Jan 7, 2017 | BeFriending Creation, Environmental Justice, Indigenous Peoples, Number 1, Uncategorized, Volume 30
By Brad Stocker, Miami Friends Meeting. ONE OF THE MORE POIGNANT things to have affected my earthcare work was 2016’s QEW table and display, which had a darker element than in the past as it focused attention on those who have been killed for their involvement in...
Jan 1, 2017 | Climate Change, Pamphlets for Sharing, Skeptics, Uncategorized
This article is part of our Pamphlets for Sharing series produced by QEW’s Publications Committee. Download the PDF here or order print copies by emailing info@quakerearthcare.org. The way we communicate our message is critical so that the vast majority of...
Jan 1, 2017 | Climate Change, Pamphlets for Sharing, Timeless, Uncategorized
“It is good for thee to dwell deep that thou mayest feel and understand the spirits of people.” —John Woolman (1) “Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt,
that you may know how you ought to answer each one.” —Colossians 4:62...
Dec 8, 2016 | Activism, BeFriending Creation, Environmental Justice, Indigenous Peoples, Individuals Taking Action, Meetings Taking Action, Minutes on Earthcare, Number 6, Uncategorized, Volume 29
Sacred Stone, Clean Water, Gathering People By Shelley Tanenbaum, QEW General Secretary. The gathering at Standing Rock, with more than 280 indigenous tribes represented, is historic and has been an inspiration to all of us. The ongoing gathering is being held to...
Dec 8, 2016 | Activism, BeFriending Creation, Individuals Taking Action, Number 6, Uncategorized, Volume 29
By Alan Eccleston, Mount Toby Friends Meeting. In meeting for worship four years ago I was meditating on climate change and what I was called to do about it. Words rose up, “I live in possibility,” which I attribute to Emily Dickinson. I had a deep realization this is...
Dec 8, 2016 | BeFriending Creation, Indigenous Peoples, Individuals Taking Action, Number 6, Uncategorized
By Meg Kidd. Recognition by QEW of the re-emergent sense of the Divine in light of the resistance at Standing Rock continues to breathe air into the indigenous struggle to share millennial wisdom of peoples throughout the world. Noted on October 3 is this struggle...
