Nov 6, 2018 | 2018, BeFriending Creation, Books We Love, Number 4, October-November-December, Renewable Energy, Uncategorized, Volume 31
A Peek into Quaker Institute for the Future’s new book Energy Choices: Opportunities to Make Wise Decisions for a Sustainable Future by Bob Bruninga Review by Judy Lumb. WE ARE NEVER MORE than a few years away from making a major personal energy decision: • when we...
Nov 6, 2018 | Advocacy, BeFriending Creation, Number 4, Uncategorized, Volume 31
By Larry Strain. I attended the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) in San Francisco this September as a delegate of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). I also attended two affiliated events – The Carbon Smart Building Day and Climate Heritage Mobilization....
Nov 6, 2018 | Action-Oriented, BeFriending Creation, Indigenous Peoples, Meetings Taking Action, Number 4, Practical, Quaker-Specific, Uncategorized, Volume 31
An Introduction By Jeff Kisling. Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) Friends Peter Clay and I recently walked on the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March. A group of about thirty that included nearly a dozen Native Americans walked 94 miles along the route of the...
Nov 6, 2018 | Action-Oriented, BeFriending Creation, Friendly Landscapes, Meetings Taking Action, Mini-Grants, Number 4, Quaker-Specific, Soil, Uncategorized, Volume 31, Youth & Young Friends
By Eric Fuselier. LAST YEAR FAYETTEVILLE Monthly Meeting’s Quaker Earthcare Witness Committee started a project to improve the grounds at our meetinghouse, the OMNI Center for Peace, Justice & Ecology, to include more habitat for wildlife, with the ultimate goal...
Nov 6, 2018 | Activism, Advocacy, BeFriending Creation, Environmental Justice, Fracking, Indigenous Peoples, Number 4, Uncategorized, Volume 31
By Daniel Kirkpatrick. THE THIRTY OF US STOOD in a quiet circle in the gravel on a sunny, cool morning. Wood smoke rose toward the sky from the adjacent lodge, and boreal forests surrounded the clearing. A First Nations elder, Lht’at’en, spoke in her Wet’suwet’en...
