Take a look at the monthly newsletter “Inside the Greenhouse” from the Friends Committee on National Legislation. It provides an insight into FCNL’s environmental work, discusses opportunities to engage members of Congress on environmental issues, and shares stories of your work around the country.
Author: quakersandclimate
Local Community Engagement: Transition Town Bridport
Local community engagement is key in communicating the realities of climate change and how to take action against its effects. Joe Burlington, a Quaker from Dorset, has made a one-page handout for his local Transition Town group with some useful information on the realities of climate change, important positive developments, what actions to take and some angles to take in conversations with climate change deniers. Click below to download the handout:
Handout: TRANSITION TOWN BRIDPORT – A good place for our children?
Green Advices and Queries
The Green advices and queries paper asks us to “take the time to recognise, respect, appreciate and enjoy the whole miracle of the universe” through providing thirteen simple, yet, thought-provoking questions and reflections about the earth and environmental action in the context of Quaker concern.
Chapter on Quakers and Climate Change
The Spiritual Dimension of Business Ethics and Sustainability Management examines the spiritual orientations to nature and business in different cultural traditions, including Quakerism. The chapter highlights the concern that the international goal to limit global warming to below 2 °C is becoming increasingly unattainable. In order to achieve this goal, the author, address that the world would would have to reduce its levels of material production and consumption—i.e. in the material standard of living.
To read the chapter, you can access it through this link.
Building the Conditions of Peace
Northern Friends Peace Board (NFPB) has produced a short leaflet calling on the UK government to take action to create a sustainable future for its citizens. To build sustainable peace, NFPB calls for the government to build the conditions for peace by addressing the causes of war as well promoting non-military responses to conflict. This includes promoting positive yet effective climate action to achieve the reductions in carbon emissions.
Read the two page leaflet to see the other actions that can be taken in order to build sustainable peace.
FCNL: Take Action
Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) provides us a guide on how we can take climate action to support FCNLs work on fostering constructive bipartisan dialogue and cooperation on climate solution in the US’s Congress.
Quaker Earthcare Witness May-June 2017 Newsletter
In the latest newsletter of Quaker Earthcare Witness,
FCNL Shares a Case Study in Effective Constituent Advocacy
Friends Committee on National Legislation shares how a dedicated citizen lobbyist and a member of their General Committee, Bob Schultz, has been successful in cultivating bipartisan political will to address climate change in Congress, US.
Bob’s personal motivation and dedication to lobby and act on climate change, led to his Democratic Representative Ann Kuster joining the bipartisan House Climate Solutions Caucus (a bipartisan group of legislators regularly working on ways to advance climate solutions) with Republican Representative Mike Coffman.
Read more about Bob’s successful journey and the next steps forward.
Photo’s from the Eco-Congregation Ireland May 2017 Newsletter
Here are a few pictures from the Eco-Congregational Ireland newsletter. Read the full newsletter to keep up to date with their activities and current news and information from other NGOs and faith organisations.
The Irish Eco-congregations on Ecumenical Approaches to Climate Change
The Eco-Congregation Ireland (ECI) encourages churches of all denominations, which also include the Quakers to take an eco approach to worship, lifestyle;e, finance and property management, community outreach and contact with the developing world in order to prevent further damage to the environment.
Think Globally, Act Locally … Be the Change!
ECI provides ‘eco tips’ that we can all take at the individual level, but keeping in mind the the impacts that climate change has at the global level. Here are a few of many eco tips that we should all consider:
- Shop intelligently
- Adopt the Live Well Diet and learn to eat sustainably
- Don’t waste food
- Pick up a piece of litter every day
- Walk/cycle or take public transport
- Buy fair trade
The May 2017 edition of the Eco Congregation Ireland newsletter is now available to read online with stories from different congregations, parishes, and meetings, plus much more information on climate action at the spiritual level.
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