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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ

@elanaberk.bsky.social
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climate change communications by day, animal sanctuary volunteer on weekends, full of beans ALL the time. Engaged Buddhist in the Plum Village tradition 🪷 Vegan since 2023 🙏

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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
I normally dislike webinars but this one was SO good! Even if you haven’t read the book, @caroljadams.bsky.social is such an icon who will make you feel so galvanized. Change your plate, change your world!! #Vegan
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Erika Lee Sears @erikaleesears.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Get ready with me #oilpainting #art
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
I'm starting to think we're not getting those "medbeds" afterall.
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
I just want to make space for us to take time and collectively mourn the loss of #vegan staples being removed from grocery stores and menus. I'm going to start with Trader Joe's Meatless Meatballs. Rest easy, my frozen comrades.
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Fellow #PlumVillage practitioners, I'm taking the #Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet course for a second time! The course starts Oct 19! If you're interested, there are scholarships and discounts. Please feel free to DM me if you have questions or would like a discount code. plumvillage.org/zasp
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
I took the Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet course during Spring of 2024 and LOVED it. It really helped me transform some panic into peace in the midst of our shared #climate crisis. If you’re curious, check out the free event on October 1st! Sign up here: bit.ly/3Ikz1yr #ZASP #PlumVillage
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Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet | Plum Village
Welcome to a 7-week in-depth online learning journey to nurture insight, compassion, community, and mindful action in service of the Earth.
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
I can't believe I'm writing this, but @nytimes.com actually published my tiny love story about my mice. Here it is (second story down): www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/s...
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
KEEP CALLING. PEEL OFF ALL DEM SENATORS YOU CAN. ☎️: (202) 224-3121 Tell them to vote NO on Cloture and NO on CR. Vote is pushed to after 1:15ish for now. Situation is fluid. The only public YES votes are Schumer and Fetterman. They need 7-8 total. KEEP CALLING. Call retiring Senators too!
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Never been a better time to review this list of 198 methods of #non-violent action. "Malicious compliance" is my new favorite phrase. www.brandeis.edu/peace-confli...
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I'm glad to be part of the #economicboycott. It's nice to be in #solidarity with each other and a good practice in consuming less*. My teacher, Zen Master #ThichNhatHanh taught that consumption is not true happiness. I'll add neither is fascism, bigotry or racism. *Given your privilege to do so
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 15/02/2025
🚨 Your House representative is now back home through February 23. That’s where we come in. With Trump and Elon Musk pulling off a billionaire coup in real time, this congressional recess is about turning up the heat like never before. Let’s get to work: indivisi.org/muskorus
(over images of Elon Musk and Congress) MUSK OR US
CONGRESSIONAL RECESS
FEBRUARY 14-23
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
This might have to be my next read. Community is the way out of this individualistic, capitalistic, materialistic mess.
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The New Happy @newhappyco.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
What to do when you’re overthinking:
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
It’s a great day to call your electeds! I just called mine and spoke to a real person. Here’s what I learned: -they keep a tally of calls per issue -you can/should call everyday -you can/should call both their DC and local office numbers Be polite. Ask questions. 5calls.org/issue/elon-m...
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Fight Against Elon Musk’s Government Takeover ⭑ 5 Calls
UPDATE (02/02/25): Musk and his DOGE team of personal allies have also now gained access to classified material including high-security intelligence …
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
I was delighted to see this timely article. So many of us are anxious and scared. Thay's teachings keep me afloat—especially now. Learning to be with the present moment is a gift we give ourselves and to each other. 🙏🪷 #plumvillage #thichnhathanh www.nytimes.com/2025/01/16/w...
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This Mindfulness Book Actually Helped Soothe My Anxious Mind (Gift Article)
The Thich Nhat Hanh classic is celebrating its 50th year in circulation. It also taught me to be OK with life’s uncertainties.
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Sikfan Kitchen @sikfankitchen.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
During Lunar New Year, it’s common to eat “Buddha’s Delight”! 🥢 It’s made with a variety of vegetables that have auspicious meanings for good luck. I’ve used shiitake mushroom, carrots, Napa cabbage, bean curds, sugar snap peas, baby corn & more! 😋Recipe: youtu.be/vE_Ug-nPwgE?... #cooking #foodsky
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
And in the midst of it all, scenes of #joy because we all need some. Frankie, the most people-lovin’ goat I’ve ever met. #Vegan and #plantbased cookbooks. My sweet husband fluffing up some hay for a horse at the sanctuary and a glorious rainbow roast. #veganfood
A large male brown goat named Frankie stared into the camera directly The cookbook “Cool Beans”My husband fluffing fresh Timothy hay in a feeder box for a large brown horse named River. A cookie sheet of raw vegetables organized by color: purple onions, orange carrots, white cauliflower and green broccoli about to be roasted
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
America has deep problems, which is why we can’t give up. Protect the vulnerable, organize boycotts and keep fighting. My latest for The Guardian. ⬇️
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Trump’s neofascism is here now. Here are 10 things you can do to resist | Robert Reich
America has deep problems, which is why we can’t give up. Protect the vulnerable, organize boycotts and keep fighting
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 31/01/2025
Cracks are starting to show in the fragile MAGA coalition and we can block some of Trump’s most dangerous nominees. Make sure your senators hear from you ASAP: nixthenoms.com?source=bluesky
Manu Raju on Twitter: “Cassidy could single-handedly derail the nomination by voting NO in committee. He hasn’t said how he would vote.”Stephen Hayes on Twitter: “Senator John Curtis sat in on Tulsi Gabbard's hearing today despite the fact that he's not on the Intel Committee. He tells @TheDispatch he leaves with "more questions than answers" and says "her responses, and non-responses, created more confusion than clarity and only deepened my concerns about her judgement and what that will mean in this vital role."”Andrew Desiderio on Twitter: “Asked Sen. Lankford (R-Okla.) what he thought of Gabbard not calling Snowden a traitor after he set it up for her

