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,...
May 6, 2019 | 2019, Advocacy, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Economics, Meetings Taking Action, Number 2, Practical, Uncategorized, Volume 32
By Pamela Haines. THE ECO-JUSTICE Collaborative (EJC) of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting has endorsed an effort in Philadelphia to create a public bank. Similar to credit unions for individuals, a public bank would hold public funds in the city to be directed toward local...
May 6, 2019 | 2019, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Books We Love, Number 2, Volume 32
By Ruah Swennerfelt. I’VE JUST FINISHED reading Climate: A New Story by Charles Eisenstein and am so moved by the wisdom I found between the covers. Eisenstein critiques the climate movement, arguing that the reliance on numbers, such as 350, facts, and data will not...
May 6, 2019 | 2019, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Meetings Taking Action, Number 2, Uncategorized, Volume 32, Youth & Young Friends
By Robert McGahey. ARTHUR MORGAN SCHOOL and Celo Monthly Meeting recently hosted Southern Appalachian Young Friends (SAYF) for their annual retreat here. The Quaker Earthcare Witness Outreach Committee contacted the organizers to share about our work, leading an...
May 1, 2019 | 2019, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Indigenous Peoples, Meetings Taking Action, Number 2, Uncategorized, Volume 32
By Bonnie Peace Watkins AS THE TWIN CITIES Friends Meeting Fellowship Committee, we were excited about the Quaker Earthcare Witness Spring Steering Committee meeting here in mid-April. We have long felt that food and fellowship are vital parts of witnessing,...
