by Quaker Earthcare | Dec 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
by Shelley Tanenbaum In 2015, the Pope’s message to the world, Laudato Si, amazed many of us, myself included, with his blunt comments about people, economics, and climate change. (QuakerEarthcare.org/Laudato-Si) He called for a radical restructuring of how we relate...
by Quaker Earthcare | Dec 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
Referring to the Romans’ view of early Christians, Tertullian wrote, “It is mainly the deeds of a love so noble that lead many to put a brand upon us. See how they love one another, they say.” This idea that our QEW community is rooted in addressing climate change...
by Quaker Earthcare | Dec 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
by Peter Husby To many people, the concept of “natural” is equivalent to a lack of human presence or measurable human influence. For example, the late ecologist E.O. Wilson believed that the only way to save our planet was to remove humans from half of the earth’s...
by Quaker Earthcare | Dec 17, 2023 | BeFriending Creation, BeFriending Creation 3604
Join a webinar sponsored by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting’s Environmental Justice Collaborative on Community Choice Aggregation on January 18th, 7pm Eastern. Presenters from the CCA for PA team will provide an overview of CCA, introduce participants to local leaders...
by Quaker Earthcare | Dec 17, 2023 | BeFriending Creation, BeFriending Creation 3604
by Lina Blount On November 15th, I sat in a wooden folding chair on a grassy corner outside the Pennsylvania headquarters of the investment company Vanguard. I was surrounded by dozens of others, all of us in worshipful, contemplative silence. We had taken Quaker...
