Nov 6, 2018 | Advocacy, BeFriending Creation, Number 4, Uncategorized, Volume 31
By Larry Strain. I attended the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) in San Francisco this September as a delegate of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). I also attended two affiliated events – The Carbon Smart Building Day and Climate Heritage Mobilization....
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...
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...
Nov 6, 2018 | Activism, Advocacy, BeFriending Creation, Environmental Justice, Fracking, Indigenous Peoples, Number 4, Uncategorized, Volume 31
By Daniel Kirkpatrick. THE THIRTY OF US STOOD in a quiet circle in the gravel on a sunny, cool morning. Wood smoke rose toward the sky from the adjacent lodge, and boreal forests surrounded the clearing. A First Nations elder, Lht’at’en, spoke in her Wet’suwet’en...
Nov 6, 2018 | Art & Poetry, BeFriending Creation, Number 4, Uncategorized, Volume 31
By Avotcja Jiltonilro Once upon a time when the world was green When this Earth was heaven The trees used to sing to us & we sang their praises Danced in honor of their beauty And reveled in the millions of gifts they gave us Life was a simple, but complicated...
Nov 6, 2018 | Advocacy, BeFriending Creation, Number 4, Uncategorized, Volume 31
By Mica Estrada. “OUR PLANET IS NOT for sale! Our air and water are not for sale! Our land is not for sale!” This chant rose from the audience as Michael Bloomberg took the stage at the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) held in San Francisco, September 13 & 14,...
