by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Feb 27, 2023 | 2023, BeFriending Creation, New & Exploring, Number 1, Spirituality, Volume 36
by Hayley Hathaway. In fall 2022, QEW launched its first 10-week course on ecological grief. The course came after organizing two popular online workshops on the topic: over 200 Friends registered from across North America. At these workshops, Friends shared about...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Feb 27, 2023 | 2023, Art & Poetry, BeFriending Creation, Number 1, Volume 36
by Nan Fawcett. Imagine a future where we are all heard, where we all listen to each other, not only to our human siblings but to everything, the large and small inhabitants of our home planet, listening to everyone’s voice. Imagine a life where we are open to new...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Feb 27, 2023 | 2023, Action-Oriented, Activism, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Divestment, Number 1, Renewable Energy, Volume 36
by Kathy Barnhart. At the beginning of each Meeting for Business at Strawberry Creek Meeting in Berkeley, California, a committee responds to one of the Advices and Queries in our Pacific Yearly Meeting’s Faith and Practice. Last month our Communications Committee...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Feb 27, 2023 | 2023, Activism, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Number 1, Volume 36
by Shelley Tanenbaum. After 27 United Nations Climate Conferences, and even earlier conferences and agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol (1997) and the Rio Earth Summit (1992), why are we so far behind in dealing with climate (and biodiversity and desertification)?...