Aug 6, 2019 | 2019, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Indigenous Peoples, July-August-September, Number 3, Skeptics, Uncategorized, Volume 32
By Emma Condori Mamani. My name is Emma Condori. I am from Bolivia. I was born near Lake Titicaca. Most of my childhood was very beautiful because I was raised in community life in one of the indigenous communities we have in Bolivia, called Aymara. One thing I really...
Aug 6, 2019 | 2019, BeFriending Creation, Environmental Justice, July-August-September, Meetings Taking Action, Number 3, Renewable Energy, Uncategorized, Volume 32
By Liz Robinson. THIS STORY STARTS with Hurricane Maria and our Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting’s decision to select Casa Pueblo as the beneficiary for our 12th month charitable giving. Because of its outstanding reputation, and its amazing hurricane-disaster...
May 6, 2019 | 2019, Art & Poetry, BeFriending Creation, July-August-September, Number 3, Spiritual, Spirituality, Theology, Uncategorized, Volume 32
By Mey Hasbrook. THIS SUMMER at the Friends General Conference Gathering’s Earthcare Center, I spoke on “Transformative Earthcare: 18th-century Benjamin Lay for Today.” I shared how this third-generation Quaker lived a radical life at the intersections of concerns...
May 6, 2019 | 2019, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, July-August-September, Number 3, Skeptics, Uncategorized, Volume 32
By Gayle Matson FOR 60 OF MY 65 YEARS I lived in Seattle and Portland, surrounded by snow-capped mountains and lush forests. The natural beauty of the Pacific Northwest is truly spectacular, though climate change has brought even rainier winters to the area. Last...
May 6, 2019 | 2019, BeFriending Creation, July-August-September, Number 3, Volume 32
Shelley Tanenbaum This past June was the hottest June on record, ever. This July was the hottest month ever recorded. Earlier this summer, temperatures were so high in France that exams were cancelled. You might not realize how significant this is, so let me put it in...
May 6, 2019 | 2019, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Friendly Landscapes, Number 2, Permaculture, Soil, Uncategorized, Volume 32
By Dave Crawford. Robin Wall Kimmerer (Braiding Sweetgrass, 2014) suggests humans can restore natural landscapes as a gift to Earth in exchange for the gifts nature provides to humans. She suggests that Earth might say “thank you” to humans for doing this. I’ve done...
May 6, 2019 | 2019, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Number 2, Spirituality, Uncategorized, Volume 32
By Sara Jolena Wolcott. “What do you envision for the future?” Joanna Macy—Buddhist eco-philosopher, scholar of deep ecology and systems theory—asked me last night, over a dinner of orange yams and tofu and lemon broccoli. Every time I visit her in her Berkeley home,...
May 6, 2019 | 2019, Advocacy, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Economics, Meetings Taking Action, Number 2, Practical, Uncategorized, Volume 32
By Pamela Haines. THE ECO-JUSTICE Collaborative (EJC) of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting has endorsed an effort in Philadelphia to create a public bank. Similar to credit unions for individuals, a public bank would hold public funds in the city to be directed toward local...
May 6, 2019 | 2019, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Books We Love, Number 2, Volume 32
By Ruah Swennerfelt. I’VE JUST FINISHED reading Climate: A New Story by Charles Eisenstein and am so moved by the wisdom I found between the covers. Eisenstein critiques the climate movement, arguing that the reliance on numbers, such as 350, facts, and data will not...
May 6, 2019 | 2019, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Meetings Taking Action, Number 2, Uncategorized, Volume 32, Youth & Young Friends
By Robert McGahey. ARTHUR MORGAN SCHOOL and Celo Monthly Meeting recently hosted Southern Appalachian Young Friends (SAYF) for their annual retreat here. The Quaker Earthcare Witness Outreach Committee contacted the organizers to share about our work, leading an...