“Kinda surprised. I thought that was gonna be an easy softball question”

Problem for her confirmation prospects?

“I think there are a lot of questions after it, yeah””Andrew Desiderio on Twitter: “Lankford had previously said he supports her confirmation. This seems to be in doubt now.”
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Going to share this helpful website. It's still not too late to make some calls. If you haven't called your reps before, it's not as hard as you think. - Read the script - Add a personal story if you have one - Be polite but firm Remember, they represent YOU. 5calls.org
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5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
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Bonnie J Preston @bonniejpreston.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Stay in your job. Make them fire you. Then sue for wrongful termination.
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Ben Lesnick @banditloaf.wcnews.com · 29/01/2025
I broke down sobbing over the state of the world this morning while I was feeding the cats. But you have to keep going, cats will need more food.
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Time to gooooo 🏃‍♀️💨!!!
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
When I question if I can stay mindful and compassionate while being engaged in this troubled world, I remember that much of Thich Nhat Hanh’s writings, and the practice we know today was born from a time of deep division & suffering. In the words of Kaira Jewel Lingo: “we were made for these times”🪷
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov · 22/01/2025
SHARE WIDELY. KNOW YOUR RIGHTS. With mass deportations starting today across the country, it is vitally important - for both citizens and non-citizens - to know your rights. You have the right to remain silent. Assert it. You have the right to a lawyer. Ask for one. (1/3)
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
"Zoos cannot teach us anything true about the lives of animals" Derrick Jensen
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
I cannot express the immense joy of reading Fragrant Palm Leaves while living in Princeton during the winter. I walk with Thay to his dorm at Brown Hall. No birth. No death. Our teacher continues in the present moment. 🪷 #plumvillage #thichnhathanh
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Scrumptious #vegan #orgsnic dinner date tonight. Cashew sweet potato macaroni with smoked shiitakes for me and gyro oyster mushrooms for my husband. Shared a peanut butter torte after. 🤤 It’s so fun going to 100% #plant-based restaurants. Nice to see how the pros do it. We always leave inspired.
A tablescape of vegan cashew macaroni and cheese with smoked mushrooms, broccoli florets and a glass of juice. Vegan peanut butter chocolate torte on a plate with coconut cream and dots of raspberry coulis
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Scenes from our shift at the animal sanctuary. The more time we spend with these animals, the more we get to see their unique personalities. It’s a joy to get to know them as individuals. You just can’t help but learn to love them. This is a privilege I am grateful to have. 🙏 🪷 #vegan #veganism
A beautiful chestnut colored horse looking directly into the camera. He wears a cute jacket because of the cold. My husband in a goat shelter fluffing hay up for a sweet brown goat named Cocoa. She is in the shelter with him just hanging out.
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Today is my 2-year veganiversary. My only regret is not doing it sooner. Veganism will burst your heart wide open. It hurts at first but the compassion that rushes in is so worth it. #vegan #veganuary
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Went out for a giant #vegan #breakfast after our shift at the animal sanctuary! Vegan pancakes, Impossible sausage patties & Just Egg with fruit and oatmilk coffee. What a time to be alive (+ vegan) 🥰. Also check out this snuggly goat gal, Cocoa. It’s amazing how kind these animals are to us 🥹 ❤️
Vegan pancakes, vegan sausage, fruit and vegan eggs! Cute brown goat resting her head in my hand looking adorable and soft
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Forgot to get a picture of the final product with tomato sauce but these #vegan stuffed shells were a total HIT with the omnivore-family!! Highly recommend! thehiddenveggies.com/stuffed-shel... #veganfood
A pan filled with vegan stuffed pasta shells without tomato sauce ready to be baked
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Running is the healthy version of a smoke break- an acceptable excuse to leave in any weather for an undetermined length of time at any time of day! Trapped at a difficult family gathering? Congratulations, on your new hobby! As someone who doesn’t run, I’ve put on 7 miles in 3 days 😬.
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
A relative accidentally put a stick of my vegan butter out at big family dinner…everyone ate it on bread. Nobody noticed. I’ll call that a win. #vegan #veganfood
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
This is the teaching from Thay that helped me go #vegan. This one changed everything for me. What once felt like a sacrifice became a privilege and a source of true happiness. The joy is in the choice. 🙏🪷 #plumvillage www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZUK...
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Being a Vegan Is a Great Happiness | Thich Nhat Hanh (Vietnamese with English subtitles)
YouTube video by Plum Village App
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Thay’s teachings on the recognizing the joy of having a ability to choose NOT to cause harm is what really helped me go #vegan #plumvillage 🪷
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Peter FitzSimons @peterfitz1.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Hosted the in-laws for a completely #vegan middle eastern feast: Mujadara Tabbouleh Oyster mushroom “shawarma” Marinated tofu “feta” Babaganouj (+random pita chip) I am always grateful for an opportunity to show people how good cruelty-free, climate-friendly, healthy #veganfood can be
Close up of a plate with vegan 
Mujadara 
Tabbouleh
Oyster mushroom “shawarma”  
Marinated tofu “feta” 
Babaganouj (+random pita chip)

