by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Feb 14, 2022 | 2022, Activism, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Divestment, Environmental Justice, Jan Feb March, Number 1, Timely, Volume 35
by Eileen Flanagan. As soon as Earth Quaker Action Team (EQAT) announced that we had joined the international campaign to pressure Vanguard to become a climate leader, we started hearing from Quakers and others who were Vanguard customers that they were eager to move...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Feb 14, 2022 | 2022, BeFriending Creation, Divestment, Environmental Justice, Individuals Taking Action, Jan Feb March, Number 1, Sustainability, Volume 35
by Jonathan Ogle. The world’s biggest asset managers have a big problem. Companies such as BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street manage trillions of dollars of investment on behalf of millions of investors. Even while they sign commitments to make their own office...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Feb 14, 2022 | 2022, Activism, Advocacy, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Jan Feb March, Number 1, Volume 35
by Lindsey Fielder Cook. Recognition of a human right to a healthy environment can have, in the words of the UN Special Rapporteur, “life-changing potential.” The 2010 UN recognition of water and sanitation as a human right led to significantly improved access to...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Feb 14, 2022 | 2022, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Hopeful, Jan Feb March, Number 1, Volume 35, Youth & Young Friends
by Pamela Haines. A regular high point in my week is being in touch with a handful of young climate activists. Through a young man who stayed in our spare room while doing student fossil fuel divestment work and then went on to be one of the founders of the Sunrise...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Feb 14, 2022 | 2022, Art & Poetry, BeFriending Creation, Books We Love, Jan Feb March, New & Exploring, Number 1, Spirituality, Volume 35
by Mary Conrow Coelho. There are remarkable discoveries now offered to Quaker Earthcare Witness that can greatly strengthen its work and witness. One evening in the early 1990s, a small group gathered to listen to a talk in a video series describing the changes in...
