January 20, 2012 – 10:45 am
Friends, Christians and people of all faiths may be interested in the “Ring of Prayer” that is going to surround Occupy LSX (by St Paul’s) in the event of an eviction. There is an article about it here: http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/16075and a signup sheet can be found here: http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/ring-of-prayer-at-eviction-of-ocupy-lsx.html. You may be interested to know that the [...]
January 10, 2012 – 12:09 pm
Friday 20 April 2012 – Sunday 22 April 2012 Yearly Meeting 2011 agreed in Minute 23 that we need to learn more about our current economic system and consider whether it is so broken that we must work to replace it with a system within which our testimonies can flourish. This course will be considering [...]
January 10, 2012 – 9:59 am
GDP is a crude index of prosperity. How can it be improved? Yearly Meeting in Canterbury has challenged us to see the economic system with fresh eyes and question the assumption that ‘standard of living’ equates with quality of life. We have been encouraged in our work on sustainability to look at alternative measures of [...]
November 17, 2011 – 8:24 pm
As the City of London Corporation gives notice to the Occupy London Stock Exchange activists to clear the “public highway” by 6pm this evening, Quakers in Britain have made a public declaration of support for the protesters. A statement from Quakers in Britain says that they share the concern for global economic justice and sustainability [...]
October 19, 2011 – 4:58 pm
The Robin Hood Tax campaign needs supporters to email David Cameron, urging him to back a Robin Hood Tax at the forthcoming G20 summit. It only takes a minute or two, to send a message via the RHT website. To get started go to: http://e-activist.com/ea-action/action?ea.client.id=142&ea.campaign.id=12367
September 29, 2011 – 6:27 pm
Listen to the presentations and download the delegates pach from the Economic Justoce and the Global Sustainable Society event here: http://www.quaker.org.uk/economic-justice-and-sustainable-global-society-conference-papers
September 29, 2011 – 6:20 pm
At the Woodbrooke seminars we will, amongst other things, be considering the following questions. Area Meeting Representatives are being encouraged to discuss some of these equestions with others in their Meetings. What do you see as the relationship between economics (production, consumption, marketing, financial institutions) and faith? What helps and what hinders you in making these [...]
September 23, 2011 – 4:19 pm
With only a few years until 2015 progress on meeting the Millennium Development Goals targets is mixed and much work still needs to be done. Jaci Smith, Peace Education Advisor, reports. Some of you may have been expecting an article promoting the Stand Up and Take Action Against Poverty campaign and encouraging you to get [...]
September 23, 2011 – 4:16 pm
BYM’s commitment to become a low-carbon, sustainable community will require many changes. One of these could be to examine how we bank, save and invest our money. On investment, Quaker faith & practice (Fourth edition – 20.56) advises “thought should be given, not only to security and the rate of interest, but to the conditions [...]
September 23, 2011 – 4:13 pm
At Yearly Meeting Gathering Friends asked whether we need a different type of economic system. A frequently mentioned alternative is the ‘steady state economy’. But what exactly is this? A steady state economy (SSE) refers to an economy of a stable or mildly fluctuating size, designed to operate within sustainable ecological limits. An SSE [...]
