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Comment by Glen Williams on February 28, 2013 at 10:06

How can I access the booklet "Living Adventurously" online?  I keep trying to find it but without success? 

Glen Williams

 

Comment by Rory Short on February 14, 2013 at 13:19

David I see, like many Friends, that you are concerned about peace and ecojustice. Since my childhood I too have been concerned that we humans should live in harmony with the rest of creation. Sadly modern humans are collectively very far from doing so.  The problem however is not just at an individual level it is also at a systemic level. We have created systems that are continuously destructive of the environment and definitely not sustainable in the long term but as individuals we are totally dependent upon them for our current existence. Fossil fuel energy systems are a case in point. So for example every time I switch on an electrical appliance or travel in motor transport or consume the products of modern agriculture I am supporting the people who are, through their participation in systems which consume fossil fuel, contributing to global warming. Consequently, unless I totally divorce myself from the current world, something that is not possible in practice, my options, at an individual level, are extremely limited and not only that the people who create and maintain these systems are doing everything that they possibly can to perpetuate them. Objectively they are committing crimes not only against humanity but also against Nature itself. The reality is that unless we change these systems we will join Nature's long list of evolutionary experiments which failed. 

Comment by David Millar on February 13, 2013 at 16:53

Further queries - Are SA Friends involved in any way with http://www.safcei.org.za/ ? or http://www.pacja.org/ ?

Comment by David Millar on February 13, 2013 at 16:50

I am glad to see the report of the Kabarak conference here. I have had little luck in previous attempts (in 2011) to contact CSAYM, but perhaps this time will get lucky. What followup is going on among SA Friends in response to the Kabarak call for peace and ecojustice? Are they helping SACC in interfaith ecojustice work in any way? Take a look at FWCCAmericas.org for example: the "Living Waters" gatherings. Both there and at Quakerearthcare.org we would be glad to hear from you.

Comment by Richard Kleinschmidt on December 29, 2010 at 17:56

Perhaps I should have added contact info: klnschmdt@gmail.com

Comment by Richard Kleinschmidt on December 29, 2010 at 17:54

Hi Friends, Emily and I have joined the US Peace Corps and we expect to arrive in South Africa on 1/26.  As we pack (only 36 kg each), we would love to correspond with anyone who has advice or prayers to offer.  I am a lifelong Friend (member Concord NH http://concordfriendsmeeting.org/) and my wife is a Unitarian minister.  For the last two years we have been teaching at an amazing Friends boarding school (TheMeetingSchool.org). 

Many thanks, Richard Kleinschmidt

 

Comment by Rory Short on July 23, 2010 at 22:11

Sorry I have no contacts in the gravel road business but nice to hear that you have been appointed as the director of Hlekweni. Rory Short

Comment by Craig Barnett on July 23, 2010 at 18:48

I have recently been appointed as the new Director at Hlekweni Friends Rural Service near Bulawayo (starting in November). I'm trying to find out if there are any F/friends in Zim/SA with expertise in building gravel roads, as this is something we urgently need to fox at Hlekweni (as anyone who was at YM there a couple of years ago will remember!) Is there a way to appeal to the Quaker network in the region?
In Friendship,
Craig

Comment by Rory Short on April 5, 2010 at 20:46

The on farm murder of Eugene Terreblanche over this Easter weekend has provided fodder for those who feed off racism. Why, because he was a leading proponent of racist thinking. Racism inevitably sows discord, conflict and dissension within any community and we in South Africa are no exception. So how should thinking people respond to all the racist verbiage that is consequent upon his murder? Ignore it.

A crime was committed and those responsible for it have voluntarily given themselves up to the police. Hopefully their motivations for committing the crime will be opened to us during their trial. One of their motivations might have been racist in origin which would be very sad indeed and a cause for their psycho-therapeutic treatment rather than a reason for reciprocal racism by others.

Comment by Ulrich a contemplative on April 5, 2010 at 18:18

CAPE EASTERN MONTHLY MEETING
Clerk: Pauline Mitchell
Meeting for Worship contact Clerk.

gadraadvice@imaginet.co.za

Colleen,

details above with their email address.

See this site for Quaker meetings in South(ern) Africa:

http://quakerscsaym.ning.com/notes/Where_to_find_us

If the above email does not work try for example the other SA Quakre groups
like in Cape Town e-mail:

John

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