by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Dec 22, 2019 | 2020, BeFriending Creation, January-February-March, Population
Friends have long been concerned about how we live on our Earth and how we can best support a good life for everyone and all species. Sustainability requires that we use Earth’s resources at a level that provides a reasonable life for all now and maintains the...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Dec 1, 2019 | 2019, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Number 4, October-November-December, Soil, Volume 32
By Sayrah Namaste “To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves,” Gandhi said. The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) has been addressing the impacts of climate change through programs in New Mexico, Los Angeles, New Orleans, and...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Dec 1, 2019 | 2019, Activism, BeFriending Creation, Environmental Justice, Indigenous Peoples, Number 4, October-November-December, Practical, Quaker-Specific, Volume 32
By Pamela Haines. I’VE LOVED THIS bit of land for over fifty years. Coming up over the hill, my heart always opens anew to the jewel of a valley spread out below, part of the rolling farmland and woodlots of central New York state. My father bought an old farm here in...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Dec 1, 2019 | 2019, BeFriending Creation, Friendly Landscapes, Indigenous Peoples, Number 4, October-November-December, Permaculture, Soil, Volume 32
By Tom Small. NAPANOH PEMECWAN—Menominee for “flows repeatedly.” In nature, there is no foreground or background, no hierarchy, only relations, patterns of change and repetition. Train yourself to see the repeated patterns, to understand, feel, and identify with the...
