Sustainability
As Quakers, we understand climate change to be a symptom of a greater challenge:
how to live sustainably and justly on this earth.
how to live sustainably and justly on this earth.
In 2011 Quakers in Britain made a corporate commitment
to become a low-carbon, sustainable community and to support each other to live out this commitment.
They campaign for climate and energy justice, and to build a fairer economy which is not powered by fossil fuels.
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to become a low-carbon, sustainable community and to support each other to live out this commitment.
They campaign for climate and energy justice, and to build a fairer economy which is not powered by fossil fuels.
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Climate Justice:
Quakers are working to build an energy and economic system that has equality, justice and sustainability at its heart.
Quakers campaign for justice for those who have been unequally impacted by climate change.
Quakers are working to build an energy and economic system that has equality, justice and sustainability at its heart.
Quakers campaign for justice for those who have been unequally impacted by climate change.
We call for policies that will reduce carbon emissions, and support actions that challenge the current fossil fuel economy.
We think all people have the right to affordable, renewable energy.
We believe there should be more equality in the way energy is owned and organised.
And we want to sustain life over profit.
Fossil Fuel Divestment:
Divestment means getting rid of investments in the fossil fuel industry. Quakers in Britain were the first church in Britain to divest our centrally held money from fossil fuels. Divestment also enables ethical re-investment. The Quakers can invest their money in the parts of the economy that they want to nurture such as supporting renewable energy or sustainable housing. By reinvesting the money into green, just alternatives they are helping to build the 'new economy' that Quakers also advocate for.
Divestment means getting rid of investments in the fossil fuel industry. Quakers in Britain were the first church in Britain to divest our centrally held money from fossil fuels. Divestment also enables ethical re-investment. The Quakers can invest their money in the parts of the economy that they want to nurture such as supporting renewable energy or sustainable housing. By reinvesting the money into green, just alternatives they are helping to build the 'new economy' that Quakers also advocate for.
Investing in companies who are engaged in fossil fuel extraction is incompatible with
Quakers' commitment to become a low-carbon community.
Fracking:
Under the 2015 UN Paris climate agreement, the UK committed to cut greenhouse gas emissions in line with a 2°C temperature rise above pre-industrial levels, and to attempt to limit this to 1.5°C. According to climate scientists, to achieve this target, we must keep approximately 80 per cent of known fossil fuel reserves in the ground.
Under the 2015 UN Paris climate agreement, the UK committed to cut greenhouse gas emissions in line with a 2°C temperature rise above pre-industrial levels, and to attempt to limit this to 1.5°C. According to climate scientists, to achieve this target, we must keep approximately 80 per cent of known fossil fuel reserves in the ground.
We have faith that we can tackle climate change and build a more sustainable future,
but we know this is only possible if fossil fuels remain underground.
Living sustainably:
A Sustainability Toolkit has been developed which offers tools for learning, self-evaluation and practical action – as well as inspiration from Friends already facing the challenge. The aim of the Sustainability Toolkit is to support meetings in becoming low-carbon, sustainable communities but it has a wealth of information which would help any individual or group interested in living sustainably.
There are seven sections to the Toolkit which can be downloaded in full or in separate sections here
A Sustainability Toolkit has been developed which offers tools for learning, self-evaluation and practical action – as well as inspiration from Friends already facing the challenge. The aim of the Sustainability Toolkit is to support meetings in becoming low-carbon, sustainable communities but it has a wealth of information which would help any individual or group interested in living sustainably.
There are seven sections to the Toolkit which can be downloaded in full or in separate sections here
To individual Friends we issue a clear call to action to consider the effect of their lives on the
world's limited resources and in particular on their carbon usage....
The quotes, in italics, are taken from Quaker documents
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