1998

National Federation for Catholic Youth initiates two-year project, "Protecting God's Creation: National Catholic Youth Initiative"

1998

"Your Health and the Environment" published by Eco-Justice Working Group of the National Council of Churches U.S.A.

February 1998

Scholars from the U.S., England, and Israel attend a Harvard University Conference on Judaism and the Natural World

Feb. and Sept. 1998

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Environmental Justice Program awards regional grants

March 1998

International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee issue joint statement on the environment

April 1998

Conference on Christianity and Ecology sponsored by the Harvard Center for the Study of World Religions

April 1998

Earth Day Sunday theme (Eco-Justice Working Group, National Council of Churches, U.S.A.) on environmental health

May 1998

New Mexico Catholic Conference issues pastoral statement, "Partnership for the Future"

June 1998

National Ecology Apostolate Leadership Training Conference on environmental health, sponsored by the Secular Franciscan Order, U.S.A.

June 1998

Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life holds Judaism and Nature Retreat for Rabbis, Pawling, NY

Summer 1998

Evangelical Environmental Network helps sponsor American Scientific Affiliation conference

October 1998

Christian Environmental Council meets in Phoenix, AZ

1999

Statewide interfaith climate campaigns begin in Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington, and Wisconsin

1999

Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life co-publishes Jewish environmental education curriculum with the Coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education (CAJE) and distributes it to 4,000 Jewish educators

1999

U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Environmental Justice Program awards regional grants

February, 1999

Vice President Gore, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, and EPA Administrator Carol Browner address annual Bloome Leadership Institute, Washington, D.C.

March 1999

"Compassion and the Care of Creation" conference co-sponsored by National Association of Evangelicals, Christianity Today, and the Evangelical Environmental Network

April 1999

Earth Day Sunday theme, "Sustainable Living" (National Council of Churches U.S.A., Eco-Justice Working Group)

May 1999

Catholic Scholars Conference on "Linking Environmental Studies, Theology and Science," sponsored by U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Environmental Justice Program and Portland University

May 1999

Ecumenical Conference on Environmental Justice, "Christ is in Our Midst," Chicago, IL, sponsored by National Council of Churches U.S.A. Eco-Justice Working Group

August 1999

Catholic Coalition for Children and a Safe Environment launched

October 1999

Christian Environmental Council meets on St. Simon's Island, Georgia