Apr 23, 2021 | New & Exploring
My name is Mary Jo Klingel, and I am a member of Quaker Earthcare Witness and have served as clerk. I want to share with you about a forum I facilitated on earthcare for my meeting in Charlotte, NC. Near the end of the forum, a man who had been silent the entire time,...
Mar 29, 2021 | 2021, BeFriending Creation, Books We Love, January-February-March, New & Exploring, Number 1, Volume 34
We asked QEW members to share their favorite books. Happy reading! Books to Read for These Times: Climate: A New Story by Charles Eisenstein. “How changing the ‘climate’ of our thinking and rhetoric can influence how we deal with physical climate change.” The Parable...
Feb 6, 2019 | 2019, Action-Oriented, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, January-February-March, New & Exploring, Number 1, Practical, Uncategorized, Volume 32
Josephine Ferorelli created this flow chart—a helpful resource for anyone who doesn’t know where to start. Josephine is the co-founder and co-director of Conceivable Future, a women-led network bringing awareness to the threat climate change poses to reproductive...
Aug 6, 2018 | Action-Oriented, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, New & Exploring, Number 3, Practical, Uncategorized, Volume 31
Concrete Steps from Quaker Earthcare Witness’ Sustainability, Faith & Action Working Group Many of these suggestions are based on the work of Paul Hawken and his team of scientists in their book DRAWDOWN and their website, www.drawdown.org. ENERGY...
Feb 7, 2018 | BeFriending Creation, New & Exploring, Number 1, Practical, Quaker-Specific, Uncategorized, Volume 31
DO YOU KNOW who is your Yearly Meeting representative to Quaker Earthcare Witness? DO YOU KNOW who is your Yearly Meeting representative to Quaker Earthcare Witness? Our 31 Yearly Meeting Representatives serve as liaisons between QEW and their Yearly Meetings, sharing...
Nov 7, 2017 | BeFriending Creation, Economics, Indigenous Peoples, New & Exploring, Number 4, Number 5, Practical, Quaker Testimonies, Timeless, Uncategorized, Volume 30
By Pamela Haines. TO THEOLOGIAN WALTER WINK, Spirit is at the core of every institution. These institutions, or Powers, are created with the sole purpose of serving the general welfare of people, and when they cease to do so, their spirituality becomes diseased. The...
