Is anyone listening? Sometimes I feel everyone is talking, but no one is listening. I sort my friends into those that I find myself talking to; who listen to me, and those to whom I tend to listen. Who talk happily, stop for a moment to ask “Oh, and what about you?” and as I draw breath to answer, leap back into the next chapter of their dramatic life…
…it felt that in joining this group, I was bringing together nearly every strand of my life – my background and passions for international development and justice, fundraising, Quaker faith and practice…
My first experiences of being part of QUNO Read More »
“it was getting hotter”
The opening line of Kim Stanley’s Ministry of the Future. Engagingly written, this is an important book for anyone wondering how we get through the climate emergency of climate chaos…
Review of Ministry of the Future, Kim Stanley Robinson 2020 Orbit books Read More »
This year’s climate summit is being held at Sharm el Sheik in Egypt, sponsored by Coca Cola. Normally a tourist resort, it is many miles away from the Egypt’s populous and unsettled great cities…
COP27 6th to 18th November 2022: “The African Summit” Read More »
In March 2022 in response to the invasion of Ukraine, some of our members held a weekly vigil in Ilkley.
“It’s raining, it’s cold. It’s getting dark and I’m not wearing enough warm clothes. Across the street workmen are coming down from their scaffolding, and a shop owner locks up, walking off along the pavement…”
Peace Vigil in Ilkley Read More »
