Climate Justice
Commemoration for London Grove Oak
London Grove Monthly Meeting 500 E Street Road, Kennett SquareJoin us to celebrate the life, spirit, and legacy of the London Grove oak tree. We will convene outside near the tree to sing, remember, and hold this great spirit in the light. Please bring a blanket or chair. For more information and to RSVP for refreshments afterwards.
Energy Stewardship for Friends Institutions #1/4: Solar Schools and Nonprofit Toolkit
Zoom PAA 4 part series to help Friends schools, retirement communities, retreat centers and housing development save money and reduce their carbon emission through new incentives and programs. For the first time, nonprofits are eligible for significant savings through incentives and rebates. Given the urgency of lowering our emissions, now is the time to act on […]
Nourishing Spirit Led Action on Climate: an Online Potluck
The Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Climate Witness Stewards invite you to an Online Climate Change Potluck where we can share concerns about the Earth and find ways to support and inspire one another to be part of the solution. We can all use support to engage in this issue of climate change - no matter what […]
Energy Stewardship for Friends Institutions #2/4: Saving Money on Your Commercial Electric Account
A 4 part series to help Friends schools, retirement communities, retreat centers and housing development save money and reduce their carbon emission through new incentives and programs. For the first time, nonprofits are eligible for significant savings through incentives and rebates. Given the urgency of lowering our emissions, now is the time to act on […]
Building Communities of Hope in the Face of Climate Grief
The Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Climate Witness Stewards invite you to join our online workshop facilitated by Jennifer Elam. She will lead us in an exploration of the roots of climate grief and hope and the healing power of the arts. In small group sharing sessions, we will learn how to honor one another’s stories […]
Energy Stewardship for Friends Institutions #3/4: Options and Funding for Electrifying your HVAC Systems
A 4 part series to help Friends schools, retirement communities, retreat centers and housing development save money and reduce their carbon emission through new incentives and programs. For the first time, nonprofits are eligible for significant savings through incentives and rebates. Given the urgency of lowering our emissions, now is the time to act on […]
Energy Stewardship for Friends Institutions #4/4: Funding for EV Charging Stations for your Property
A 4 part series to help Friends schools, retirement communities, retreat centers and housing development save money and reduce their carbon emission through new incentives and programs. For the first time, nonprofits are eligible for significant savings through incentives and rebates. Given the urgency of lowering our emissions, now is the time to act on […]
Community Choice Aggregation: Boroughs are Ready for 100%
Sponsored by PYM's Environmental Justice Collaborative Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) is well established in more than a dozen states, and is already legal in Pennsylvania boroughs. Presenters from the CCA for PA team will provide an overview of CCA, introduce participants to local leaders from the five boroughs that have already signed an MOU, and […]
Nourishing Spirit-led Action in Climate: online conversation & potluck
The Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Climate Witness Stewards invite you to an online Climate Change Potluck. This is an informal gathering where we can hear what others are doing and support each other to take a next step. Please join us to share the ways, large and small, that we are already in motion around environmental […]
Planting Seeds of Hope
Medford Friends Meeting 14 Union St, Medford, United StatesHow to Talk to Your Kids About Climate Change
Native Woods and Grassland Project Old Haverford Friends Meeting
Old Haverford Friends Meeting will host a presentation by the Benjamin Lay Fellows of Haverford Quarter. They will present a proposed model for a native woods and grasslands project that is likely to be located at the Old Haverford Meeting property and/or other locations in the Quarter. This is a hybrid event. The presentation will […]
Dr. Doug Tallamy to speak at Friends Village
Friends Village 331 Lower Dolington Rd, Newtown, PARenowned Author and Ecologist to speak at Friends Village New York Times bestselling author, professor and co-founder of Homegrown National Parks, Doug Tallamy, will speak at the Friends Village spring fundraiser, “Afternoon in the Garden”, on Saturday, April 13th, 2024 in Newtown, PA. Dr. Doug Tallamy, distinguished professor of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the […]
Climate Cafe: a place for support and to report
Zoom link https://bit.ly/3v6Fs1vClimate Witness Stewards invite all interested Quakers in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to join us for a Climate Cafe: a place for support and to report climate actions (formerly Online Potluck) The next Climate Cafe is at 7 pm on May 9th. We have found this format to be a supportive, spiritually encouraging and community building way to share climate […]
Using PYM’s Climate Action Resource: Let’s Check In!
Zoom PAThe tool for Friends and meetings seeking to live out our yearly meeting-wide commitment to address climate change is now available! The booklet Creating a Playbook for Climate Action helps Friends develop personalized plans for how to address climate change – in their meetings and in their homes. Copies of the booklet have been shared with all […]
Eco-Justice Webinar: Climate and Money
Zoom PAIn this program hosted by the Eco-Justice Collaborative, we'll hear from a panel and together explore the role of finance in the climate crisis: how our money currently flows to support fossil fuel projects, and a variety of campaigns that Friends across the country are engaged in to change that "plumbing" system, stop that flow, […]