Mar 9, 2016 | Art & Poetry, BeFriending Creation, Number 2, Uncategorized, Volume 29
By Marjorie McKelvey Isaacs Through the squarish portal Upright in night-dark grass Stand matrices of most beautiful blue lights Shining at attention, Electric English garden in adoration of my benevolent metal bird. On the airfield, awkward yet magnificent slowly she...
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...
Mar 9, 2016 | BeFriending Creation, Minutes on Earthcare, Number 2, Uncategorized, Volume 29
By Mary Gilbert and Judy Lumb The Friends World Committee on Consultation (FWCC) brought Friends from all over the globe together in a loving and somewhat challenging mix. From January 19-27, 2016, more than 300 of us gathered in Pisac, Peru. Do you wish you had been...
Mar 9, 2016 | BeFriending Creation, Individuals Taking Action, Number 2, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Volume 29
By Marjorie McKelvey Isaacs, Psy.D. FWCC has approved a minute asking everyone to personally make green lifestyle changes. All change, even desired improvements, creates some stress. My psychology clients and I, working together for more healthy lifestyles, discovered...
Mar 9, 2016 | BeFriending Creation, Environmental Justice, Number 2, Uncategorized, Volume 29, Youth & Young Friends
By Shelley Tanenbaum. When we talk about how global warming will affect the poorest and most vulnerable people on the planet, or when we talk about how countries that have historically emitted the most carbon have a greater carbon debt than those with smaller carbon...
