June 4, 2010 – 4:10 pm by Jo Poole
Tagged Equality Trust, Richard Wilkinson, Spirit Level
Friday 9th July at 7.30 for 8pm at Jordans Quaker Meeting House HP9 2SN
Tickets (£10) from Cáit Gould on 01494 876594 email: office@newjordans.org
http://www.jordans-quakers.org.uk/
May 20, 2010 – 3:44 pm by Lucy Roberts
You may have heard of the opportunity open to Friends to apply for support in the following of a concern of your meeting which has developed into a project. It may be an established or a new project, but one you feel could work more effectively with some intervention and advice. This is a pilot [...]
April 30, 2010 – 10:21 am by suzannei
1.30 pm on Monday 17 May at Quaker Centre, Friends House,
173 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BJ
The first in a series of Quaker Peace & Social Witness daytime talks in the Quaker Centre
The international finance system has failed in a basic function: to obtain money from investors and to channel it to those organisations that provide [...]
April 30, 2010 – 10:19 am by suzannei
6pm on Tuesday 11 May 2010
Quaker Centre, Friends House,
173 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BJ
Join us for a discussion led by Clive Hamilton about his latest book. Why have we ignored warnings about climate change, and is it maybe now too late? This is the story of a battle within us between the forces that should [...]
April 16, 2010 – 4:47 pm by Sunniva
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 speak at [...]
March 29, 2010 – 2:58 pm by suzannei
Mount Street Jesuit Centre, 114 Mount Street, London W1K 3AH
The Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility (ECCR) is launching a new local group for London & the South East. As a corporate member of ECCR, Quaker Peace & Social Witness is encouraging Friends who are interested in corporate responsibility & ethical investment issues to attend this [...]
March 29, 2010 – 10:37 am by Alisonp
DfiD are in the process of preparing two new emerging policy papers (thinkpieces) on Low Carbon Growth and Green Development.
The first paper already exists in draft form and the second is scheduled to be produced this spring. QPSW staff will have the opportunity to meet with DfiD officials who are writing these papers, feed in [...]
March 24, 2010 – 2:43 pm by suzannei
Free Public Event: Thursday 15 April 2010, 6-830pm
Large Meeting Room, Friends Meeting House, 173 Euston Road, London NW1 (opposite Euston station)
Scientists say we’re running out of time to stop dangerous climate change. At the same time unfair trade is pushing millions more into poverty. How do we move to a low carbon and just global [...]
February 16, 2010 – 12:36 am by Jo Poole
Building truth & integrity through our business:
Sustainable supply chains, carbon neutral, & well-being for people and the business.
Saturday, 24th April 2010, 0900 – 1600
Friends Meeting House, 126 Hampton Road, Redland, BRISTOL BS6 6JE
Full details and booking information
This is our first meeting in the west country, and I hope to many of you are able to [...]
February 5, 2010 – 4:52 pm by suzannei
Thursday 4th March 6-8pm
The Quaker Centre 6-8pm Friends House, 173 Euston Road, London
A discussion with Tim Jackson and Kate Pickett, facilitated by Susan Seymour
Tim Jackson’s Prosperity Without Growth: Economics For a Finite Planet argues that the ecosystems that sustain our economies are collapsing under the impact of rising consumption and that we must devise a [...]
