by Quaker Earthcare Witness | May 27, 2022 | 2022, April-May-June, Art & Poetry, BeFriending Creation, Number 2, Volume 35
By Christopher Haines. Rhyme and Reason There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children. She didn’t know what to do. But try as she would she could never detect which was the cause and which the effect. – Piet Hein, Grooks 2:30* There was a...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | May 27, 2022 | 2022, Activism, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Meetings Taking Action, Number 2, Volume 35
By Katherine van Wormer. An issue of immediate concern to the Madison (WI) Friends is government’s selection of our airport as home for the notorious F-35 fighter planes. The Madison Friends’ Minute begins: As Quakers, we seek to remove the circumstances that foster...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | May 27, 2022 | 2022, Action-Oriented, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Biology, Climate Change, Individuals Taking Action, Number 2, Permaculture, Sustainability, Timely, Volume 35
By Jim Kessler. Native plants are adapted to the local area and its climate. Unfortunately, many of our beautiful non-native garden flowers provide little or no food for honeybees, native pollinators, songbirds, and other wildlife. Non-native plants have the potential...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | May 27, 2022 | 2022, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Meetings Taking Action, New & Exploring, Number 2, Volume 35, Youth & Young Friends
Epistle from Friends World Committee for Consultation, Section of the Americas (FWCC). To all Friends Everywhere: On Saturday, 19th day of the 3rd month, a Consultation was held by FWCC entitled: Spirit-Led Climate Action Among Quakers: What’s Happening? This Zoom...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | May 27, 2022 | 2022, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Indigenous Peoples, Number 2, Sustainability, Volume 35
By Yumi Teresa Radtke Kawano. Editor’s Note: Yumi invited the Quaker Earthcare Witness Steering Committee on a virtual tour of her home in April, and I had the opportunity for a longer tour and conversation a few weeks before. I invite you to imagine you are there...
