Statement on Unity with Diversity

The Spiritual Nurturance Committee, QEW Dear Friends, As both Friends and environmentalists we on the Spiritual Nurturance Committee of Quaker Earthcare Witness hold a variety of personal views, beliefs and approaches based in the variety of our backgrounds,...

Welcome to QEW’s Earthcare Center!

Shelley Tanenbaum QEW Friends are invited to visit our Earthcare Center at Friends General Conference this summer, July 1-5, 2013. We are planning an interesting range of presentations every afternoon (except Wednesday, the FGC day of rest, when we’ll show films)....

Quaker Earthcare Witness & Long-Range Planning

Anne Mitchell QEW is moving into an exciting period of its existence. At the October 2012 gathering, we reminisced about the first 25 years of the organization from its founding in 1987. Those at that first meeting in 1987 concluded, “There is a need for Friends to...

An Accidental Activist

Katherine Murray My daughter and I drove through a dramatic April rainstorm to hear the gentle stories and powerful inspiration shared by Dr. Jane Goodall on April 17. Of the many beautiful and poignant ideas in Dr. Goodall’s talk, one in particular has stayed with me...

Continuing the Conversation

Judy Lumb Circles of Discernment and Leadings and Concern Groups give Friends the opportunity to deepen and share Quaker Institute for the Future (QIF), as a way to facilitate Spirit-led research and action in the manner of Friends using worship sharing and group...

Letters from Our Readers

Rory Short, Johannesburg Monthly Meeting Dear QEW Friends, I discovered your website today. It speaks to me. First some personal background: I am a member of Central and Southern Africa Yearly Meeting and within it I am a member of Johannesburg Monthly Meeting. I am...