by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Sep 10, 2021 | 2021, Activism, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Individuals Taking Action, July-August-September, Meetings Taking Action, Number 3, Volume 34
At Philadelphia Yearly Meeting’s annual sessions this July, Friends came under the weight of the climate emergency as a yearly meeting priority and accepted and approved the Climate Sprint Report, “Moving Together in the Face of Climate Change,” excerpted below.
To...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Sep 10, 2021 | 2021, BeFriending Creation, July-August-September, Number 3, Spirituality
by Bill Cahalan. Bill Cahalan is an eco-psychologist. His booklet, Awakening to Earth, is currently being updated by Quaker Earthcare Witness and will be available to share and download. This meditation is an excerpt. Bill writes, “Here is one version of a guided...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Sep 10, 2021 | 2021, Activism, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, July-August-September, Number 3
by George Lakey. Judging from news accounts of the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, we can expect a fresh dose of anxiety about the future to show up among Friends, even while some of us are reeling from the effects of Covid-19. The...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Aug 27, 2021 | Activism, Environmental Justice, Indigenous Peoples, Individuals Taking Action
Quakers are coming together to support the growing Indigenous-led movement in northern Minnesota to resist the construction of the Line 3 pipeline. Several Friends participated in non-violent civil disobedience over this past Minnesota winter, several more took part...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Aug 6, 2021 | Activism, Indigenous Peoples, Timely, Water
“People are giving everything they have to defend this beautiful place and to stand up for future generations. Young people are stepping up to the plate, their future is on the line. This is an extension of the fight that is happening all over Mother Earth, protecting...
