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Launching the Exeter Pound
The Exeter Pound, which we launched in autumn 2015, is a sterling backed local paper currency which can be spent only in local businesses. A local currency can bring custom to local independent businesses, shorten supply chains, and promote a more integrated and sustainable local economy.
Exeter Pound project
Bearing witness against fracking in Lancashire
Wendy Hampton of Pendle Hill Area Meeting tells the story of how the Pendle Hill worship for witness against fracking came about from the ministry of one Friend, through the support of many.
Bearing witness against fracking
3 Quakers share their approach to climate justice
From campaigning against slavery in the 18th century to taking on the arms trade in the 21st, Quakers have a history of working alongside other faith groups for a more just and peaceful world.
3 Quakers share their approach to climate justice
Hearing the call of the climate crisis
It's been a momentous spring for the climate movement in the UK. Schoolchildren have led climate strikes from school. Extinction Rebellion occupied four major London streets for a week to amplify their demand that the government cut emissions to zero by 2025.
Hearing the call of the climate crisis
6 ways to make Quaker meeting houses more sustainable
There are many ways to take action against the climate crisis. More than 100 Quakers recently took part in a mass lobby of Parliament at Westminster, urging MPs to take action. Others have been involved in school strikes, anti-fracking action and activism with the growing Extinction Rebellion movement.It's also important to remember that the sustainability we might call for in other areas of our lives applies to our Quaker meetings and meeting houses as well. In my role I've come across many ways meetings are trying to make their properties more sustainable – and seen a lot of opportunities yet to be taken, too. Here are six ways to make a difference.
6 ways to make Quaker meeting houses more sustainable
Our faith, our community: a reality check for 2020
As we begin a new decade, how are we doing? What are the challenges and opportunities for us as Quakers?Well, it all depends what lens you're looking through. I've chosen three for this blog: our organisation and structures, our Quaker community, and the world around us.
Our faith, our community: a reality check for 2020
Quaker faith in action in the 2010s: highlights from the decade
British Quakers have been advocates for peace, equality, sustainability and integrity since the 17th century. So what have they been up to recently?
A decade of Quaker faith in action
What the world needs from COP26
The UN climate talks in Glasgow are reaching a crucial point, with negotiations due to finish on Friday (though they may run on into the weekend). We have seen an incredible coming together of movements in Glasgow and around the world to call for climate justice at COP26.
4 things the world still needs to see from COP26
Ending the fossil fuel era: 5 things the UK government can do in 2022
Today marks 100 days since the end of COP26. In his closing speech in Glasgow, COP26 President Alok Sharma told the world that the pledge to keep global temperature rises within 1.5°C "will only survive if we keep our promises; if we translate commitments into rapid action".100 days after those solemn words, what can be said about the UK's promises?
Ending the fossil fuel era: 5 things the UK government can do in 2022
Land reform in Scotland
Last year the Scottish government consulted on a Land Reform Bill it hopes will "increase diversity of landownership", "bring about changes in land use" and "create more opportunities for communities to engage in decision-making".
Land reform in Scotland