Speaking Truth to Power
Quakers have in the past done effective work in influencing major national and global issues by speaking out at critical times. We have an opportunity to join with other faith groups to make a statement on climate change ahead of the Copenhagen summit conference on that crucial topic and I hope we see this as a duty we are strongly led to fulfil.
Climate change impacts on all our historic concerns since, if the global family of humankind fails to act, millions of people will be displaced by sea level rise, drought and loss of biodiversity, causing poverty, starvation, conflict and death. If we carry on as we are then we face mass extinction, whereas if we act with energy and imagination we can substantially mitigate these dire effects and maybe create a better and happier world of simpler and more equal lifestyles.
This is a huge challenge, but one that I feel sure we are called to embrace and which the spirit of love calls us to face up to. I trust that Yearly Meeting devotes sufficient time to develop the statement that will encourage both ourselves and others to respond to these leadings.
Note: Themed options at Yearly Meeting will include Being the Change as Communities (LWP) and Sustainable Energy Security (QCEA). The Living Witness Project will also have its usual special interest group and a stall. This will be a chance for Friends to find out more and take positive steps toward action on
this most urgent of issues.
Cotteridge Living Witness Group
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