Aug 22, 2022 | Mini-Grants
We did it!! Thank you so much for your help raising over $3,000 to fund grassroots projects! Quaker Earthcare Witness has distributed dozens of “mini-grants” over many years to Friends meetings, churches, and groups to support creative projects that foster...
Aug 7, 2022 | 2022, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Economics, July-August-September, Number 3, Volume 35
By David Ciscel. How do we get to a livable and sustainable world, starting from the economy that we are living in? That is an incredibly difficult job for many reasons. But one issue rises above the many others. The key institution in the modern global economy is the...
Aug 7, 2022 | 2022, Activism, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, July-August-September, Number 3, Volume 35
Oil, gas and coal are the root cause of the climate crisis and despite the destructive reality of fossil fuels, as well as the constant warnings of the scientific community, there is no binding mechanism to limit their production. The Paris Agreement, important as it...
Aug 7, 2022 | 2022, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, July-August-September, Meetings Taking Action, Number 3, Volume 35
by Alice Andrews and Laird Holby. The idea for Medford Meeting’s Earth Day workshop “Green Your Life: Where to Start” came from a member of our Climate Change Group who, only too aware of the bad news, wanted to learn about changes she could make in her own life...
Aug 7, 2022 | 2022, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, July-August-September, Number 3, Volume 35
by Jasmine Butler, Power Shift Network. Power Shift Network is an intergenerational network of organizations and campaigns that center the diverse young people most impacted by the climate crisis. They generously let QEW reprint this article. No matter your specific...
Aug 7, 2022 | 2022, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, July-August-September, Number 3, Spirituality, Volume 35
by Bill Cahalan. I agree with Wendell Berry, who wrote in his 1977 book, The Unsettling of America, that the United States is an unsettled country. We, not only in North America but in all the industrial world, are disconnected from our natural sources. So most of us...
Aug 7, 2022 | 2022, Activism, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Divestment, July-August-September, Number 3, Timely, Volume 35
by Eileen Flanagan. On October 7, Delaware Valley Quakers and other members of Earth Quaker Action Team (EQAT) will gather on a suburban street in front of a large white home with black shutters and a manicured lawn. One of us will be designated to assure the waiting...
Aug 5, 2022 | BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, July-August-September, Number 3, Peace, Volume 35
by Gail Melix and Lewis Randa. Reparations to Indigenous Peoples can take many forms. Through our work with Massachusetts’ Peace Abbey, we have developed one action that might work well for others, the Native Land Reparation Pledge (NLRP). The pledge states one’s...
Aug 1, 2022 | Activism, Individuals Taking Action, Meetings Taking Action
Dear Friends, Please join us in August for our monthly workshop and see additional resources below. Thank you! Hayley Hathaway, Director Quaker Earthcare Witness ____ ONLINE WORKSHOP Ecological Grief: Engaging with the Emotional Impacts of Climate Change with Gayle...
Jul 19, 2022 | Activism, Climate Change, Environmental Justice
Co-Clerk Beverly Ward Interviewed on Northern Spirit Radio! Beverly Ward is Field Secretary for Earthcare of SEYM, doing all kinds of work to motivate, inform, & unite around work for care for the planet. She offers a range of tailored Earthcare workshops,...
