May 23, 2013 – 12:27 pm by Symon
Quakers are among participants in the Pilgrimage for Peace and Economic Justice – a walk from the Scottish island of Iona to the Houses of Parliament in London. Organisers are expecting the journey to take 61 days, walking from 19 May to 21 July. Some participants will join in for particular weeks or days rather [...]
May 23, 2013 – 12:15 pm by Symon
Human rights, decent work for all and a low-carbon economy are among the aims of a new Europe-wide alliance working for fairer trade. The Alternative Trade Mandate (ATM) includes over fifty organisations from across the continent. Among the founders is the Trade Justice Movement, to which Quaker Peace & Social Witness is affiliated. Other members [...]
May 23, 2013 – 11:51 am by Symon
Welcome to Friends in Action, a regular feature of the Earth & Economy newsletter. In this issue, we hear from Quakers overseas. In the USA, the Earth Quaker Action Team (EQAT) is challenging financial support for destructive coal mining. We asked Eileen Flanagan of EQAT to tell us more. What is the Earth Quaker Action [...]
May 23, 2013 – 11:25 am by Symon
Welcome to Conversation Starter, a regular feature in the Earth & Economy newsletter. It’s a space for Friends to voice a hope or concern relating to sustainability or economics and to challenge us to think about how we can act on it. In this edition, Kate Pearson writes about some of the issues and actions being explored by [...]
December 13, 2012 – 1:27 pm by Chris W
Conversation starter is a space for Friends to voice a hope or concern relating to sustainability or economics, and challenge us to think about how they can act on it. In this edition, Annie Miller from Central Edinburgh Local Meeting shares her hope for the introduction of a Basic Income scheme in the UK. Basic [...]
December 13, 2012 – 1:22 pm by Chris W
by Chris Nickolay, Luton and Leighton Area Meeting. I live under the flight path of Luton airport. The noise is hugely destructive of sleep and rest – there are few restrictions on flying at night and companies like DHL use noisy cargo planes. Classes in the village school often have to stop as planes [...]
December 13, 2012 – 1:17 pm by Chris W
In mid-September the Irish Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade agreed to urge the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to commit to bring in a national ban on the import of goods from the illegal Israeli settlements. The Joint Committee gave their unanimous support after they received a submission from the Ecumenical Accompaniment [...]
December 13, 2012 – 1:14 pm by Chris W
QPSW has joined with 22 other non-governmental organisations across Europe to launch a report entitled Trading Away Peace: How Europe helps sustain illegal Israeli settlements. The report highlights inconsistencies in European Union policy towards the settlements. On one hand EU high-level statements have repeatedly made clear that the settlements are illegal and constitute an obstacle [...]
December 13, 2012 – 1:11 pm by Chris W
December 13, 2012 – 1:10 pm by Chris W
Date: Weds 13 March 2013 Time: 1–5pm Venue: Central London – tbc This is an Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility (ECCR) conference to consider whether church investors provide a strong ethical lead and example or whether they are too conservative. It will examine the key ethical investment issues for the faith community and explore what [...]
