Environment

Student Voices Project 2020

Food Waste in North Carolina

My brother is a picky eater, so at times whole meals go to waste. I also see people throwing away… Whitney Williams
Quaker Works

Quaker Works October 2016

A semiannual feature highlighting the recent works of Quaker organizations. Staff

Quaker Works April 2016

Recent work by Quaker organizations.

April News 2012

FWCC General Secretary nomination Gretchen Castle of Philadelphia nominated to serve as FWCC General Secretary. The Central Executive Committee of Friends…

Extracting Truth from Power: A Tale of Two Quaker Ladies

In March, 1979, Beverly Hess of Lancaster (Pa.) Meeting, along with her husband Dick, was preparing to head to Philadelphia…

Nuclear Power: How Do We Decide What is True?

In Friends Journal of August 2011, Karen Street provided us a needed reminder of the human cost of the continuing…

The Machine in the Garden

On Mothers Day this spring, a small group of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Quakers visited Wellsboro Monthly Meeting in Tioga County…

Quaker Earthcare Witness: Minute on Nuclear Fission in Light of the Disaster in Japan

We are horrified and saddened by the staggering physical, human, and environmental damage that has been suffered by Japan following…

The Spirit of Pendle Hill and the Origin of Quaker Institute for the Future

When I first came to Pendle Hill in the spring of 1965, Alan Hunter was visiting from Los Angeles. I…

Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Power in Japan: The Ocean of Light above the Ocean of Darkness

The Ocean of Light above the Ocean of Darkness “…there was an ocean of darkness and death; but an infinite…

U.N. Climate Talks and the Prevention of Violent Conflict

I was thrilled to attend the UN climate negotiations in Tianjin, China, this past October and the larger Conference of…

Green Man Visits Adelphi Friends Meeting

Green Man arrived barefoot and crowned with leaves on Adelphi (Md.) Meeting’s sloping lawn under a blue sky. He approached…
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