Mar 10, 2022 | Activism, Climate Change, Mini-Grants
Here are this month’s events along with other resources and a link to our future events. In addition, here is a one page introduction to Quaker Earthcare Witness. Please share this page with your monthly meeting, Friends church, and yearly meeting networks. We...
Feb 14, 2022 | 2022, Activism, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Individuals Taking Action, Jan Feb March, Meetings Taking Action, Number 1, Volume 35
by Frank Granshaw and Annette Carter. Our recent trip to Glasgow, Scotland for the UN climate conference for 2021 (COP26) involved a lot of travel by train. We had constant reminders to “Mind the gap when alighting the carriage.” This phrase felt very much in line...
Feb 14, 2022 | 2022, Activism, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Divestment, Environmental Justice, Jan Feb March, Number 1, Timely, Volume 35
by Eileen Flanagan. As soon as Earth Quaker Action Team (EQAT) announced that we had joined the international campaign to pressure Vanguard to become a climate leader, we started hearing from Quakers and others who were Vanguard customers that they were eager to move...
Feb 14, 2022 | 2022, Activism, Advocacy, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Jan Feb March, Number 1, Volume 35
by Lindsey Fielder Cook. Recognition of a human right to a healthy environment can have, in the words of the UN Special Rapporteur, “life-changing potential.” The 2010 UN recognition of water and sanitation as a human right led to significantly improved access to...
Jan 24, 2022 | Activism, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Racial Justice, Spirituality, Sustainability, Youth & Young Friends
Join Hayley Hathaway, of Quaker Earthcare Witness, for Exploring Ecospirituality: Old & New Ways to Imagine & Transform, a workshop for young adults (ages 18-40). The workshop will be held online, Thursday, February 17, 7:30 – 9 pm Eastern Time. “The world is...
Dec 15, 2021 | Activism, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Individuals Taking Action, Meetings Taking Action, Timely
Hello Friends, Our Quaker Earthcare Witness network is filled with gifts. Friends offer their time, financial resources, prayers, experience, expertise, and connections to help our growing community care for the Earth and each other. Here are a few ways we’re hoping...
