Environment

Water and Life

I’ve been thinking lately of water as the bloodstream of our planet. The metaphor doesn’t work perfectly, but the flow… Mary Gilbert

How to Talk about Earthcare

Talking about Earthcare with Friends and other people of faith has been one of our main tasks since setting out… Louis Cox

The 110th U.S. Congress

The current Congress is giving more visibility, in-depth exploration, and oversight to some Quaker goals as stated in FCNL’s legislative… Nancy Milio

Contemplating the Nativity

It is December, and we are coming to the end of a long season of commercial clamor. I am old… Susan Corson-Finnerty

Friends Testimonies and Ecological Understanding

The Religious Society of Friends introduced into the Christian tradition a change in consciousness about spiritual life that has had… Keith Helmuth

Sustainability for the Rest of Us

As I commit increasingly to obedience to God, I have become more confused about my place in the movement towards… Diane Pasta

Noah’s Problem

It rained last winter. A lot. It rained for 35 straight days. Then there was a sunny day. Then it… David H. Albert

Litter Picking

Okay, I’ll fess up. There’s no hiding it—all the gang members who hang out in our neighborhood park already know… Chuck Hosking

Turning Quaker Gray into Quaker Green

"Ignorance ends today. Negligence starts tomorrow." —Architect William McDonough Whatever one might think, suspect, or wish away, climate change and… Erica Bradley

Trees for Africa

Many consider FWCC a seedbed for Friends’ responses to our faith and testimonies. In one case, that can be said… Kees Nieuwerth

Friends’ Witness on Population and Overconsumption

Many Friends today are expanding their witness for equality and justice by focusing on rapid population growth and over-consumption as… Louis Cox and Ruth Swennerfelt

Mending the World

Our world is torn and broken. Many parts of it are not working. There are great tears and gashes, holes… Pamela Haines
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