(From L to R) A photo I took of a blossoming tree near my apartment, me at the Rose Garden, and me taking a gardening break with a friend at the Eloheh farm. As my
Reflections on Intention, Balance, and Grace

(From L to R) A photo I took of a blossoming tree near my apartment, me at the Rose Garden, and me taking a gardening break with a friend at the Eloheh farm. As my
Note* -This Call to Action letter from Scott Shurtleff was sent out before the Portland Youth Climate Strike last month. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to post it immediately. It’s such a strong letter I wanted to share it after the
During my time as an intern with EcoFaith Recovery, I’ve been invited to go to various meetings, from the Thursday morning mutual mentorship gatherings, to Randy’s Facebook Lives, and the Green Circles gatherings. Every third Tuesday evening, EcoFaith has been
The Pacific Ocean just before it reaches the bay of San Francisco at Mile Rock Beach and the Columbia River at Sauvie Island outside of Portland. These bodies of water have been integral in my life and spirituality. One of
For my first blog post, I thought it would be a good idea to introduce myself. My name is Meg Bender-Stephanski, and I am an intern with EcoFaith Recovery who is working alongside the Eloheh Indigenous Center for Earth Justice.
As I’m approaching the end of this internship, I’ve been thinking about what EcoFaith means to me and everything I’ve learned from this experience. At the beginning of summer, when I started this internship, I didn’t really know what to
This month, I’ve been exploring how identity, specifically large-group identity, plays a part in how trauma is passed down through generations. Large group identity refers to a group of people who share the same tribal, ethnic, national, religious sentiments, but
Over this past month I’ve been able to expand my research largely due to the resources that I’ve gained through a few awesome one-to-one meetings. The one-to-one’s have really allowed me to look at everything I’ve been doing from a
Over these past few months, I have been getting to know the EcoFaith leaders and trying to figure out what project I would like to pursue. I knew that I wanted my research to be beneficial to EcoFaith both now
RBGND: The National Black Climate Summit and the National Black Climate Agenda (A summary of the National Black Climate Summit, you can watch here) The Red Black and Green New Deal (RBGND) is an initiative of the Movement for Black