A group of Quakers held a meeting for worship in the atrium of the British Museum today as part of a protest against the museum’s connections with multinational oil company BP and to highlight concerns about climate change. As well as bearing placards calling on the museum to end its relationship with BP, some of…
“We are called to work for the peaceable Kingdom of God on the whole earth, in right sharing with all peoples. However few our numbers, we are called to be the salt that flavours and preserves, to be a light in the darkness of greed and destruction.†The Kabarak call for Peace and Ecojustice,…
Quakers in Britain announced yesterday that they will remove their investments from companies engaged in extracting fossil fuels, less than a week after representatives of Quakers in Britain (at their ‘Meeting for Sufferings’) announced that such investment is incompatible with Quakers’ commitment to become a low-carbon community. The decision to disinvest was taken on 8/10/2013…
Quakers were among protestors who faced arrest after blocking a street by the White House yesterday, the home of the US president Barack Obama. The Earth Quaker Action Team were at the protest to send a message to Barack Obama not to support the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and to request him to address…
Class and environmental nonviolent direct action for Friends: an introduction to this article by British Quaker Sam Walton Class and nonviolent direction aren’t usually discussed in the same article, but American Quaker George Lakey thinks they should be. And he should know, he’s led over 1,500 workshops on five continents; training coal miners, homeless people,…
by Jez Smith Six months update My partner and I set ourselves a goal as the increase in energy prices become apparent last summer. At first, we decided to try and reduce our gas and electricity bills by 10% but after the price hikes were announced, we decided to try and keep our bills the…
by Jez Smith Remarkably, I’m still living off of the buzz of our Yearly Meeting Gathering, during which Quakers decided to become low carbon sustainable communities. And this is despite setbacks along our way. Be and queue Since I last wrote, our landlady has agreed to pay for some measures to increase the insulation in…
by Jez Smith I’ve written the following for my Local Meeting and then thought that it might be of interest to others. Do comment if you’ve got more links to share or if you would like to write for Nayler on this theme or on another subject to be of interest to newcomers to the…
By Anna Sharman Jez has asked if others were considering how to take steps towards being part of a low carbon sustainable community after Yearly Meeting Gathering (YMG). I find myself feeling all fired up by YMG and the minute committing us to becoming a low carbon sustainable community, but less sure about what happens…
It feels like starting a new year’s resolution. “With joy, our Yearly Meeting has made a commitment to becoming a low carbon sustainable community†– Britain Yearly Meeting epistle 2011. Like going to the gym or learning a new language I would start off with good intentions but probably not make it beyond the first…