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Quakers on Climate Change

Quakers join The Wave

Quakers taking part in the Wave in London

On 5 December, Quakers joined The Wave – the UK’s biggest ever demonstration in support of action on climate change. Ahead of the UN climate summit in Copenhagen, Stop Climate Chaos Coalition called on world leaders to take urgent action to secure a fair international deal to stop global warming. Photo: © Jess Hurd/reportdigital.co.uk

Friends House signs up to 10:10 commitment

Friends were encouraged to sign up to 10:10, the campaign to get individuals, companies and institutions to reduce their carbon footprint by 10 per cent during 2010. Some local meetings – and Friends House – are committed to this ambitious reduction. See www.1010uk.org for more information..

British Quakers will be in Copenhagen, including Owen Everett, cycling from Esbjerg to Copenhagen.

Lin Patterson from Bath plans to join Danish Quakers for regular Meeting for Worship. See www.quaker.org.uk/forum for more.

New project co-ordinates action on sustainability

The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust have just awarded Britain Yearly Meeting a grant of £91,000 for 2010–13, to fund innovative work to realise the aspirations in our climate change statement, and identify ways of living greener lives, as meetings and in our communities.

We aim to match this through donations from Friends so our achievements can match our vision – your support will be vital. See more.

Children send greetings and warnings on climate change

Children in Quaker children’s meetings drew, wrote, painted and decorated cards for the adults who came to the Many Heavens, One Earth event about climate change at Friends House on November 4th.

More than 120 cards came in a response to a call in Journeys in the Spirit children’s edition. The cards were copied to give one to everybody.

 The messages varied: ‘To you a friend – save the world – it’s the only one we’ve got and when it’s gone where can we go?’; ‘Did you meet some nice people already? You could save the world together’; ‘Keep nature going for life’; ‘Switch it off!’; ‘Pollution – not right!’.

The cards were intended to give support and encouragement to adults. Many were touched by the gift. The cards are also a message that children are active and concerned with concerns, opinions and fears about climate change.