Mar 7, 2017 | Art & Poetry, BeFriending Creation, Number 2, Uncategorized, Volume 30
By Janet Soderberg. Divine Creator, Spirit in All Things, Your kingdom is Here, and Now. Your creativity is manifest everywhere I look on this heavenly Earth. Nourish us Body and Soul in this earthly Paradise. Forgive us for not noticing, for overlooking, the tiny,...
Mar 7, 2017 | Individuals Taking Action, Number 2, Uncategorized, Volume 30
“I didn’t set out to make a film,” says Andy Burt, the creator and director of the new documentary film, Down to Earth: Climate Justice Stories. “I set out to go collect stories. It was young friends who said ‘you should do a video.’ So that’s why you have this...
Mar 7, 2017 | Advocacy, BeFriending Creation, Divestment, Individuals Taking Action, Number 2, Uncategorized, Volume 30
By Jeff Kisling. IN INDIANAPOLIS we have been working on defunding the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) for several months. On November 15, 2016, a crowd of about 200 of us alongside Native Americans in traditional dress marched through downtown Indianapolis with our...
Mar 7, 2017 | BeFriending Creation, Individuals Taking Action, Number 2, Uncategorized, Volume 30
By J.T. Dorr-Bremme. IN JULY 2009, I had things pretty well figured out. I had, after six years of on-and-off study, achieved a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. I had been hired into a new-graduate program, an increasingly rare opportunity in the...
Mar 7, 2017 | BeFriending Creation, Hopeful, New & Exploring, Number 2, Uncategorized, Volume 30
By Shelley Tanenbaum. TWO OF MY RECENT READS have made a strong impression on me as I ponder how I as an individual and how Quaker Earthcare Witness as an organization can best use our resources in these times. Van Jones succinctly sums up the two opposing world views...
Mar 7, 2017 | Activism, Advocacy, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Individuals Taking Action, Number 2, Practical, Uncategorized, Volume 30
By Bob McGahey. FROM MY PERSPECTIVE as a climate journalist and activist, the ascension of an outright climate denialist as the President, with cabinet choices of a half-dozen more, completes the campaign of disinformation mounted by the fossil fuel industry, aided...
