May 3, 2023 | April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Uncategorized, Volume 36
by Liz Robinson. With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), people in the US finally have the tools necessary to rapidly decarbonize our lives and help accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy. The law provides $369 billion dollars for climate...
Feb 27, 2023 | 2023, Activism, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Number 1, Spirituality, Sustainability, Volume 36
by Sheree Cammer. On a train trip back east last year, my cousin and his wife introduced me to the Wild Winds Buffalo Preserve in Fremont, Indiana. Bill “Three Paws” Elias drove our tour in a pickup truck. I had the best seat: front seat passenger. The herd was...
Feb 27, 2023 | 2023, Activism, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Individuals Taking Action, Number 1, Volume 36
by Ruth Darlington. When Priscilla Adams and Maria Esche learned about the plans of New Fortress Energy to export Pennsylvania fracked gas from a terminal in Gibbstown, NJ, they took notice, and then they took action. It all started when organizers at Food & Water...
Feb 27, 2023 | 2023, Action-Oriented, Activism, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Divestment, Number 1, Renewable Energy, Volume 36
by Kathy Barnhart. At the beginning of each Meeting for Business at Strawberry Creek Meeting in Berkeley, California, a committee responds to one of the Advices and Queries in our Pacific Yearly Meeting’s Faith and Practice. Last month our Communications Committee...
Feb 27, 2023 | 2023, Activism, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Number 1, Volume 36
by Shelley Tanenbaum. After 27 United Nations Climate Conferences, and even earlier conferences and agreements such as the Kyoto Protocol (1997) and the Rio Earth Summit (1992), why are we so far behind in dealing with climate (and biodiversity and desertification)?...
Nov 28, 2022 | 2022, BeFriending Creation, Books We Love, Climate Change, Individuals Taking Action, Number 4, October-November-December, Soil, Volume 35
by Tom Small. Breath is what unites us. It unites us with the “other.” With all of creation. Breath is the rhythm, the flow of life itself. Call it Ch’i. Or ruah. Or spiritus. Or rta. The universal breath, life force, or rhythmic pattern of all being. When we...
