaborate to promote positive change and solutions to environmentally based challenges. Our members and member organizations represent a broad depth of knowledge and experience on a range of environmental, legal, economic, and social issues.
  • COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP: The ECOS coalition works with environmentally and socially aware individuals and organizations on specific community issues to provide expertise and the tools for successful advocacy. We strive to promote the sustainability of the Sacramento region including, social equity, public health, economic viability and all of its diverse human and natural communities.
  • ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISM: ECOS works to engage individual and organizational members on issues relating to all aspects of the region’s environment, including: land use, transportation systems, air quality and climate change, urban and rural agriculture and food initiatives, solid waste and recycling, preservation of habitat and open spaces, and water and natural resources.

POLICY OBJECTIVES

  • Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality
  • Promote and reinforce smart growth principles
  • Establish a regionally coordinated conservation strategy
  • Establish a sustainable water supply
  • Achieve equity in housing, public health, and opportunities

STRATEGIC PLAN

See our Strategic Plan from 2015, now being updated.

ANNUAL REPORTS

See our Annual Reports: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020

HISTORY OF ECOS

See our History of ECOS, updated for our 50th Anniversary in 2023.

PRESIDENTS OF ECOS

See the list of ECOS Presidents from 1971.

LEGAL & FINANCIAL

The Environmental Council of Sacramento, Inc. (ECOS), is a nonprofit corporation incorporated in the State of California, with our principal office located in Sacramento County, California. See our Legal and Financial documents.

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