Jan 12, 2021 | 2019, BeFriending Creation, Friendly Landscapes, Number 4, October-November-December, Permaculture, Volume 32
By Carol Barta. Permaculture is said to be “the art of designing beneficial relationships.” Permaculture is a design science rooted in the observation of natural systems, the wisdom of traditional farming methods, and systems thinking. It uses both ancient wisdom and...
Dec 1, 2019 | 2019, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Number 4, October-November-December, Soil, Volume 32
By Sayrah Namaste “To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves,” Gandhi said. The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) has been addressing the impacts of climate change through programs in New Mexico, Los Angeles, New Orleans, and...
Dec 1, 2019 | 2019, Activism, BeFriending Creation, Environmental Justice, Indigenous Peoples, Number 4, October-November-December, Practical, Quaker-Specific, Volume 32
By Pamela Haines. I’VE LOVED THIS bit of land for over fifty years. Coming up over the hill, my heart always opens anew to the jewel of a valley spread out below, part of the rolling farmland and woodlots of central New York state. My father bought an old farm here in...
Dec 1, 2019 | 2019, BeFriending Creation, Friendly Landscapes, Indigenous Peoples, Number 4, October-November-December, Permaculture, Soil, Volume 32
By Tom Small. NAPANOH PEMECWAN—Menominee for “flows repeatedly.” In nature, there is no foreground or background, no hierarchy, only relations, patterns of change and repetition. Train yourself to see the repeated patterns, to understand, feel, and identify with the...
Nov 1, 2019 | 2019, BeFriending Creation, Number 4, October-November-December, Spiritual, Spirituality, Sustainability, Theology, Uncategorized, Volume 32
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Nov 1, 2019 | 2019, BeFriending Creation, Number 4, October-November-December, Spirituality, Theology, Volume 32
By Marcelle Martin THE FIRST TREE that beckoned me silently, long ago, was a sapling on the far side of a lawn. When I investigated, I discovered it was being strangled by an orange plastic band encircling its trunk. After the sapling had been purchased from a...
