August 2012: Sustainable Travel Archives - Friends Journal

Gun Violence, Quakers, and the Presidential Election

As Quakers, how do we respond to the continuous news about gun violence? How do we show that peace is…

What Makes a Leader? (Friends Journal Book Club)

We’re reading Susan Cain’s book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, for the Friends Journal…

Remembering Hiroshima & Nagasaki: from the FJ Archives

2012 marks the 67th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, by United States forces during World War…

Exploring What It Means to Be Quiet

(A Friends Journal Book Club Installment) Do you like quiet? If so, you’re not alone. You may have thought you…

Introducing the Friends Journal Online Book Club

You’re invited to join the Friends Journal Online Book Club! The Friends Journal editorial team loves to read, and we know…

Web Exclusive: Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, “Here”

I first heard about Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros when their Youtube video for the song “Home” went viral…

How Green Are Quakers?

Quaker Earthcare Survey Results Last summer at Friends General Conference Gathering in Iowa, we at Quaker Earthcare Witness had our first…

Milestones August 2012

Campbell—Dorothy Emily Carnell Campbell, 96, on September 19, 2011, in Mount San Antonio Gardens Health Center, Pomona, Calif., with her daughter…

Traveling Friend

There's a long and beautiful Friends tradition of seeking fellowship

What Would You Do If a Kid Threw a Fork on a Ten-Foot Roof?

Once, a devoted Quaker who works with the teens at Berea (Ky.) Meeting asked me the pointed question of why…

Sustainable Travel

Travel is an inescapable part of most people’s lives, and for many of us, work travel can be a big…

The Concord, A Story of Two Stamps

In July 1683, a ship named Concord sailed from London to America. The 33 passengers aboard were members of…

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