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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
Urban Harvest
Northfield Ecocentre's Urban Harvest project takes the unwanted fruit that is so often left to rot in gardens and community spaces, turning it into an exciting community resource and learning experience. Northfield Ecocentre is a project of Central England Area Meeting. In 2015, the centre was supported by a QPSW Sustainability & New Economy grant.
Urban harvest
Three ways Quakers are changing attitudes to plastic
It's strange to think that the first purely synthetic plastic was only invented in 1907, by a chemist named Leo Baekeland. His versatile and hardwearing invention, Bakelite, quickly became popular. By the 1960s, product designers were championing mass-produced colourful plastics in their work. Plastic was democratic, futuristic, and cheap.
Three ways Quakers are changing attitudes to plastic
Working with the government on climate policy: what we’ve learned
We know that confronting our climate crisis requires us to embrace fundamental changes: to our lives, what we buy, how we use energy and other resources. Through our Quaker worship and our witness, we seek a truer way of living – one that allows our testimonies to flourish.
Working with the government on climate policy: what we’ve learned
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
Not zero: why we should be wary of ‘net zero’ climate targets
As the UK was hosting its 'Climate Ambition Summit' last December, the COP26 Coalition projected a message on to the Scottish Event Campus in Glasgow, where the UN climate talks will be held. The message read "Net Zero 2050? Your Climate 'Ambition' Is A Death Sentence".
Not zero: why we should be wary of net zero climate targets
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