About Quaker Green Action
Quaker Green Action is a network exploring and promoting awareness of the need for a green lifestyle.
"Led by the Spirit we encounter God in the fragile web of life; in our human relationships and in the beauty and joy of the earth, our planet home.…It is a gift to be treasured and passed on with care. We are shamed by the damage we do to that gift.… Creation 'groans and travails' under the burden of human exploitation and the idolatry of consumerism, which is sacrificing our future on the altar of greed. We are called to urgent action…. "
Britain Yearly Meeting 2001 |
We are living dangerously:
- Putting economic growth above the health of our planet and its people
- Continuing the behaviour that is causing global warming despite warnings from scientists
- Using finite resources as if they were infinite
- Polluting the whole earth - soil, air and water
- Using living beings as if they were objects without feelings, rights or value.
We feel, as Quakers:
- That the whole of life is sacramental
- That we should deepen our personal beliefs and express them through the lifestyle we lead
- That we should try to make our lifestyle sustainable.
"Show a loving consideration for all creatures, and seek to maintain the beauty and variety of the world. Work to ensure that our increasing power over nature is used responsibly, with reverence for life. Rejoice in the splendour of God's continuing creation."
Britain Yearly Meeting Advices & Queries No 42 |
Quaker Green Action aims to:
- Encourage Friends to take up a Testimony to the Earth as a corporate concern
- Make positive changes in our daily lives
- Encourage and support each other in changing ourselves and society
with these activities:
- We publish a quarterly newsletter 'earthQuaker'
- We run special interest groups at Yearly Meeting
- We offer small grants to Friends or Meetings undertaking 'green' projects
- We work with other Quaker groups on areas of common interest
- We produce occasional publications
- We run an annual summer 'green' camp
 To join Quaker Green Action:
Send £3 (£1.50 if aged 18-25 or free if under 18) & your contact details to Quaker Green Action, 6 Phoenice Cottages, Chapel Lane, Bookham, Surrey, KT23 4QG.
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