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Interfaith Organizations and the Environment
Various interfaith organizations have been formed
across the country to awaken and engage religious
communities from across the spectrum of faiths.
They educate, advocate, and enable congregations
and individuals to live their religious commitments
to justice and the care of creation.
- Faith
In Place (Chicago area) creates hopeful
and welcoming spaces for people of all faiths
to reflect deeply on their own faiths, integrate
the teachings of these faiths into their economic
and ecological practices; and work together
for a shared future which is economically just
and ecologically sustainable.
- The Religion, Ecology
and Spirituality Group of the West Michigan
Environmental Action Council engages and unites
faith communities and environmental groups in
promoting resource sustainability, and provides
support for people of faith to integrate their
spiritual life with their ecological values.
- GreenFaith
(formerly Partners for Environmental Quality)
is an interfaith environmental coalition which
seeks to educate, advocate and mobilize the
New Jersey faith community on behalf of environmental
stewardship and justice.
- Interfaith Network for Earth Concerns
of the Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon carries
out EMO's mission of earth stewardship, theological
education and dialogue, public policy advocacy
and greening congregations.
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- InterReligious Eco-Justice Network (Connecticut)
engages people of diverse faith traditions in
prayer, dialogue, education, advocacy and celebration
of the sacredness of creation, and encourages
faithful living that reflects a right relationship
between humankind and the environment.
- The Unitarian
Universalist Ministry for Earth (formerly the Seventh Principle Project) affirms
and promotes the Seventh Principle of the Unitarian
Universalist Association, "Respect for
the interdependent web of all existence of which
we are a part."
- The WHALE
Center (Wellness Health and Lifestyle Education)
(Utah) conducts programs in leadership development,
education, and consultation to facilitate healing
for the earth and people.
Learn about other interfaith
organizations active in scholarship,
education,
and other areas
of environmental engagement.
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