Climate Activism and Sustainability

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May 2022

Online Features

A Hard Conversation about Humankind

Finding an equitable, sustainable balance with the environment. The Population Working Group of Quaker Earthcare Witness
Online Features

Our Letter to Hazel

A 12 year old challenges Friends to make a difference. Kat Griffith and the Winnebago Worship Group
Online Features

How Can Friends Help Save Our Planet?

Personal lifestyle changes alone aren’t enough. Bruce Birchard
Online Features

Two Climate Justice Stories

Two members of the Climate Justice Working Group share their personal stories of climate activism. Jackie Bonomo and Dorothy Habecker
Forum

Forum, May 2022

Letters from our readers. Staff
Viewpoint

Is the Religious Society of Friends Called to Be an Active Part in the Process of Human Evolution?

Are we willing to become a different kind of human being? Alice M. Wald
May 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

The Elephants Come Home: A True Story of Seven Elephants, Two People, and One Extraordinary Friendship

By Kim Tomsic, illustrated by Hadley Hooper. Chronicle Books, 2021. 68 pages. $18.99/hardcover; $11.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 3–5. The heroes…

Reviewed by Ann Birch

May 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

The Circles All Around Us

By Brad Montague, illustrations by Brad and Kristi Montague. Dial Books for Young Readers, 2021. 32 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. Recommended…

Reviewed by Margaret T. Walden

May 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Desmond Gets Free

By Matt Meyer, illustrated by Khim Fam. Skinner House Books, 2021. 40 pages. $16/hardcover; $9.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8. My…

Reviewed by Margaret Crompton

May 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Change Sings: A Children’s Anthem

By Amanda Gorman, illustrated by Loren Long. Viking, 2021. 32 pages. $18.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. (Spanish version to be published in September).…

Reviewed by David Austin

May 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

Listen

By Gabi Snyder, illustrated by Stephanie Graegin. Paula Wiseman Books, 2021. 40 pages. $17.99/hardcover; $10.99/eBook. Recommended for ages 4–8. In…

Reviewed by Julia Copeland

May 2022 Books: Young Friends Bookshelf

The First Blade of Sweetgrass

By Suzanne Greenlaw and Gabriel Frey, illustrated by Nancy Baker. Tilbury House Publishers, 2021. 32 pages. $18.95/hardcover. Recommended for ages…

Reviewed by Phila Hoopes

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