Caring for what we love in the face of environmental threats: an international conversation

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2021-11-03 19:00 - 20:30
Glasgow Quaker Meeting House
Website:https://www.quakerscotland.org/glasgow
Address: 38 Elmbank Crescent, Glasgow G2 4PS
Invited participants from different parts of the world will introduce this evening's conversation, selecting some Loving Earth panels as a starting point
Speakers include:
Wopicho Apollo, speaking  from Uganda where he trains a variety of groups about sustainability, adaptation and mitigation measures and plays a leading role in the Friends Church of Uganda (Quakers)
Ed Tyler teaches permaculture in Glasgow and works to create regenerative culture in the Clyde bioregion.
Beverley Ward  is Field Secretary for Earthcare in the South Eastern Yearly Meeting of  Quakers and has a wide range of experience   across the Americas. She will be speaking from Florida.

This event will be held both on Zoom and at the Glasgow Quaker Meeting House, and is free.

To attend on Zoom please book via this link: Eventbrite Caring-for-what-we-love-in-the-world-in-the-face-of-environmental-threats-ONLINE

To attend in person at the Meeting House (where numbers will be limited for Covid-safety) please book via this link: Eventbrite Caring-for-what-we-love-in-the-world-in-the-face-of-environmental-threats-tickets-MEETING HOUSE 

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