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FWCC Sustainability Project
The Friends World Committee for Consultation (FWCC) is an organization to facilitate connections among Quakers worldwide. This morning I received the following message from Susanna Mattingly, the Sustainability Communications Officer for FWCC. She references the information on the Quakers and … Continue reading
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More on Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
As often happens, after publishing yesterday’s blog about visualizing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, I found more visualizations and ways to show continually rising CO2 concentrations. One way is to add a widget, which is like a mini-app, to your blog post … Continue reading
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Visualizing CO2 Emissions
Yesterday I wrote about my wish for the new year and beyond, that masses of people would act to reduce fossil fuel use, to decrease environmental damage from the resulting greenhouse gas emissions. I continue to wonder how we can … Continue reading
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New Year
The beginning of a new year is a chance to reflect on what has happened recently, and changes we would like to see for the near future. Most of us have probably had years when we made resolutions for change, … Continue reading
Environmental Confession 12/15/2017
Confession of fossil fuel use Many who read this know I gave up having a personal automobile about 40 years ago for environmental justice reasons. I have sympathized with others, in particular those without access to public transportation, who try … Continue reading
Queries–Personal Responsibility
“Life is meant to be lived from a Center, a divine Center–a life of unhurried peace and power. It is serene. It takes not time, but it occupies all our time.” Thomas Kelly ADVICE Historic testimonies of the Society of … Continue reading
Thanksgiving 2017
One of the things I’m most thankful for this Thanksgiving is having been able to make connections with Native Americans. I’m not going to go into the false, sanitized versions of the Thanksgiving story and our settler-colonial history. Rather, I’d … Continue reading
Silence = Death
“SILENCE = DEATH” was used by the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power(ACT UP), a group committed to the use of direct action to end the AIDS crisis, which is still active 30 years later. From the website: “For meeting the … Continue reading
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Civil Disobedience – Keystone Pipeline
Having concluded my draft resistance story, yesterday I briefly discussed nonviolence and the civil rights movement of the 1960s that was occurring at that same time. Nonviolence is not simply a political strategy, but meant to be how you live … Continue reading
Quakers, social justice and revolution 