On a table with a placemat
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Ruminant cuties and goat loafs from my shift at the sanctuary this morning 🥹 ❤️
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Not a drag queen.
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CJ™ Ⓥ @vegancj.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
I will yell this out for the cheap seats: animal rights is also human rights. Stop the slaughter houses and you stop the worker abuse. #veganism #vegan
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Baked tandoori tofu, with roasted veg and quinoa for a healthy, roasty #vegan dinner Cheers plant-pals! #veganfood
Vegan tandoori tofu quinoa bowl on a table
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
To my fellow environmentalists, if you’re still consuming beef and cows milk, maybe it’s time to do some soul searching.
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
What do my fellow #vegans out there eat for breakfast on a typical day? I’m in a rut.
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
My Vegans of NJ series is live on Vegan in NJ! I interviewed Matt and Shannon, professional mushroom foragers, artists, recipe developers and all around rad #vegans. www.veganinnj.com/post/vegans-...
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VEGANS OF NJ: Matt + Shannon
Meet Matt Sikorski and Shannon Kenny—professional mushroom foragers, artists, and vegan recipe developers living in Princeton New Jersey. In addition to supplying mushrooms to local restaurants, Shannon works as a nurse on the cardio/neuro floor of a hospital. Matt works part-time at a local hardware store, walks dogs, owns a repair business, and paints commissions in his signature psychedelic style.  When I asked if we could do this interview, they invited me over for a stunning home-cooked mea
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Billy Lazzaro @thrillyb.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Not to be an annoying vegetarian, but these outbreaks are almost always due to our national addiction to cheap meat. Feels like they don't mention that prominently in these articles ever, they're just like, "don't eat spinach it's poison."
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Got up super early on Black Friday for a sale on gentle goat cuddles! Unlimited time offer! Get this and so much more at your local animal sanctuary!
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
www.buzzfeed.com/michaelabram... It is just sad how this campaign won on misinformation and the fact that critical thinking in the United States is a dying art.
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12 Trump Supporters Who Are Probably Googling "How To Take Back Vote"
"My MAGA mom is being ostracized by her MAGA/Q friend group because she's pro-vaccine."
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
This mornings big ol’ pile of sleeping pig pigs. Animal sanctuaries are truly magical places. ❤️🐽
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Elana Berk (She/Her)🌱Ⓥ @elanaberk.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Proud member of the leguminati!
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