Environment

An Eleventh Commandment?

At an interfaith conference on "Waters of Life, Sacred and Profaned" held in April 2007 at Saint Michael’s College in… Ruah Swennerfelt and Louis Cox

”The ‘Peace for Earth’ Walk

After considerable prayer and discernment we, Ruah Swennerfelt and Louis Cox, are about to embark on a spiritual journey that… Ruah Swennerfelt

Disposables

I remember, back in the early ’60s, puzzling with my mother over the fate of an empty aerosol spray can.… Pamela Haines

A Christian Vision of the Earth

We are by nature Earth creatures, lifted from the mud of the ground and stirred to life by the breath… Ellen M. Ross

Managing Conflict and Natural Resources through Good Clerking: The Legacy of Gilbert F. White

Gilbert Fowler White, one of the world’s foremost geographers and a member of the Religious Society of Friends, died in… Robert E. Hinshaw

Elias Hicks, Environmentalist

Elias Hicks is best known among Friends as the man for whom one branch of Quakers was named following the… Paul Buckley

A Spiritual Journey

The term "Earthcare" gained general acceptance beginning in the late 1980s to distinguish Spirit-led concern for living in right relationship… Louis Cox

The Iraq War and its Implications for Quakers

Every day, the war in Iraq gets more deadly and less defensible. Regardless of what the U.S. government says, the… Maya Porter

Questions for Quakers about Cars

On a cold, rainy day in Maine around Thanksgiving 2005, I got rid of my car. Bright yellow maple leaves… Benjamin J. Vail

Cultivating Right Relationship with Our Food

John Woolman urged Friends to consider whether their lifestyles might be nourishing the seeds of violence. Heeding this caution, we… Ruah Swennerfelt

Post-Katrina Reflections

It is difficult to know where to begin; the catastrophe is of huge proportions and ranges from the most intimate… Dorian Hastings

Choosing Differently

We’re nearing the end of a blistering summer that has witnessed many days where the temperature has been over 100… Susan Corson-Finnerty
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