Letters

A correction is in order. The Monteverde Institute has not asked that the title of Finca La Bella be passed to the parceleros, the association of Finca La Bella, or another non-profit, as Os Cresson reported in the September-October 2011 issue of BeFriending Creation. The Institute is considering these options, as well as the option of continuing in a custodial role. They have made progress in developing a power of attorney that would give the parceleros and their association direct control over many of the decisions that most directly affect them and their families.

For more on the many interesting activities of the Monteverde Institute, see <www.monteverde-institute.org>.

—Bill Holcombe
—Os Cresson
Clerk and Recording Clerk QEW Finca La Bella Committee

Nice pamphlet on Food for a Healthy, Just, & Peaceable Planet!

—Tom Goodridge
Morningside (N.Y.) Friends Mtg.

As I prepared for our New England YM Earthcare retreat I read the latest BeFriending Creation newsletter in hard copy for the first time. We are all inundated by Earthcare writing as our topics of discussion come and go, but I am struck this morning by how little attention our main organ of communication seems to get.

Perhaps, it is because I live right between the Meetings where the first two articles [by Brian Drayton and Steve Chase] emanate (each less than 30 miles away), but I am struck by the gifts they bring and challenge us with.

The rest of the issue is full of helpful information and reminders that I need to take to heart as our Earthcare family struggles to bring and grow their callings and concerns to a wider audience.

It may be that most of us have already absorbed this issue, but I feel that a word of thanks and appreciation is due to those who helped to bring it forth.

—Rod Zwirner
West Falmouth (Mass.) Friends Mtg.

Earthcare Calendar

February 7, 2012. Deadline for article submissions for Mar.-Apr. 2012 BeFriending Creation.

May 2, 2012. Deadline for applications for 2012 QEW Mini-Grants.

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