FWCC Sustainability: An Online Conference with Friends Worldwide (2020)
In response to the 2016 Pisac Sustainability Minute, FWCC has been exploring the work Quakers are doing on sustainability across the world and asking Friends and Yearly Meetings to take action to promote sustainability at all levels, including the global level. Four years on, we recognised the need to gather, to share, to understand where were as a family sharing this urgent concern. This led to FWCC hosting the first online conference with Friends worldwide asking Friends ‘How does God call us to act?’.
During the conference, a group of Elders was listening to the spoken ministry. After the conference, they wrote a reflective statement. This cannot be an epistle for the conference, because those gathered will do not have the chance to approve it. However, it can act as a sense of where Friends are today, and it can help prepare us for our next gathering at the World Plenary in 2023.
It is our hope that it will lead to continuing dialogue and engagement with sustainability concerns.
- FWCC Sustainability: An Online Conference Statement 2020 (English)
- FWCC Sustainability: An Online Conference Statement 2020 (French)
- FWCC Sustainability: An Online Conference Statement 2020 (Spanish)
The Pisac Minute: Living Sustainably and Sustaining Life on Earth (2016)
- The Pisac Minute: Living Sustainably and Sustaining Life on Earth (English version)
- Vivir de manera sostenible y sostener la vida en la Tierra – la minuta de la plenaria (Versión en español)
- Le Minute de Pisac (version française)
The Kabarak Call for Peace and Eco justice (2012)
- The Kabarak Call for Peace and Ecojustice (English version)
- La Proclamación de Kabarak para la Paz y la Ecojusticia (Versión en español)
- L’appel Karbarak pour la paix et l’ecojustice (version française)
2010 FWCC Global Change Consultation
Read about the 2010 Global Change Consultation summary
Read about the 2010 Global Change Consultation Origin
More Quaker Statements on Sustainability
- A Statement Stemming from the Minute: “Living Sustainably and Sustaining Life on Earth”
- Rassembler les Quakers pour soigner la terre (française)
- Report on Sustainability Group Meeting at FWCC Section of the Americas – 2017
- Quaker Statement on Climate Change
- Quakers and Climate Change Worldwide website
- Find more on our resources page
Find out how to get involved
Find out more on our sustainability resources page
