May 7, 2017 | Action-Oriented, Activism, Advocacy, BeFriending Creation, Environmental Justice, Fracking, Number 3, Practical, Renewable Energy, Uncategorized, Volume 30
By Karie Firoozmand. ON APRIL 4, Maryland’s Governor Larry Hogan signed legislation prohibiting fracking in the state. This is a huge success for the individuals and organizations that have been working together for this goal for several years, as well as a precedent...
Jan 7, 2017 | BeFriending Creation, Environmental Justice, Indigenous Peoples, Number 1, Uncategorized, Volume 30
By Brad Stocker, Miami Friends Meeting. ONE OF THE MORE POIGNANT things to have affected my earthcare work was 2016’s QEW table and display, which had a darker element than in the past as it focused attention on those who have been killed for their involvement in...
Dec 8, 2016 | Activism, BeFriending Creation, Environmental Justice, Indigenous Peoples, Individuals Taking Action, Meetings Taking Action, Minutes on Earthcare, Number 6, Uncategorized, Volume 29
Sacred Stone, Clean Water, Gathering People By Shelley Tanenbaum, QEW General Secretary. The gathering at Standing Rock, with more than 280 indigenous tribes represented, is historic and has been an inspiration to all of us. The ongoing gathering is being held to...
Aug 8, 2016 | BeFriending Creation, Environmental Justice, Individuals Taking Action, Number 4, Uncategorized, Volume 29, Youth & Young Friends
By Sara Wolcott. Myself and the other 60 young (aged 20-35) faith leaders from across Canada and the United States who were partaking in GreenFaith’s 2016 North American Convergence eagerly peered out of our bus windows as it turned onto the road leading to Isle de...
Aug 8, 2016 | BeFriending Creation, Environmental Justice, Number 4, Uncategorized, Volume 29
By Shelley Tanenbaum. Two dynamic and challenging speakers stood out for me at the 2016 Friends General Conference (FGC) gathering in St. Joseph, Minnesota this July. Nekima Levy-Pounds, law professor and leader of the Black Lives Matter movement, came to us after...
Mar 9, 2016 | BeFriending Creation, Environmental Justice, Fracking, Meetings Taking Action, Number 2, Uncategorized, Volume 29
By Vicki Tolbert As a member of the Blacksburg, VA Friends Earthcare Committee reminded us, we have been “thinking globally, acting locally” as we take on a global issue confronting our local area: the proposed Mountain Valley Pipeline. Appalachia has...
