Month: August 2013
- All
- Activism
- Advocacy
- African Diaspora
- Art & Poetry
- BeFriending Creation
- Biology
- Books We Love
- Climate Change
- Divestment
- Economics
- Environmental Justice
- Fracking
- Friendly Landscapes
- Indigenous Peoples
- Individuals Taking Action
- Meetings Taking Action
- Mini-Grants
- Minutes on Earthcare
- New & Exploring
- Pamphlets for Sharing
- Peace
- Permaculture
- Population
- QEW Position Statements
- Quaker Testimonies
- Racial Justice
- Renewable Energy
- Resources
- Skeptics
- Soil
- Spirituality
- Sustainability
- Theme
- Theology
- Timeless
- Timely
- United Nations
- Water
- Youth & Young Friends
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Variations on “Summer Light”
Tom Small, Publications Clerk Quakers hold one another in the light. Summer Light holds us, enveloping and embracing us through long, quiet days. The very air is bright as the yellow flowers of July and August gather sunlight and offer, in return, an earthly reflection of celestial energy. My favorite…
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A Letter to President Obama
Dear QEW Friends, Quaker Earthcare Witness encourages all Friends, monthly and yearly meetings to thank President Obama for his planned action on climate change. We see the need for a groundswell of support to counter expected strong opposition. These proposals are long overdue and represent a first step in what…
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A Statement from QEW’s UN Working Group
Statement to the Post 2015 Consultations Submitted by Quaker Earthcare Witness, July 10 2013 For more information about QEW please contact Anne Mitchell, General Secretary. As Quakers, part of our tradition is to remain open to all sources of wisdom and recognize that we are all seekers and stewards of…
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Big Changes @ the UN
Mary Gilbert, QEW Representative to the UN I have never seen the like, not at the UN! The countries are taking seriously the threats human activity has brought to Earth’s ability to host us and other species. They get it! Best of all, they get that it is really one…
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QEW at the Gathering
Shelley Tanenbaum, Clerk In keeping with Friends General Conference’s theme of “Our Growing Edge,” we explored the query, What is your Monthly or Yearly Meeting’s growing edge on environmental concerns? The query and responses were one of the 14 sessions we hosted in this year’s Earthcare center. The Earthcare Center provided…
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Thanks for a Productive Gathering!
Anne Mitchell, General Secretary QEW held its Steering Committee meeting, June 27 – 30 at Boulder, Colorado. We were warmly welcomed and hosted by Boulder Monthly Meeting. Boulder Friends provided housing, transport, and their beautiful Meeting House in a wonderful location with views of the mountains. Some of the highlights…
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