Discovering Quakers share the first episode of a new podcast series ‘Quaker Activism’. In this series we hear from Quakers about their relationship between faith and activism.

For our first episode we spoke to Lindsey Fielder Cook, the Representative for the Human Impacts of Climate Change at the Quaker United Nations Office about how shifting our approach to environmentalism could radically change society. Lindsey shares her personal journey to Quakerism and her career path, including work in conflict zones and transition to climate action. She explains QUNO’s unique role in quiet diplomacy, fostering trust and human connections among diplomats, and discusses the importance of ethical advocacy, challenging political influence, and promoting rights-based climate action.

You can listen now via Spotify and via Soundcloud.

“So many climate policies could build a more equitable world. I think we’re not good at telling that story. Public health is part of a mitigation. Public transport, publicly owned energy, community owned renewable energies, getting solar on the roofs of poor people… That’s the story we want to keep reminding ourselves that we need to talk about, in addition to talking about the scary doom stuff, because the transformations could be quite profound in a healthy way, if we had the bravery to do that.” – Lindsey Fielder Cook