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...
Feb 14, 2022 | 2022, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Hopeful, Jan Feb March, Number 1, Volume 35, Youth & Young Friends
by Pamela Haines. A regular high point in my week is being in touch with a handful of young climate activists. Through a young man who stayed in our spare room while doing student fossil fuel divestment work and then went on to be one of the founders of the Sunrise...
Feb 14, 2022 | 2022, Art & Poetry, BeFriending Creation, Books We Love, Jan Feb March, New & Exploring, Number 1, Spirituality, Volume 35
by Mary Conrow Coelho. There are remarkable discoveries now offered to Quaker Earthcare Witness that can greatly strengthen its work and witness. One evening in the early 1990s, a small group gathered to listen to a talk in a video series describing the changes in...
