Simplicity

Are Quakers friends of the earth? asks Laurie Michaelis

by Laurie Michaelis 1st October 2009

Quakers have been deeply involved in the green movement in Britain since its emergence around fifty years ago. Friends have tended to join with others in their political engagement rather than work within Quaker projects. For example, Meeting for Sufferings, our guiding body, recently agreed a statement on climate change as part of an initiative by the Alliance of Religions and Conservation to introduce a faith perspective at the Copenhagen climate talks.