Andrew Glikson Earth and Paleoclimate Science Australian National University The current atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) level is already triggering amplifying feedbacks from the Earth system. Consequently, efforts at reducing atmospheric CO2 emissions are no longer sufficient in themselves to prevent further global warming. For this reason, along with sharp reductions in carbon emissions, efforts are [...]
To Friends Everywhere, We greet you amid the beauty of the Rift Valley, surrounded by the welcoming embrace of Kenyan Friends. From April 17 to 25, 2012 close to 850 men and women from all the streams of Friends, coming from 112 yearly meetings and groups in 51 countries have gathered at Kabarak University near [...]
Quaker Voice founder, John Michaelis, will lead an interest group at World Conference of Friends in Kenya (17-25 April 2012). John will present Quaker Voice as a new online Friends publication with an international focus; as a place for Friends to publish and read news written with a Quaker lens; a place for Friends across [...]
By David Zarembka, Coordinator, African Great Lakes Initiative of the Friends Peace Teams (USA) and Chairman, Friends Church Peace Teams’ (Kenya) Counselling Coordinating Committee The Friends Church Peace Teams (FCPT) has an ambitious goal for the 2012 Kenyan election: To have no election violence in Turbo Division which had been a violent hot-spot during [...]
Quaker Voice is a Quaker journal without borders to enable Friends around the world to share news and information globally and to serve as a platform for Quaker organisations. Quaker Voice also provides the opportunity for Quakers and like-minded writers around the world – many of whom are located in trouble spots, to publish news [...]