Earthcare activities in New England Yearly Meeting

New England Yearly Meeting Earthcare Ministries

Purpose

The Earthcare Ministry Committee encourages New England Yearly Meeting and its constituent Monthly Meetings, Quarterly Meetings, committees and staff to actions based on awareness that current rapid destruction of our planet and its fragile ecosystems is diametrically opposed to Quaker beliefs and values, and that the Religious Society of Friends must take an active stand against these trends and practices, inseparable from our other activities.

Procedures

The committee will help Friends to create a collective vision of how we can live peacefully and respectfully in the world, sharing finite goods with other inhabitants. It will work to identify specific actions that can turn this vision into reality, and help monthly meetings and other units of the Yearly Meeting with the national Quaker Earthcare Witness (formerly Friends Committee on Unity with Nature) by sharing information and calls to action. The committee also will encourage a growing awareness of global interconnections among social justice, war, environmental harm, and the emphasis our society places on materialism and consumption.

The Sourcebook

We ask that each Meeting download the sourcebook (~700 KB) and put it in a loose leaf binder, creating your own sections and cover label. Please assign someone from your Meeting to care for the book, and let us know what you use from the book as the year goes on. If you have something to contribute to the book, please e-mail clerk Molly Anderson.

(Contact: The following web link is currently password protected. User name is "John" and Password is "Woolman".)

http://www.neym.org/earthcareministry/