Jan 1, 2020 | Pamphlets for Sharing, Soil
Share this Article This article is part of our Pamphlet for Sharing Series Download PDF By Tom Small It begins with the land. And the land begins from the soil. Soil that lives. The soil is the great connector of lives, the source and destination of all. It is the...
Dec 1, 2019 | 2019, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Number 4, October-November-December, Soil, Volume 32
By Sayrah Namaste “To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves,” Gandhi said. The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) has been addressing the impacts of climate change through programs in New Mexico, Los Angeles, New Orleans, and...
Dec 1, 2019 | 2019, BeFriending Creation, Friendly Landscapes, Indigenous Peoples, Number 4, October-November-December, Permaculture, Soil, Volume 32
By Tom Small. NAPANOH PEMECWAN—Menominee for “flows repeatedly.” In nature, there is no foreground or background, no hierarchy, only relations, patterns of change and repetition. Train yourself to see the repeated patterns, to understand, feel, and identify with the...
Aug 6, 2019 | 2019, BeFriending Creation, Friendly Landscapes, July-August-September, Meetings Taking Action, Mini-Grants, Number 3, Soil, Uncategorized, Volume 32
Fayetteville Arkansas Quakers Create Native Plant Garden for Ozark Natural Science Center By Eric Fuselier. The Fayetteville Monthly Meeting recently planted a native plant garden at the Ozark Natural Science Center (ONSC) located south of Eureka Springs, Arkansas....
May 6, 2019 | 2019, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Friendly Landscapes, Number 2, Permaculture, Soil, Uncategorized, Volume 32
By Dave Crawford. Robin Wall Kimmerer (Braiding Sweetgrass, 2014) suggests humans can restore natural landscapes as a gift to Earth in exchange for the gifts nature provides to humans. She suggests that Earth might say “thank you” to humans for doing this. I’ve done...
Nov 6, 2018 | Action-Oriented, BeFriending Creation, Friendly Landscapes, Meetings Taking Action, Mini-Grants, Number 4, Quaker-Specific, Soil, Uncategorized, Volume 31, Youth & Young Friends
By Eric Fuselier. LAST YEAR FAYETTEVILLE Monthly Meeting’s Quaker Earthcare Witness Committee started a project to improve the grounds at our meetinghouse, the OMNI Center for Peace, Justice & Ecology, to include more habitat for wildlife, with the ultimate goal...
