Aug 14, 2023 | BeFriending Creation, Books We Love, July-August-September, July-August-September, Volume 36
New Quaker Institute for the Future (QIF) Book on Human Ecology and Artificial Intelligence Current breakthroughs in Artificial Intelligence (AI) need to be evaluated holistically as part of serious, systematic threats to our human ecology. These threats are...
May 8, 2023 | 2023, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Number 1, Spirituality, Volume 36
by Allen McGrew. Six months before I joined Quaker Earthcare Witness Steering Committee, I was stricken by a nasty infection that got into my blood and precipitated a near-fatal cascade of platelet death, septic shock, that plunged my blood pressure to 35/50,...
May 8, 2023 | 2023, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Number 2, Peace, Volume 36
by Jennie M. Ratcliffe. There are multiple interconnections between conscientious objection to militarism and what we can call the conscientious protection of all life on Earth. Conscientious objection, both to war-making and to militarism that seeks to maintain and...
May 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
On Tuesday, March 21, 2023, thousands of people across North America—led by older Americans who are Third Act supporters—gathered inside and outside branches of big banks and at climate-impacted sites as part of Third Act’s 3.21.23 Day of Action to demand that banks...
May 8, 2023 | 2023, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Number 2, Volume 36
by ChatGPT. We asked ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot, to “give us a 600 word article that answers this question: will humans survive the climate crisis?” This is what it wrote: The climate crisis, also known as global warming, is one of the most pressing...
May 3, 2023 | April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Uncategorized, Volume 36
by Liz Robinson. With the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), people in the US finally have the tools necessary to rapidly decarbonize our lives and help accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy. The law provides $369 billion dollars for climate...
May 3, 2023 | 2023, Activism, Advocacy, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Divestment, Volume 36
by Eileen Flanagan. In response to right-wing pressure, Vanguard, one of the world’s biggest investors in fossil fuels-, announced in December 2022 that it was backing away from one its few public climate commitments, the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative. This was...
Apr 10, 2023 | BeFriending Creation
Contribute to the Campaign We did it! Thanks to everyone who gave this April! We had a goal of raising $4,000 this month to support the creation, printing, and distribution of our newsletter, BeFriending Creation, which reaches thousands of friends and hundreds of...
Mar 24, 2023 | Resources, Uncategorized
Passionate about environmental justice and faith-based social change? Are you a storyteller committed to inspiring action in your community? Quaker Earthcare Witness is hiring! Communications & Outreach Coordinator Download Job Announcement & Description...
Feb 27, 2023 | 2023, Activism, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Number 1, Spirituality, Sustainability, Volume 36
by Sheree Cammer. On a train trip back east last year, my cousin and his wife introduced me to the Wild Winds Buffalo Preserve in Fremont, Indiana. Bill “Three Paws” Elias drove our tour in a pickup truck. I had the best seat: front seat passenger. The herd was...
