Ecology

Facing Fears of Shared Accountability Among Friends Today

In June 2005, Philadelphia Yearly Meeting met in called session to consider its response to Earth-wide challenges of climate change.… Peter Blood-Patterson

There are alternatives to giving up meat

I feel the need to speak up in response to Gracia Fay Ellwood’s article "Are Animals Our Neighbors" (FJ April).… Heike-Marie Eubanks

Simplicity, Poverty, and Gender in the Indian State of Kerala

Puzzles fascinate me. When the Scientific American labeled Kerala a mystery inside an enigma, I was hooked. In this tiny… William M. Alexander

Meeting God Halfway

One Way to Engage in a Quaker Witness on Economic Justice and Ecological Concern I invite you to consider a… Gray Cox

The Kingdom of the Committee and the Garbage Dump of God

For the last few years, Northern Yearly Meeting (FGC) and El Salvador Yearly Meeting (evangelical in character) have been building… Katherine Griffith

Focus on Our Future

If you’re like me, you’ve probably been thinking about environmental issues for a long time. Thirty years ago, I remember… Susan Corson-Finnerty

"Plan B": The Rescue of a Planet and a Civilization

If it becomes clear that rising temperatures are shrinking harvests and driving up food prices, we will suddenly have a… Lester Brown

Creating Policies that Promote a Healthy Global Society

As a legislative intern at Friends Committee on National Legislation working on legislative policies that address energy and the environment,… Marya Hillesland

Odyssey of a Quaker Earthcare Activist

During an adult forum after meeting for worship in 1970, I had a "conversion experience" that altered the course of… Louis Cox

The Flowering of Quaker Earthcare Witness

Friends Committee on Unity with Nature (renamed Quaker Earthcare Witness in 2003), originated at the 1987 Friends General Conference (FGC)… Louis Cox

Living on a Finite Earth

Continue to contaminate your bed, and you will one night suffocate in your own waste. —Letter to President Pierce, attributed… Richard Grossman

Friends and the Earth Charter

For me, September 9, 2001, was a day filled with hope and joy, in contrast to the tragic events that… Ruah Swennerfelt
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