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Peace and the general election: where do the parties stand?
Recently, I took advantage of a rare invitation to an event at the House of Commons to buttonhole the MP hosting it. The week before, I'd asked my colleagues if there was anything they'd like me to ask him. And so, amid the chink of wine glasses and the steady dispatch of canapés, I found myself enquiring of the honourable member, "What makes you feel safe?"
Peace and the general election: where do the parties stand?
6 ways our new government could build a peaceful and sustainable world
Now that the UK has a new government, many will be watching to see how Labour's campaign translates into reality. We'll be hoping, of course, that it will result in positive changes for two topics that perhaps were not as prominent in the election campaign as we would have liked: climate justice and peace.
6 ways our new government could build a peaceful and sustainable world
Why supporting the Climate and Nature Bill matters
For the past few months, the Quaker Support for Climate Action group has joined the Zero Hour campaign encouraging support for the Climate and Nature Bill (formerly the Climate Ecology and Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill). The leading to take this action comes from a deep and urgent sense that, if we don't take action now, it will be too late.
Why supporting the Climate and Nature Bill matters
Reclaiming simplicity: focusing on the things that matter
When I started working for Quakers in Britain six years ago, my personal emails were in pretty good shape, all read and mainly filed. Now they're all over the place, with 2,000 (and counting) still to be looked at.
Reclaiming simplicity: focusing on the things that matter
Quakers and COP30: bearing witness to care
If only Donald Trump were right.Not about everything, of course. But if only it were true that, as he claimed last month, climate change was merely 'the greatest con job ever perpetuated'. Nothing we need worry about, nothing to see here.But in reality, the breakdown of our climate is a greater crisis than ever before.
Quakers and COP30: bearing witness to care
Voices for climate and nature in parliament
Quakers in Britain's longstanding concern for climate justice and sustainability secured us an invitation to the launch of the Climate and Nature Crisis Caucus, a cross-party group of MPs and peers who champion joined-up action on climate and nature.
Voices for climate and nature in parliament
Equality, Earth Day and the power of nuance
Launched in the US in 1970, Earth Day exists to broaden, educate and activate the environmental movement worldwide. Early initiatives raised public awareness about the inextricable links between pollution and public health and resulted in significant new legislation. Education and action on recycling, global warming, sustainable green economies, and carbon footprints followed.
Equality, Earth Day and The Power of Nuance
Economic justice
Money, banks and finance in the new economy. Booklet 4
new-economy-4-money-banks-finance.pdf
Economic justice
New economy booklet 5 - The role of markets in the new economy
new-economy-the-role-of-markets.pdf
Economic justice
Booklet 6 of the new economy series - ownership in the new economy
new-economy-booklet-6-ownership-2017.pdf