Below is EcoFaith Leader Cheryl Lohrmann’s reflections on the sHellNo Kayak Flotilla on July 25th in Portland, OR. More photos here. Dustin, Leo and I went with another family just to see the kayaks get in the water
Ecofaith Recovery featured on “Brethren Voices”
Interested in knowing more about Beyond Fossil Fuels Grounding for Action meetings? Want to share what they do with your congregation or community? Ecofaith Recovery’s Beyond Fossil Fuels Initiative is featured on “Brethren Voices” May program. Ed Groff and Brent
“There is no later.” (by EcoFaith Intern Karin Hatch)
“There is no later.” This was the phrase of my first tattoo. I got it shortly after the death of my grandmother. It was to be a reminder of the fragility of life and how there are no guarantees. I
Four Scenarios (by EcoFaith Intern Dave Pritchett)
David Holmgren, a permaculturalist and ecologist, identifies four major possibilities the world face in light of the twin giants of peak oil and anthropogenic climate change. He plots these possibilities with respect to the rate of fossil fuel collapse and
EcoFaith Recovery Leaders Retreat (by EcoFaith Office Admin Rachael Johnson)
Nearly 40 EcoFaith Recovery leaders gathered on Saturday, September 28 at the YMCA’s beautiful Camp Collins in Gresham, Oregon to practice “ecofaith recovery” together. It was the First Annual EcoFaith Retreat and Engagement Day. The workshops focused on the theme-
NOTES FOR BREATHERS #2: Pressures on Families/ the Great Destruction (by Dick Harmon, a lead teacher in our “Ecology of Grace and Justice – Organizing in the Biocommons Course”)
“What are the pressures on our families?” This is one of the initial questions that leaders and organizers use in building broad-based organizations. It can also serve as the first of several steps toward understanding how the Great Destruction impacts
NOTES FOR BREATHERS #1: The “No-Yes” Of Our Situation (by Dick Harmon, a leader in our “Ecology of Grace and Justice – Organizing in the Biocommons Course”)
In the first session of the current Organizing in the Biocommons class, Rev. Solveig Nilsen-Goodin raised this question: “What’s really going on?” These Notes take a look at that question. If you’re really breathing these days, it means that you
Join us for the next “Organizing in the Biocommons” course beginning Sept. 28th (Solveig Nilsen-Goodin)
By Solveig Nilsen-Goodin My experience of participating in the Organizing in the Biocommons Course was like wandering in the wilderness: assumptions and frameworks constantly disintegrating and re-integrating as I struggled to understand the core of what is “wrong:” what is
Organizing in the Biocommons Course by Cecil Denney
From Cecil Denney (Member of the Lake Oswego United Methodist Church and Metropolitan Alliance for Common Good): I heard about the Organizing in the Biocommons class from a good friend, who knew a couple of the instructors and I wanted