ECLT began as a partnership with The Oakland Community Land Trust (OakCLT). OakCLT was established in 2009 after a multi-year, multiple stakeholder organizing effort to establish a new entity to acquire and permanently preserve real estate assets with, and for, low-income Oakland residents. OakCLT’s mission is to remove land, housing, and other critical community-serving properties from the speculative market and hold them in trust for the permanent benefit of low-income residents. OakCLT is building a productive, scalable platform for resident-controlled housing and the community ownership of land – one that equitably redistributes the rights, responsibilities, burdens, and rewards of land ownership in favor of populations that have disproportionately been denied such privileges.

Plantify is an organization dedicated to connecting people to nature. Plantify pursues initiatives to democratize access to nature, and hosts biophilic workshops and educational events including nature outings, eco-gardening, and kokedama craft workshops.