Student Engagement in Climate Justice

By Katie Evans, PLTS Green Justice Seminary Team and MA student in Climate Justice and Faith Concentration

On March 21st, I participated in the Stop Dirty Banking direct action at the Wells Fargo Headquarters in San Francisco. I was part of a faith contingent that I helped organize through my GreenFaith internship. Even though it was cold, rainy, and windy, people still showed up! It was inspiring to see so many people from different organizations like Third Act and 1000 Grandmothers singing and chanting together.

By Katie Evans, PLTS Green Justice Seminary Team and MA student in Climate Justice and Faith Concentration

This week, I am sharing some different swaps that I have done in my own life around hygiene products. Over the last couple years, I have been making swaps and trying new products. In that time, I have switched over to shampoo and conditioner bars. They are great for the health of my hair and save plastic and money.

By Sarah Berg, Acting Director, Center for Climate Justice and Faith

With two very young children and a pandemic, my family slipped into some less-than-sustainable habits over the last few years (e.g. Amazon deliveries, take-out, so many individually wrapped cheese sticks…). Now that lockdown is behind us and my youngest is officially a toddler, we embarked on the #FewerPlasticsForLent challenge to see what changes we could make to reduce our plastic use.

By Katie Insalaco, PLTS MDiv Concentration in Climate Justice and Faith

For those who don’t know me, I’m a first-year MDiv PLTS student studying in Portland, OR. I also have four children, a husband and a small urban homestead. So, I know a thing or two about cleaning. When it comes to cleaning products, I’m always looking for something that’s the best combination of three things: nontoxic (relatively), affordable and gets the job done. (Full disclosure: we actually live at our house. No one from Real Simple magazine is knocking on my door and the word “spotless” has simply never been uttered here.) That said, here are some of my go-to cleaning products that I use just about every day…

By Katie Evans, PLTS Green Justice Seminary Team

This week, we continue talking about simple plastic swaps and look specifically at options for produce! 

On Saturday, I explored the farmer’s market that happens every week on Center Street. Talking with vendors and walking through the rows of produce was a great way to start my Saturday. It felt like a spiritual practice in and of itself. While I might not always have time to stroll through the farmer’s market, I think it will be a practice that I will add into my schedule. After I went to the market, I went over to Trader Joe’s to compare the prices of the produce I had bought…