Dec 1, 2019 | 2019, Activism, BeFriending Creation, Environmental Justice, Indigenous Peoples, Number 4, October-November-December, Practical, Quaker-Specific, Volume 32
By Pamela Haines. I’VE LOVED THIS bit of land for over fifty years. Coming up over the hill, my heart always opens anew to the jewel of a valley spread out below, part of the rolling farmland and woodlots of central New York state. My father bought an old farm here in...
May 6, 2019 | 2019, Advocacy, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Economics, Meetings Taking Action, Number 2, Practical, Uncategorized, Volume 32
By Pamela Haines. THE ECO-JUSTICE Collaborative (EJC) of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting has endorsed an effort in Philadelphia to create a public bank. Similar to credit unions for individuals, a public bank would hold public funds in the city to be directed toward local...
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...
Feb 6, 2019 | 2019, BeFriending Creation, January-February-March, Number 1, Practical, Volume 32
By Ruth Darlington. WHEN PAUL HAWKEN’S book Drawdown: The Most Comprehensive Plan Ever Proposed to Reverse Global Warming came out in 2017, many hailed it as the “new Green Bible.” I rushed to get a copy. When I held it in my hands, it felt like proof that there...
Nov 6, 2018 | Action-Oriented, BeFriending Creation, Indigenous Peoples, Meetings Taking Action, Number 4, Practical, Quaker-Specific, Uncategorized, Volume 31
An Introduction By Jeff Kisling. Iowa Yearly Meeting (Conservative) Friends Peter Clay and I recently walked on the First Nation-Farmer Climate Unity March. A group of about thirty that included nearly a dozen Native Americans walked 94 miles along the route of the...
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...
