by Quaker Earthcare Witness | May 22, 2021 | Mini-Grants
Quaker Earthcare Witness is pleased to share the news about three mini-grant recipients in 2020 and 2021: New Garden Friends/Guilford College Environmental Justice Internship: New Garden Friends Meeting was awarded funds to match commitments from New Garden Friends...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Apr 23, 2021 | New & Exploring
My name is Mary Jo Klingel, and I am a member of Quaker Earthcare Witness and have served as clerk. I want to share with you about a forum I facilitated on earthcare for my meeting in Charlotte, NC. Near the end of the forum, a man who had been silent the entire time,...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Mar 29, 2021 | 2021, BeFriending Creation, Books We Love, January-February-March, New & Exploring, Number 1, Volume 34
We asked QEW members to share their favorite books. Happy reading! Books to Read for These Times: Climate: A New Story by Charles Eisenstein. “How changing the ‘climate’ of our thinking and rhetoric can influence how we deal with physical climate change.” The Parable...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Mar 29, 2021 | 2021, Activism, BeFriending Creation, January-February-March, Number 1, Renewable Energy, Volume 34
By Lee McClenon. In the last few decades, some social scientists studying organizations have recognized that organizations are healthiest when they embrace a bit of unpredictability. In this model, networks are more powerful than individuals. Resilience is more...
by Quaker Earthcare Witness | Mar 29, 2021 | 2021, BeFriending Creation, Environmental Justice, January-February-March, Number 1, Racial Justice, Volume 34
By Lauri Langham. The intersection between environmental justice and racial justice is a busy one. We recognize how Black, Indigenous, people of color (BIPOC) and low-income people are the frontline communities that suffer the first and worst effects of planet...
