Month: December 2020
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- Activism
- Advocacy
- African Diaspora
- Art & Poetry
- BeFriending Creation
- 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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Fracking 101 Glossary
Helpful Terms to Better Understand Fracking Clean Water Act of 1972 – national legislation which established the basic structure for regulating discharges of pollutants into the waters of the United States and regulating quality standards for surface waters. (www.epa.gov) Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Halliburton Loophole) – legislation…
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The Myth of a Century of Natural Gas in the U.S.
In arguing against fracking, it is important to debunk the myth that the U.S. has enough natural gas reserves to fulfill our need for the next 100 years. It is equally necessary to discuss the plan by gas companies to make the export of natural gas the next big…
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Quaker PopOffsets
Are you concerned about your “carbon footprint”? QEW’s Population Working Group can help. QEW’s Population Working Group offers an innovative program to help confront climate change and other environmental problems. It is based on a similar program in England – “PopOffsets” – an offshoot of the British organization Population Matters.
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What I’m Learning From the Pandemic
By Shelley Tanenbaum. EVERY YEAR WE Friends ask ourselves, “How has truth fared for Thee?” It is a way of refreshing ourselves, of self-evaluating personally and in our Meetings. It gives us an opportunity to change course and to respond to emerging leadings. What if we see the coronavirus pandemic…
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United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent
United Nations International Decade for People of African Descent The United Nations (UN) commemorates international decades to focus world attention on a specific topic, and then mobilize resources to respond. In December 2013, the U.N. General Assembly proclaimed the decade of 2015 through 2024 to be the International Decade…
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