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Interfaith Advocacy and the Environment

People of faith are alert to the moral and religious dimensions of a wide range of public policy issues, including environmental protection and restoration. In a religiously pluralistic society such as ours, the fact that members of different religious communities share common concerns and can speak to those concerns with one voice can be arresting and persuasive.

Without compromising their independence or the integrity and authenticity of their own particular traditions and communities, people of diverse faiths have joined together in networks and organizations to make their voice heard on behalf of those who promote justice and care for creation. Among these groups are:

icon An ambitious environmental justice initiative by this ecumenical group reflects its vision of advocacy as "spirit in action."

 


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Kayam Farm at Pearlstone

Jewish

Kayam Farm at Pearlstone

Baltimore, MD Kayam Farm organically grows healthy food for the Pearlstone Conference & Retreat Center and greater Baltimore, Maryland community, while offering both Jewish and non-sectarian hands-on agricultural and environmental education. They hope to reconnect people with their food and with the earth, inspiring social and ecological responsibility in the Jewish community, greater Baltimore, and beyond. Kayam Farm’s 5 acres cultivates organically grown vegetables, culinary & medicinal herbs, fruit orchards, vineyards, berry & asparagus patches, and small grains. The Kayam program...

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General Conference Calls Church to Go Green

Mainline Protestant

General Conference Calls Church to Go Green

United Methodist General Conference, National At its worldwide conference in Fort Worth, TX, the 2008 General Conference directed the General Board of Church and Society, the General Board of Discipleship, the General Council on Finance and Administration, the Connectional Table and the General Conference to work with annual conferences and camp and retreat centers to develop recommendations and resources to guide The United Methodist Church in reducing its ecological footprint and finding renewable...

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Temple Emanuel Environmental Policy Statement

Jewish

Temple Emanuel Environmental Policy Statement

This is a support document for the Jewish Stewardship Story, "Over a Decade of Jewish Environmental Activism at Temple Emanuel: a Model for Greening Your Synagogue," and is an example of a congregation's environmental policy statement: Adopted by the Board of Trustees, December 19, 2003 Introduction In 1992, the Temple Emanuel Board of Trustees ...

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Catholic

"Celebrating Creation" Prayer Beads

St. John Fisher Chapel University ParishEarth Care Ministry Troy, MI The Earth Care ministry...

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Mainline Protestant

Park Slope Methodist Makes Big Green Changes

Environmental Stewardship isn’t a top priority to most New York City churches, but Reverend Herb Miller and his environmental team have made their church an exception to this common notion. Park Slope United Methodist Church (PSUMC) in Brooklyn, New York has been taking impressive steps towards environmental stewardship and justice in the past five years. PSUMC stands strong on the foundation that as a faith community, the church has a responsibility to care for and to defend all of God’s creation. In...

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