Category Archives: Ethical Transportation

FWCC Sustainability Project

Posted on January 16, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

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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Simple Life?

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Jeff Kisling

I’ve mentioned that some time ago I created a Facebook group called Quakers Welcome Spiritual Seekers, hoping to have a Quaker presence on social media.  My thought was that people looking for something to address their interest in spiritual matters, … Continue reading →

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Environmental Confession 12/15/2017

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

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 →

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Monteverde and Environmental Injustice

Posted on October 16, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

I was glad to receive this good news from Rick Juliusson from Monteverde Friends School in response to the recent blog post, Monteverde Friends suffer severe damage from storm.  “Thank you so much for your support, Jeff. We appreciate the … Continue reading →

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Fly the “Friendly” Skies – Not

Posted on September 28, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

I wrote about a recent article in Environmental Research Letters, The climate mitigation gap: education and government recommendations miss the most effective individual actions, by Seth Wynes and Kimberly A Nicholas, that estimates the annual amount of greenhouse gas emissions … Continue reading →

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Environmental Queries

Posted on September 27, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

I have written before about the Quaker practice of considering a set of questions or queries as a group, to explore various subjects related to how we are living our lives.  There are twelve sets of queries, so the usual … Continue reading →

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Reflections on September Journey

Posted on September 14, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

This past weekend’s 3 day journey happened as a result of spiritual leadings.  Quakers (among others) believe we can communicate directly with God or the spirit, which is why we don’t feel the need for a minister, meditating together in … Continue reading →

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September Journey Day 2

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

First, there are a couple of things I wanted to add related to the first day of this journey. Some people who read this on the Internet will not have met me. One of the reasons I asked for prayers … Continue reading →

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Asking for prayers

Posted on September 8, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

A journey has begun.  I awoke about an hour ago (at 4:30 am) and have been praying about the next several days.  I’ve shared that a few years ago I realized I was waking up each morning asking God “what … Continue reading →

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Environmental Crisis for Dummies

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Jeff Kisling

The title was intended to refer to the DUMMIES series of books, that usually explain topics in a concise and clear manner.  I hope the following will explain why I have been writing so much about Indigenous peoples lately. Plant … Continue reading →

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