“Are you ready to Rise for Climate, Jobs, and Justice on September 8th?” On June 19th, climate movement leaders from around the world spoke on planning activities for the Global Climate Action Summit and their commitments to address climate disruption.…
SEYM Field Secretary for Earthcare (FSE) Beverly Ward, who is serving as the UN Earthcare Coalition’s Water Circle clerk, has just created a new YouTube Channel, Earthcare Coalition - QEW UN Decade for People of African Descent > The channel, which…
After considering how they could respond to climate change, Sarasota Friends undertook a group commitment to understand and reduce their carbon footprints---the total amount of carbon emissions that they, as individuals and families, create per year. 19 Friends---about half of…
Many communities in South Florida experience “sunny day” flooding during periods of very high or “king tides.” During a new or full moon, when the sun and the moon are aligned with Earth in their orbits, the gravitational pull on…
The Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) has created a new website, Quakers and Climate Change Worldwide, a ‘resource portal’ where Friends can learn about what other Friends around the world are doing – in their spiritual lives, their communities, national…
The Quaker Earthcare Witness (QEW) Steering Committee met at the Atlanta Friends Meetinghouse April 20-23, 2017. Brad Stocker (Miami) is one of our SEYM representatives to QEW. Brad writes: QEW hired a new Publications Coordinator, Hayley Hathaway who is excellent.…
Pete Ackerman, Palm Beach MM, is one of the activists living at the Water Is Life House in Dunnellon, Florida. The ‘Dunnellon House’ is a regional organizing center for the Water Is Life movement in Florida, which works to stop…
The Earthcare Committee brought forward a proposed 'Statement on Climate Change & Environmental Protection' at SEYM's Yearly Business Meeting, held April 12-16 at our annual Gathering. The following minute was recorded: 17YM07 Southeastern Yearly Meeting of the Religious…
Dear Friends, This is more than a recap of my activities since Yearly Meeting. I continue to be most grateful to you for holding me in the Light and trusting me to coordinate our Earthcare work. In so many ways,…
“Life on Earth is not possible without water, but access to clean, fresh water is threatened. We live on the blue planet; the surface is mostly water. Humans are mostly (70%) water, and so are all the other living creatures.…