Jul 7, 2017 | Action-Oriented, Activism, BeFriending Creation, Individuals Taking Action, Meetings Taking Action, Number 4, Quaker-Specific, Spiritual, Spirituality, Uncategorized, Volume 30
By Honor Woodrow. I AM WRITING TO SHARE a reflection on my experience of the recent Climate Pilgrimage, where Friends from New England and fellow travelers spent six days walking the 60 miles from the Schiller Station (which burns both coal and wood) in Portsmouth,...
May 7, 2017 | Art & Poetry, BeFriending Creation, Number 3, Uncategorized, Volume 30
By Julia Bixler Isaacs. May we be grounded with the strength of the earth, May our love for the planet burn bright like fire, May visions of wholeness rise up on wings of air, May our actions flow with the ease of water, And may the dance of elements Lead us in...
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...
May 7, 2017 | Advocacy, BeFriending Creation, Meetings Taking Action, Number 3, Number 3, Practical, Renewable Energy, Uncategorized, Volume 30, Volume 33
By Margo Waring. JUNEAU, ALASKA COULD BE A MODEL for cities across the nation. A new non-profit called Renewable Juneau is trying to make this happen. Our mission is to “Promote local, renewable energy to create a healthy, prosperous, and low-carbon future for...
May 7, 2017 | Action-Oriented, Activism, Advocacy, BeFriending Creation, Environmental Justice, Fracking, Number 3, Practical, Renewable Energy, Uncategorized, Volume 30
By Karie Firoozmand. ON APRIL 4, Maryland’s Governor Larry Hogan signed legislation prohibiting fracking in the state. This is a huge success for the individuals and organizations that have been working together for this goal for several years, as well as a precedent...
Mar 7, 2017 | Activism, BeFriending Creation, Indigenous Peoples, Individuals Taking Action, New & Exploring, Number 1, Timeless, Uncategorized, Volume 30
By Tom Small. “THERE’S A CALL, from both within and beyond FCUN, for a more radical witness.” That’s the first sentence of an article I wrote twenty years ago for BeFriending Creation. What was true for the Friends Committee on Unity with Nature in 1996 holds true...
