by Publications Committee | Dec 10, 2014 | BeFriending Creation, Meetings Taking Action, Peace, Resources, Volume 27
From the QEW Sustainability: Faith and Action Working Group. Recognizing the urgency of reducing our carbon footprint and living sustainably on the earth, QEW’s Sustainability: Faith and Action working group will be reaching out to all monthly and yearly meetings this...
by Publications Committee | Dec 10, 2014 | Resources
By Katherine Murray Many of us look forward to the holidays as a time of family togetherness and much-loved traditions. In addition to the deep spiritual significance, we enjoy cookies, eggnog, caroling—what’s not to love? But the holidays are also often a time when...
by Publications Committee | Dec 10, 2014 | Resources
By William Beale Several years ago, my wife and I decided that it was time to act on the ever-rising threat of climate change. Climate scientists had repeatedly warned us that we must stop putting carbon into the atmosphere or face the high likelihood of a near-term...
by Publications Committee | Dec 10, 2014 | Resources
COP 20 opened on December 1 and will continue until December 12, 2014 as organizations, individuals, government representatives, and participants from UN bodies and agencies gather in Lima, Peru, to work toward developing a global agreement to help pave the way for...
by Publications Committee | Dec 10, 2014 | Resources
Reflections on the People’s Climate March: Prelude to the Mother of All Movements? by Bob McGahey Geeta and I joined the amazing People’s Climate March in New York in September 2014. We marched with Quakers amongst the faith communities, a cohort with a...