Items to appear in the printed version of News from Central England Quakers
Claire Bowman reports on a recent interfaith environmental event: On Sunday February 17th 45 people from different faiths and none gathered together at Birmingham Central Mosque for an afternoon ofconversation and presentations, interspersed with tea, cake and crafting. We learned Read More …
John Lampen reports on a recent trip to Uganda to support the work of Central England Quakers’ Hope Project: For years our adult students in the Ibanda Literacy Schools [ILS] have asked to take their learning further and acquire skills Read More …
Occupational Centres and land schemes, ‘..the great need of the moment’ One of the great curses of unemployment is the feeling of isolation which grows upon the victim. He feels that no one cares about him, and for the want Read More …
Several Central England Quakers were very involved with Footsteps’ recent interfaith event ‘Tread Lightly on this Earth – Exploring Food, Faith & Living Sustainably’ Read More …
Donald Whitlock from Solihull Quaker Meeting reports on their participation in the Tree of Life Festival, including reflections on doing outreach in this way. Read More …
Chris Martin, Clerk to Central England Quakers’ Low Carbon Committment Forum, reports on a national event which highlighted the latest research and ideas for action on climate change. This report is an account of my personal experience of the European Read More …
Claire Bowman, Ecumenical and Interfaith Coordinator for Central England Quakers reports on a recent event in Birmingham: ‘Invest in Peace’. On Tuesday October 30th amid tight security I attended an extraordinary event at the Singers Hill Synagogue in Birmingham, organised Read More …
A message from ecobirmingham (formerly Northfield Ecocentre) about a photography project for young people: Green Lens is a project that invites young people across Birmingham to voice the green issues that matter to them, locally or globally, through the medium Read More …
Quaker scientist, Richard Tuckett, has just had two peer-reviewed papers published on the science of greenhouse gases and climate change. The first paper is based on Richard’s academic career as a high-resolution gas-phase spectroscopist studying upper atmosphere ‘greenhouse gas’ molecules. Read More …
This is the fourth in our series of guest posts from the Birmingham and Warwickshire Quakers archive project at the Library of Birmingham. Now that the project is complete, you can explore the archive catalogue online. ‘A much esteemed Friend’ Main Read More …