QEW & UN Earthcare Coalition Update
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…
Sarasota Friends Reduce Their Carbon Footprint
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…
Community Health Mapping in South Florida
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…
Quakers & Climate Change Worldwide: a New Resource
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…
Quaker Earthcare Witness Report
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.…
The Great Red Oak: Mary Coelho is a Friend deeply involved in creative work in sharing the New Universe Story. She is an active member of the Quaker Earthcare Witness Steering Committee. Explore her website at: www.newuniversestory.com