November 14, 2011 – 4:57 pm
What are you and your meeting doing to become low-carbon sustainable communities? Many Friends are already taking action to live sustainably and to grow their meetings as low-carbon sustainable communities. You can find some of the stories that have been sent to me here http://www.quaker.org.uk/sustainability-stories. Why not share your own experiences, challenges and successes on [...]
November 2, 2011 – 10:04 am
Climate Change: A Confessional Issue for the Churches? Can you call yourself a Christian if you ignore climate change? How much does it matter if we destroy creation? What stand should Christians take? How should Christians respond to the ravages of climate change? These questions will be discussed at the Operation Noah Annual Lecture 2011. [...]
As the Yearly Meeting considers a response to ‘changing the way we live to sustain the world we live in’, there are lots of small and large things that Friends can do. See this page for ideas http://quaker.org.uk/creating-just-and-sustainable-world.
I’m writing from Woodbrooke in Birmingham where from yesterday evening until Sunday lunch time (24th – 26th June 2011) 40 Friends are gathering to talk about Quakers and Transition. Transition Initiatives are community led responses to the pressures of climate change, fossil fuel depletion and the economic system. They aim to build resistance and drastically [...]
A discussion meeting featuring: Professor Johan Rockstrom, Director, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University Mark Lynas, author of Six Degrees: Our Future on a Hotter Planet, winner of the Royal Society popular science writing prize Followed by an open Panel Discussion chaired by Oliver Morton of The Economist. The Panellists will include: Craig Bennett (Friends of [...]
March 26 is the BIG anti-cuts march, which people will be coming to from across the country to march (or do something more exciting) for the alternative to the coalition’s program of cuts. Meet in front of Westminster Friends Meeting House, 52 St Martins Lane, London, WC2N 4EA at 11 for a 30-minute meeting for [...]
Climate change and migration event 30th March, 7pm – 9pm, at the offices of Praxis Community Projects, Pott Street, London, E2 0EF An opportunity to hear Caroline Dommen, Global Economics Representative at the Quaker United Nations Office in Geneva talk about the work they’re doing on climate change and migration. This is part of a [...]
February 10, 2011 – 1:29 pm
Is your meeting involved (or would it like to be involved) in a sustainability project? QPSW Sustainability Grants are intended to provide support to Quaker, or Quaker supported, projects focused on environmental sustainability. Applications are invited to support projects that address sustainability concerns through practical action or educational or exploratory work. They must be initiated [...]
January 24, 2011 – 10:57 am
Christian Ecology Link Conference: Saturday 5 March 2011, 11am to 5pm, St John’s Church, Waterloo Road, London SE1 8TY (opposite entrance to Waterloo station) More information below and at http://www.christian-ecology.org.uk/thorns Speakers: PETER OWEN JONES and TIM COOPER Come and explore spiritual roots for a new economics, for our own humanity and all life on Earth. [...]
The election campaign World Poverty Day is this weekend. All main party leaders will mark the election campaign ‘World Poverty Day’ on Sunday 18 April by outlining their visions of how the UK should act on its responsibility to the wider world. David Cameron is expected to visit a leading aid agency, Nick Clegg will [...]
