May 6, 2019 | 2019, Art & Poetry, BeFriending Creation, July-August-September, Number 3, Spiritual, Spirituality, Theology, Uncategorized, Volume 32
By Mey Hasbrook. THIS SUMMER at the Friends General Conference Gathering’s Earthcare Center, I spoke on “Transformative Earthcare: 18th-century Benjamin Lay for Today.” I shared how this third-generation Quaker lived a radical life at the intersections of concerns...
May 6, 2019 | 2019, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, July-August-September, Number 3, Skeptics, Uncategorized, Volume 32
By Gayle Matson FOR 60 OF MY 65 YEARS I lived in Seattle and Portland, surrounded by snow-capped mountains and lush forests. The natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest is truly spectacular, though climate change has brought even rainier winters to the area. Last...
May 6, 2019 | 2019, BeFriending Creation, July-August-September, Number 3, Volume 32
Shelley Tanenbaum This past June was the hottest June on record, ever. This July was the hottest month ever recorded. Earlier this summer, temperatures were so high in France that exams were cancelled. You might not realize how significant this is, so let me put it in...
May 6, 2019 | 2019, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Friendly Landscapes, Number 2, Permaculture, Soil, Uncategorized, Volume 32
By Dave Crawford. Robin Wall Kimmerer (Braiding Sweetgrass, 2014) suggests humans can restore natural landscapes as a gift to Earth in exchange for the gifts nature provides to humans. She suggests that Earth might say “thank you” to humans for doing this. I’ve done...
May 6, 2019 | 2019, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Number 2, Spirituality, Uncategorized, Volume 32
By Sara Jolena Wolcott. “What do you envision for the future?” Joanna Macy—Buddhist eco-philosopher, scholar of deep ecology and systems theory—asked me last night, over a dinner of orange yams and tofu and lemon broccoli. Every time I visit her in her Berkeley home,...
