May 7, 2018 | BeFriending Creation, Meetings Taking Action, Number 2, Practical, Uncategorized, Volume 31
By Ruth Darlington. WHAT DO YOU DO when you are led to reach out about climate change, but you don’t know who else in your community cares about it? Last September, Medford Meeting in New Jersey co-hosted an all-day climate change film festival with the Pinelands...
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 | Action-Oriented, BeFriending Creation, Meetings Taking Action, Number 5, Practical, Quaker-Specific, Uncategorized, Volume 30
By Eric Fuselier. Friends, we are happy to announce that we recently formed a Quaker Earthcare Committee within the monthly meeting in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Members of the committee have a lot of passion and knowledge about the environment and we’re really excited...
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...
Jul 7, 2017 | 2017, Action-Oriented, Activism, Advocacy, BeFriending Creation, Individuals Taking Action, Practical, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Volume 30, Youth & Young Friends
By Jaime DeMarco. I RECENTLY HELPED CO-FOUND the Maryland Clean Energy Jobs Initiative, a new non-profit working to pass legislation in Maryland that will do three things. It will expand renewable electricity in Maryland to 50% by 2030, invest in renewable energy...
May 7, 2017 | BeFriending Creation, Meetings Taking Action, Number 3, Practical, Quaker-Specific, Sustainability, Uncategorized, Volume 30
By Elizabeth Boardman. PERHAPS, IF WE HAD ASKED THEM, our grandchildren could have told us before we came here to Friends House what benefits we would accrue by moving out of the big family home to a small apartment. And now we could tell them the advantages of a...
