Sustainability - What canst we do?
In the fourth of our series on sustainability, Anthony Woolhouse shares his experience of how an old gravel pit was transformed
Minute 36, the outcome of a gathering of Friends at the campus of the University of Kent at Canterbury in 2011, set out our commitment to becoming a sustainable low-carbon society. In her inspirational Swarthmore Lecture in 2011 Pam Lunn started us on a journey. None of us know where it will take us but in the deep recesses of our hearts we know it is the right journey. In her talk Pam said: ‘This is potentially a moment in history when Quakers are needed – needed to be faithful to Quaker testimonies; needed to be visible, to be speaking out, to be offering leadership; needed to do what is right in the face of external pressing circumstances. To use Gandhi’s phrase, Quakers – individually and corporately – need and are needed to “be the change [we] wish to see in the world”.’
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