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Quakers for sustainability

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Unless otherwise indicated, these resources are available from Laurie.

Our quarterly newsletter earthQuaker. Includes thoughtful articles, news and notices of forthcoming events. Join LWP to get a regular paper copy. Send £5 (£3 if aged 18-25 or free if under 18) & your contact details to Living Witness Project, Friends Meeting House, 43 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LW. Access online here.


Policy briefings now available on

a Quaker view on energy

Science or Swindle? The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

UK Government draft climate change bill


Individual/lifestyle

Walk Cheerfully, Step Lightly.  Our guide to 100+ ways of greening your life.  Includes Your Contribution to Climate Change.  £1 (printing) plus p&p order from Anne Brewer or download free PDF.

Your Contribution to Climate Change.  Our A5 leaflet guiding you in working out your annual greenhouse gas emissions and identifying priorities for change.  Free PDF available. Background paper explaining where most of the figures come from also available here.

Get to Know Your Ecological Footprint.  A5 leaflet guiding you in working out your ecological footprint (the land area required to sustain your lifestyle) and identifying priorities for change.  Free PDF available.

Greening your meeting

Working Out the Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Your Meeting  A5 leaflet guiding you in working out your meeting’s greenhouse gas emissions.  Free PDF available.

Self Assessment: Your Meeting’s Footprint.  A5 leaflet guiding you in working out the ecological footprint of your meeting.  Free PDF available.

Carrying Out an Environmental Audit in Your Meeting.  A short guide to carrying out an environmental audit with ideas for action.  £1 (printing) plus p&p or free PDF.

The Witness of Our Buildings.  Nine in-depth papers on greening your meeting, from saving energy and water, to gardens and cleaning materials.  Available from Anne Brewer, £1 plus p&p for a set or download free from the Web site.

Quaker meetings as communities for sustainability

Exploring Friends’ Witness to Sustainable Living.  First year report (June 2003) on the Living Witness Project.  Outlines the development of environmental witness in BYM, summarises activities and reviews experiences of the initial group of 17 meetings in the project. Free PDF available.

Living Witness Project Newsletter.  Quarterly news from participating meetings (now 45+) and the project.  Now incorporated into earthQuaker. Back copies available

Be the Change: Resources for Study Groups.  Booklet of session plans for study groups.   £1 (printing) plus p&p or free PDF.

Other Resources/Inspiration

There are too many to list them all, but the following are produced by British Friends.

Green Advices and Queries.  Leaflet from the QPSW Earth our Creative Responsibility Group.

A Living Quaker Witness to the Earth.  Book of essays on individual’s witness, from QPSW Earth our Creative Responsibility Group.  Published by Quaker Books, £4.50.  From Quaker Bookshop.

The Creation was Open to Me.  An anthology of Friends’ writings on that of God in all Creation.  Compiled by Anne Adams.  Published by Quaker Green Concern (now QGA).  Limited remaining stocks.

Kinship with Creation: Two Quakers Share Their Views. Reflections by Alastair McInstosh and Susannah Brindle. Published by Quaker Green Action, 2002. £1 (printing) plus p&p order from Anne Brewer Limited remaining stocks.



The Living Witness Project is Registered Charity No. 1119938.
Postal Address: Friends Meeting House, 43 St Giles, Oxford OX1 3LW.