Environmental Concerns
The Environmental Concerns Committee provides information to the Meeting via forums and newsletters about environmental issues, encourages sustainable living, and advises the meeting about environmentally appropriate property matters.
We support an Earth restored, including: 1) action on global climate disruption and energy policy, 2) caring for the Earth, 3) sustainable population growth and consumption, and 4) environmental restoration and regeneration.
quaker position on the environment
The LMM endorses the four Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) environmental priorities:
Global Climate Disruption and Energy Policy
Caring for the Earth
Population and Consumption
Environmental Restoration and Regeneration
ECC ENERGY Activities and Issues
Installed Solar Panels at Meeting (2013)
Switched to 100% renewable electricity sources for the Meetinghouse
Encourages use of renewable electricity sources for member/attender homes.
Prepares/distributes annually a listing of renewable electricity sources for homes
Environmental education and action
Recent Forums include:
Creative Gardening with Native Plants
Recycling in Lancaster County *Learn More Here*
Groundhogs: Ecosystem Engineers
Mosquitoes: Management without Toxins
The Social Challenge of Global Warming
Quaker Panel on the Impact of Fracking in North Central PA
Paris Climate Change Conference
NOAA and Climate Change
Your Health and Climate Change
State of the Air Report for Lancaster County – American Lung Association
Eco Justice
Current Activities
First Day School (Sunday School): Leads children's and adult sessions on environmental themes
Advocates for regional clean water issues - Chesapeake Bay water quality and Lancaster County rivers and streams
Stays current on the Three Mile Island shutdown and nuclear waste storage
Prepares a list of ‘Environmental Actions for Quaker Households ‘ ( LED bulbs in the home, composting, home energy audits, healthy diets, recycling, and sourcing healthy foods )