All Welcome to Potluck after Meeting for Worship on Sunday, July 28
Join us for potluck on Sunday, July 28, after meeting for worship, from 12:30 to 1:30. All are encouraged to come -- bring a dish or snack to share. Labeling the ingredients is helpful for those with food preferences.
Old Chatham Quaker Meeting is showing Kiss the Ground
Saturday, August 3, 2024 at 7:00 PM, at its Meetinghouse 539 County Route 13, Old Chatham NY.
"The actor Woody Harrelson narrates the documentary “Kiss the Ground,” a frenetic but ultimately persuasive and optimistic plan to counter the climate crisis. The film makes a case for the healing power of soil, arguing that its capacity to sequester carbon could be the key to reversing the effects of climate change."
"Kiss the Ground takes a wide-ranging approach. The film begins by examining how tilling and the use of pesticides have led to soil erosion, and then traces the damage done to our ecology, health and climate. The filmmakers find a solution in regenerative farming, an ethical practice designed to restore degraded lands and facilitate carbon drawdown."
"Traveling around the world, the directors frequently employ juxtaposition to showcase the beauty of soil health. In North Dakota, a regenerative rancher stands at the boundary between his lush acreage and his neighbor’s denuded farmland; footage of the Loess Plateau in China before and after restorative methods reveals how dust bowls can become a Garden of Eden."
"Pedagogic sequences about science and agriculture are punctuated by short profiles of celebrities involved in climate activism which lend a friendly face to the fight for climate solutions, and serve to ground the documentary as it zips from topic to topic."
Quotes from NY Times Sept. 22 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/22/movies/kiss-the-ground-review.html
Free and open to the public. A moderated discussion will follow.
For more information call 518-610-3735. For directions: www.oldchathamquakers.org
"The actor Woody Harrelson narrates the documentary “Kiss the Ground,” a frenetic but ultimately persuasive and optimistic plan to counter the climate crisis. The film makes a case for the healing power of soil, arguing that its capacity to sequester carbon could be the key to reversing the effects of climate change."
"Kiss the Ground takes a wide-ranging approach. The film begins by examining how tilling and the use of pesticides have led to soil erosion, and then traces the damage done to our ecology, health and climate. The filmmakers find a solution in regenerative farming, an ethical practice designed to restore degraded lands and facilitate carbon drawdown."
"Traveling around the world, the directors frequently employ juxtaposition to showcase the beauty of soil health. In North Dakota, a regenerative rancher stands at the boundary between his lush acreage and his neighbor’s denuded farmland; footage of the Loess Plateau in China before and after restorative methods reveals how dust bowls can become a Garden of Eden."
"Pedagogic sequences about science and agriculture are punctuated by short profiles of celebrities involved in climate activism which lend a friendly face to the fight for climate solutions, and serve to ground the documentary as it zips from topic to topic."
Quotes from NY Times Sept. 22 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/22/movies/kiss-the-ground-review.html
Free and open to the public. A moderated discussion will follow.
For more information call 518-610-3735. For directions: www.oldchathamquakers.org
Healing and Worship Group
A group of F/friends have been gathering in the Light on Tuesday and Thursday mornings to hold particular concerns or people; as well as to ground ourselves in the energy and love that we find in these opportunities. Please join us if you are led; we gather at 8:30 a.m. and end at 9:00 a.m on Zoom. You are also welcome to join late or leave early, if your schedule requires it. This is a wonderful way to start the day. To join, use this link.