Hello beloveds,

Earth Day is April 22nd. There are countless ways we can honor this day. I would LOVE to hear how you center around this day of awareness and intention.

One way I have decided to center on Earth day is to support and suggest joining the Equitable Giving Circle plant exchange - where white folks gift plants to BIPOC folks in the Portland area. You can “Plant it Forward” – follow this link https://floranoir.us/product/plant-it-forward-plants/ to both support Flora Noir, a local, black-owned, women-run business and the BIPOC folkx who receive the gift!

Plant it Forward is a project of Equitable Giving Circle (https://www.equitablegivingcircle.org/). There is some powerful work going on here, please check them out and consider supporting one of their many wonderful projects, including the plant circle and their CSA Program (https://www.equitablegivingcircle.org/#csaprogram).

I am also very inspired by The Black Food Sovereignty Coalition, a collaboration hub for Black and Brown communities to confront the systemic barriers that make food, place and economic opportunities inaccessible to us. whose mission is to ignite Black and brown communities to participate as owners and movement leaders within food systems, placemaking, and economic development.(https://blackfoodnw.org/)

Happy Earth Day – I hope you take the opportunity to put your bare feet on the Earth, to soak up the beautiful, grounding energy and let it warm you from the soles of the feet all the way into your heart. Feel the air, breathe it in. Feel the connections that are all around you, ever-present. We are united in this shared experience of BEING.

With love,
Laela