Changing the way we live to sustain the world we live in

Kevin Redpath looks forward to Yearly Meeting Gathering 2011 and encourages Friends to get involved

by Kevin Redpath 15th September 2010

The word ‘sustainability’ evokes images of bikes, climate protests, kitchen gardens and recycling centres. We hear it increasingly in the current climate of dire warnings on environmental chaos and economic retrenchment: ‘We must build a sustainable economy!’ What does this really mean? What is sustainable in our lives, what is unsustainable? What is the Quaker response to these issues?