March 27, 2013 – 12:52 pm
An online course from the new economics foundation (nef) working with Quaker Peace & Social Witness Are you concerned about our unjust and unsustainable economic system? Perhaps you’re frustrated because economics is ‘too technical’ or because you can’t see how a different system might emerge? The ‘Economic Mythbusters’ course from the new economics foundation (nef) [...]
December 11, 2012 – 6:29 pm
Friday 8 February 2013 – Sunday 10 February 2013 Course Details In 2011 Quakers made a corporate commitment to become a low-carbon sustainable community. This course will take you through the practical steps to reduce your meeting’s carbon footprint and to consider ways to overcome the challenges associated with this. The weekend will include a [...]
November 12, 2012 – 11:16 am
Come to the Operation Noah Annual Lecture given by Andy Atkins, the Executive Director for Friends of the Earth, on 21st November 2012 at 7pm in the Small Meeting House at Friends House, Euston. Find out more: http://www.operationnoah.org/annuallecture2012 and book your ticket on event brite http://operationnoah.eventbrite.co.uk/?ebtv=C Andy will be talking about how the churches are [...]
Dear Friends Do think about coming to our Real Food retreat at Bamford on 31 August to 2 September: Real Food Join Jinny and Laurie for a weekend combining earthiness, creativity and culinary joy. We’ll harvest garden produce, make our own bread and invent new vegan recipes as we cook together. There will be opportunities [...]
August 1, 2012 – 12:03 pm
News about climate change has not been good. This summer has seen exceptional weather around the northern hemisphere due to an increasingly ‘lazy’ jet stream. The UK government has cut support for wind energy and announced new tax breaks for natural gas production. There are seeds of change, for instance in the Transition movement, but [...]
This June, 20 years since the Rio Earth Summit of 1992, government representatives from around the world will meet in Rio again, for the Rio+20 Summit. This is a vital time for MPs to recommit to action to tackle climate change, and across the UK, local communities are running Rio Connection events, to call for [...]
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 [...]
