Quaker Earthcare Witness

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A visit with Ruah Swennerfelt and Louis Cox about their role with Quaker Earthcare Witness, the paths that led them to lives of earth & spiritual activism, their lives "off the grid" in Vermont ... and much more.

Interviewed July 8th, 2005 at the Friends General Conference gathering held at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia

Music Featured:
Heaven's Here On Earth - Tracy Chapman
Earth Pledge - Earth Mama

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He realized he couldn't continue living the way he had been. He prefers the smells of a natural food store than a supermarket.
They chose to be part of a community with their neighbors. God gave a gift of humans to this planet.
Humans are not at the top of the line food chains are cyclical. All are part of natures life taking and life giving process.
Ruah's faith led her to activism. She read Mary Ann Percy who said there will be no peace without a planet.
Ruah talks about the symphony of nature. but humans have lost the music. Louis holds the world in awe for it manifest beauty.
Because we are part of the earth and not separate from it.

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Ruah Swennerfelt
Louis Cox

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Mark, I am very impressed with your good work at WHYS... tonight I blogged the following after listening to a couple of your shows: “There'll be no peace without a planet…” Ruah Swennerfelt quotes Mary Ann Percy, a Quaker from La Jolla, by way of providing background on her shift fifteen years or so ago from working on peace and social justice issues to ecological awareness and active concern. Ruah and Louis Cox, two people who do their best to support their local economy and to live lightly on the land, are interviewed by Mark Helpsmeet on his weekly Northern Spirit Radio show which originates from WHYS radio in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Mark has recorded dozens of broadcasts and they're available as streaming media or for download here. Another show I heard tonight was an interview with Ina May Gaskin. Ms. Gaskin is a midwife and a prime mover in the home birth movement. Mark has chosen the good people among us for his interview subjects. I've met some of these people and their commitment to doing right stuff is totally impressive… George Watson, a world war 2 conscientious objector… Mike Boehm, a Vietnam war veteran who's been instrumental in establishing peace parks in Vietnam and starting micro-credit loan funds, helping to heal those wounds… Chuck Fager, who runs Quaker House in North Carolina, a place where soldiers with second thoughts about war and peace can find support… J.E. McNeil, a woman who wrote the book on draft counseling. There's a lot of food for thought in these podcasts, a lot of wisdom about community, peace, and living rightly on the earth.

A fine show! Ruah and Louis have always been very quiet about themselves when I have been around them. It is a great pleasure to hear them speaking about themselves. And about all our lives, of course.

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