Target setting
Kelvin Beer-Jones suggests there is more to sustainability than just targets and urges Quakers not to reinvent the wheel
It was terrific to hear so many Friends ‘call to action’ at Canterbury in support of a lower carbon economy; but I was disappointed at the apocalyptic approach of many Friends there. I think this did more to harm, rather than support, the ‘call to action’. Britain Yearly Meeting seemed to have already forgotten the 2009 testimony to the earth and the environment when the clerk kindly reminded the Meeting of it on Thursday morning. Importantly, at no time during our ‘threshing’ on this crucially important issue did I hear any mention of the UK government’s current work in this area.
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