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Threshing Session: A Benchmark for Climate Change Witness
October 29 @ 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm
A proposed benchmark for our witness to address climate change will be on the agenda at Fall Continuing Sessions in November.
Benchmark for reducing our carbon footprint:
- Measure the carbon footprint of Yearly Meeting operations, gatherings, and facilities.
- Identify how the Yearly Meeting could be carbon net zero by 2030
- Invite monthly meetings to strive to reach 50% carbon reduction for members and meetings by 2030.
Friends are invited to a threshing session to consider the benchmark prior to Sessions. The session will be held via Zoom on October 29 at 7:00 PM.
We will be guided by these queries:
- How is my Meeting addressing Climate Witness?
- How is my Meeting educating itself about climate issues?
- Does my Meeting know how climate change affects communities of color in our region/state/country?
- How does measuring our carbon footprint impact the world around us?
Explanation of Threshing Session: A threshing session is defined as “a meeting at which a variety of different, and sometimes controversial, opinions can be openly, and sometimes forcefully, expressed,.. [It] can be arranged in order to share factual information, air one’s views about a controversial subject, express our preferences, or ask questions… The aim is simply to move towards clarity and a greater understanding of an issue and to separate the ‘grain of truth from the chaff’.
If you have any questions, please reach out to Presiding Clerk Nikki Mosgrove at nmosgrove@pym.org.
