Hello and Happy New Year! My name is Kirra Hughes; I’m a new intern for EcoFaith Recovery and will be working with the Beyond Fossil Fuels initiative. My internship will consist of assisting BFF with short term and long term
Water (by EcoFaith Intern Elizabeth Herzfeldt-Kamprath)
Water I love living in the woods at camp. Surrounded by trees, by birds merrily waking up in the morning, by friends who enjoy being and experiencing the outdoors, by the sounds of what we call “Luther Creek” which winds
It comes full circle in completion, and begins again (by EcoFaith Intern Nathan Holst)
It comes full circle in completion, and begins again. There have been a lot of full circles in this internships process. It’s almost a full year since I started this project. We finished our last day of the youth
Planting seeds one day at a time: a recap of the Eco-faith Youth Project (by EcoFaith Intern Nathan Holst)
Planting seeds one day at a time: a recap of the Eco-faith Youth Project As I look back at the experience of the Eco-faith Youth Project, I’ve been thinking about planting seeds. In my first vision of the project, I
The Table (by Tess Waechter, EcoFaith Recovery Intern)
“If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time; but if you are here because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” Lilla Watson, Indigenous Australian Activist Hi Folks, It’s been
EcoFaith Youth Camp (by EcoFaith Intern, Nathan Holst)
Hi all, I know it’s been some time since I last wrote a post here, but I want to share that it’s not because my internship hasn’t been moving forward. There’s been a lot of movement and exciting things happening
Mining and firefighting and heroism, oh my! (by EcoFaith Intern Turtle Farahat)
Hello, friends! It has been quite a while since I’ve posted here. My work was on hiatus in the fall due to an extraordinarily heavy course load, but I am back in action and so glad to be sharing the
Dream Wildly With Me, Please (by Intern Tess Waechter)
Have you ever dreamt wildly, felt like your dreams would not be reality but then had someone believe in you and say “Yes!” My journey with EcoFaith begins with “Yes!” Welcome to the Table! For the last four years, it
By Turtle Farahat, EcoFaith Recovery Intern, 2012!
Hello, friends! Hard to believe that it’s already August! I spent the end of July in Oakland, California, and came home to Portland with renewed appreciation for the creativity and generosity that humans can offer one another. As you may
From Nathan Holst – one of our EcoFaith Interns!
I thought it fitting that I start writing my first blog post here, at Soda Peaks Lake, in the Gifford-Pinchot Wilderness. After hiking up 3 miles and 2,500 ft of altitude, I’m now surrounded by tall Doug Firs, two inspiring