Sep 10, 2021 | 2021, BeFriending Creation, Books We Love, Climate Change, July-August-September, Number 3, Timely, Volume 34
by Shelley Tanenbaum. If the catchword for 2020 was “unprecedented,” then 2021 follows as “unequivocal.” That is how the 2021 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports scientific evidence that human activities are the cause of climate change, that the...
Sep 10, 2021 | 2021, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Indigenous Peoples, Individuals Taking Action, July-August-September, Number 3, Renewable Energy, Volume 34
by Ralph Jacobson. The people of Red Lake Nation, in northwestern Minnesota, had been talking for over a decade about ending their dependence on electricity generated from coal. This is a story about their journey toward renewable energy. Mercury falls into the water...
Sep 10, 2021 | 2021, Activism, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Individuals Taking Action, July-August-September, Meetings Taking Action, Number 3, Volume 34
At Philadelphia Yearly Meeting’s annual sessions this July, Friends came under the weight of the climate emergency as a yearly meeting priority and accepted and approved the Climate Sprint Report, “Moving Together in the Face of Climate Change,” excerpted below.
To...
Jun 10, 2021 | 2021, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, New & Exploring, Number 2, Timely, Volume 34
By Shelley Tanenbaum. Dear Friends, Last year’s wildfires were different than in years past. In California, forests have evolved to not just live with fire, but to thrive because of it—fires clear brush and release seed for the next generation. Mature trees survive...
Jun 10, 2021 | 2021, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Hopeful, Individuals Taking Action, Meetings Taking Action, Number 2, Timely, Volume 34
By Gayle Matson. Recently a Friend in my Quaker meeting spoke movingly of her sadness upon visiting a favorite place that had been ravaged by fire last year. Many of us can relate to that shock and dismay of discovering that a landscape or ecosystem we dearly love has...
Jun 10, 2021 | 2021, Advocacy, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Number 2, Timely, Volume 34
Clarence Edwards leads Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL)’s work on sustainable energy and environmental policy as Legislative Director. He brings to FCNL extensive experience in government relations, issue advocacy, and strategic communications....
