Pachamama Alliance of Oregon
Co-Creating a Just, Fulfilling, and Sustainable Region
Centered around Pachamama Alliance's "Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream" Symposium, we believe and work together in community to co-create an Environmentally Sustainable, Spiritually Fulfilling, and Socially Just world.
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Created: Mar 28, 2008
Updated: Nov 19, 2009
Membership: Open
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Rebecca Thistlethwaite
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Areas of Focus
Agroecology
(1166 people) | Organic Farming
(3633 people) | Sustainable Agriculture
(4007 people) | Agricultural Policy
(1259 people) | Rural Farming Communities
(1544 people) | Farm Ecosystem Management
(1281 people) | Agricultural Water Conservation and Management
(1195 people) | Sustainable Livestock Husbandry
(710 people)
About
I grew up surrounded by suburbia, hobby farms, and small woodlots in Beaverton, Oregon. Got engaged to the environmental movement at 17, when I worked as a canvasser for OSPIRG. Attended University of Colorado at Boulder for 1.5 years, then transferred up to Colorado State U. to finish my degree in Natural Resources Management, which we called No Real Major for short. Had a hard time finding paid work, so I apprenticed on various organic farms around the Northwest for a couple years, interspersed with ski bumming in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Went back to school at University of California-Davis to get my Masters degree in International Agricultural Development, emphasizing agroecology in my coursework. Did research in both Guatemala and Honduras on small-scale producers and biodiversity, then got a job at ALBA for the last 6.5 years as program manager and Director of Programs. See more info. about ALBA under Organizations. I am now doing consulting work and blogging at www.honestmeat.com
I live on an organic farm with cows, pigs, chickens, and vegetables with my lovely daughter Fiona, dog Iris, and my partner Jim.
I live on an organic farm with cows, pigs, chickens, and vegetables with my lovely daughter Fiona, dog Iris, and my partner Jim.
Life is filled with suffering, but it is also filled with many wonders, like the blue sky, the sunshine, the eyes of a baby. To suffer is not enough. We must also be in touch with the wonders of life. They are within us and all around us, everywhere, any time.
Thich Nhat Hanh
Vietnamese Monk, Author and Peace Activist