Nov 21, 2025 | Climate Change, Divestment, Individuals Taking Action, Mapping, Uncategorized
Unintentional Earthcare: Finding Quaker Activism in the Simple Life Jonny Costello For the past two months, I’ve been doing outreach for the Quaker Earth Action Map. I’ve sent many emails, made many phone calls, left many voicemails, and had the pleasure of speaking...
Nov 14, 2025 | Activism, Advocacy, Climate Change, Economics, Environmental Justice, Individuals Taking Action, Uncategorized
Keith Runyan When Donald Trump won the U.S. presidency, it was clear the political landscape for climate action had shifted. As the new General Secretary of Quaker Earthcare Witness, I felt a responsibility to help mobilize the Quaker community to protect what...
Nov 14, 2025 | BeFriending Creation, Environmental Justice, Peace, Spirituality
Common Ground: One Community – One Earth Quaker Earthcare Witness Fall Gathering October 16 to 19th, 2025 Powell House and Online (Hybrid) Each fall, Quaker Earthcare Witness gathers to rejuvenate and reconnect. Our community is strengthened during this time of...
Nov 14, 2025 | Art & Poetry, Uncategorized
Claude Leboeuf They seemed to be powerful and majestic Truth is, they were petty and spiteful Truth was frightening to them It made them feel cold and empty They used beautiful sounding lies To hide it from other people The lies were like a blanket Making them warm...
Nov 14, 2025 | Individuals Taking Action, Sustainability, Uncategorized
Richard Grossman At the Spring Gathering, speaker Daniel Wahl mentioned “cohousing”. That might be a new word for some Friends, so I thought I would write a bit about my wife’s and my experience after living in a cohousing community for a quarter century....
Nov 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
by Lena Parker, Jess Hobbs Pifer, Ross Brubeck, and Nathan Shroyer Last May, Friends walked 276 miles and canoed five from Flushing, Queens, to Washington, D.C., inspired by the Flushing Remonstance, a 1657 document written not by Quakers, but for Quakers, during a...
Nov 14, 2025 | BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Meetings Taking Action, Renewable Energy, Spirituality, Sustainability
A Spirit-Led Journey to Sustainability Grinnell Friends Church Solar Field Jim Kessler By way of introduction, Grinnell Friends Church, which is on the edge of Grinnell, Iowa, is a growing pastoral Meeting that averages 100 to 115 worship attenders on a Sunday...
Jul 16, 2025 | BeFriending Creation, Books We Love, Climate Change
Book Review by Ruah Swennerfelt The Regenerative Enterprise: The Ultimate Guide to Building Future-Fit Organisations By Niels De Fraguier and Stephen Vasconcellos. 426 pages. Self published, 2023. Paperback $23.74. ebook $9.99 In a world in which change is both...
Jul 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
By Climate Action Committee of the Radnor Quaker Meeting As Quakers, we’re called to notice how prophetic witness influences our lives. What is prophetic witness? It’s the idea that the spirit may inspire us to recognize an injustice, or to seek what is good, just,...
