Jun 1, 2022 | Activism, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Individuals Taking Action, Meetings Taking Action
Dear Friends, As Shelley wrote to you earlier this week, “Our strength and stamina come from our spiritual connection with the living world, and with each other.” Thanks for being part of this community. Here are a few June updates: UPCOMING EVENTS More on the Racial...
May 27, 2022 | 2022, April-May-June, Art & Poetry, BeFriending Creation, Number 2, Volume 35
By Christopher Haines. Rhyme and Reason There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. She had so many children. She didn’t know what to do. But try as she would she could never detect which was the cause and which the effect. – Piet Hein, Grooks 2:30* There was a...
May 27, 2022 | 2022, Activism, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Meetings Taking Action, Number 2, Volume 35
By Katherine van Wormer. An issue of immediate concern to the Madison (WI) Friends is government’s selection of our airport as home for the notorious F-35 fighter planes. The Madison Friends’ Minute begins: As Quakers, we seek to remove the circumstances that foster...
May 27, 2022 | 2022, Action-Oriented, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Biology, Climate Change, Individuals Taking Action, Number 2, Permaculture, Sustainability, Timely, Volume 35
By Jim Kessler. Native plants are adapted to the local area and its climate. Unfortunately, many of our beautiful non-native garden flowers provide little or no food for honeybees, native pollinators, songbirds, and other wildlife. Non-native plants have the potential...
May 27, 2022 | 2022, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Meetings Taking Action, New & Exploring, Number 2, Volume 35, Youth & Young Friends
Epistle from Friends World Committee for Consultation, Section of the Americas (FWCC). To all Friends Everywhere: On Saturday, 19th day of the 3rd month, a Consultation was held by FWCC entitled: Spirit-Led Climate Action Among Quakers: What’s Happening? This Zoom...
May 27, 2022 | 2022, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Indigenous Peoples, Number 2, Sustainability, Volume 35
By Yumi Teresa Radtke Kawano. Editor’s Note: Yumi invited the Quaker Earthcare Witness Steering Committee on a virtual tour of her home in April, and I had the opportunity for a longer tour and conversation a few weeks before. I invite you to imagine you are there...
May 27, 2022 | 2022, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Environmental Justice, Number 2, Racial Justice, Volume 35
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May 27, 2022 | 2022, Activism, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Divestment, Environmental Justice, Number 2, Volume 35
By GreenFaith. Religious leaders spanning diverse faiths and continents, representing over half a billion people globally, are making an unprecedented demand this spring on the leaders of large asset managers such as BlackRock and Vanguard. The demand is for these...
May 27, 2022 | 2022, Activism, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Number 2
By Rosalie Ruetz. As with any divisive issue, there are numerous perspectives on climate change. One that has gained traction in recent years is “climate doomism,” the belief that, short of a miracle, nothing we do can prevent us from reaching a cataclysmic tipping...
May 27, 2022 | 2022, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Individuals Taking Action, Number 2, Volume 35
By Wayne Michaud. As a member of Sacramento Friends Meeting’s Eco-Spirituality Committee and as executive director of a non-profit that advocates for and educates about transportation efficiency, I would like to reach out to Friends on an issue I have been passionate...
