Quaker Earthcare Witness
Mini-grants 2010
Ruth Hamilton, QEW Mini-grants Clerk
Chapel Hill Friends Meeting, N.C.
Piedmont Friends Fellowship
QEW Mini-Grants
• Environmental matching grants for Quaker
meetings and groups
• In 2011, meetings match from $250 to
$500 grant from their budget or by fund-
raising
• Deadline for the grant application is May
2, 2011.
IMYM 2009 plans Mountain Friends Camp
Plork- play & work
Preparing the mortar to plaster a shed
Restoring the Spring at
Cibola Canyon, N.M.
Chapel Hill Friends
Meeting/ Chapel
Hill Early School
Edible perennial "Nibble
Garden" for the
playground includes
Blueberries, Hardy Kiwi,
Grapes, Passion fruit &
Hazelnuts- all
playground safe & kid
friendly. Beautiful
Backyards, a sustainable
landscaping nonprofit, is
hired to implement the
project.
Breaking soil for the Chapel Hill, N.C. Friends
Meeting Nibble Garden
Energy Class
Scattergood (Iowa)
Friends School juniors &
seniors had an energy
conservation class
March-May of 2010, led
by energy specialist and
QEW member, David
Abazs. From northern
Minnesota they canoed
down the Mississippi
River. The group gave
presentations along the
way to schools,
churches and other
interested groups.
Happy Students on the Miss. River
Sustainability Class presenting to
classroom
Milwaukee Friends Meeting, Wis.
Project for Anita Koenen Land Preserve
Milwaukee Friends Meeting worships in a meetinghouse constructed on
the Anita and Jacob Koenen Land Preserve. Project includes
removal of the invasive plants by restoring the land to its indigenous
flora and fauna.
Richmond Ind. Friends School
Richmond Friends School Composter
Mexico City Friends Meeting
Casa de los Amigos Guest House & Friends Meeting
implement compact fluorescent light bulbs, a bike-
lending program, and low-flush toilets for the guest
house
Pima Friends, Tucson Ariz.
Ithaca Meeting, Ithaca, N.Y.
Low flush toilets
Illinois Yearly Meeting
Green Roof for Kitchen
Green Roof Plants & Containers
Newton Monthly Meeting, Camden, N.J.
Drip irrigation for the garden and native plants
.
Newton Meeting House
Gwynedd, Penn. and Dover
N.H. Meeting receive
energy star refrigerators.
Dover Meeting implements
manual mowing.
Olney Friends School, Barnesville, OH
School symposium on vision and energy conservation
Homewood Meeting Solar Panels
Homewood Meeting
Solar Energy Project
Baltimore, Md.
• Panels cover half of
roof over meeting room.
• Electric meter runs
backwards on sunny
days and on full moon.
• Solar sys. size 7.2 kW
• Produces 715 kWh mo.
• Yearly savings $1,296
• Fund raisers, a concert,
three yard sales, and a t-
shirt sales and the mini-
grant paid for the
system.
How you can help:• Contribute to the mini-grant fund with a fund-
raiser or by direct contributions to the “QEW
Mini-grant fund.”
• Contributions of carbon offsets for trips and
individual donations can be donated to QEW for
the Mini-grant Fund.
• Plan an environmental project for your Quaker
meeting, church, or group. Application is at
<www.quakerearthcare.org>.
• Deadline: May 2, 2011.