Author: Olivia Gray

  • Why ESG is Not Enough

    Why ESG is Not Enough Eileen Flanagan Quakers have a long history of removing our financial support from enterprises that do not align with our values, such as slavery and weapons production. In the last three years, Earth Quaker Action Team (EQAT) supporters have…

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  • The Gift of Showing Up

    The Gift of Showing Up By Pamela Haines It was a rich and wonderful experience, and nothing about it was easy. Building on dual passions, for urban agriculture and for connections across barriers that divide us, I joined the board of a local urban farming project years ago. The farm,…

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  • Leaning in to Terraphilia

    Leaning in to Terraphilia Susan J. Tweit I feel like we’re living in a cyclone, all howling winds and fearful noise. The constant churn of change ratchets up our stress and anxiety, and makes it difficult to focus and take action, even to simply live. Which is why I am…

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  • Book review: The Gospel in the Anthropocene: Letters from a Quaker Naturalist by Brian Drayton

    Book review: The Gospel in the Anthropocene: Letters from a Quaker Naturalist by Brian Drayton, 2026. Published by Inner Light Books, Newberg, OR 97132 Book review by Ruah Swennerfelt Whether you are Christian or not, and whether you are biblically centered…

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  • Answering the Fire by Sowing SEEDS: Announcing QEW’s New SEEDS Grants Program

    Allen J. McGrew “Hey, Al,” came the call from the other side of the prairie. “Come on over here and give me a hand.” It was my friend Dave Nolin, who, as a young hire at Dayton area Metroparks and an M.S. student at Wright State University, had…

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