Faith and Stewardship of Creation
Eco-Justice Ministries is an independent, ecumenical agency that helps churches answer the call to care for all of God's creation, and develop ministries that are faithful, relevant and effective in working toward social justice and environmental stability. www.eco-justice.org
Earth Ministry's mission is to engage individuals and congregations in knowing God more fully through deepening relationships with all of God's creation. We believe that through this experience our personal lives and our culture will be transformed. These transformations include simplified living, environmental stewardship, justice for all creation and a world view which sees creation as a revelation of God. Together these lead to a rediscovery of the vitality of the Christian faith. www.earthministry.org
The WEB OF CREATION was established to: Facilitate the movement for personal and social transformation to a just and sustainable world, from religious perspectives. It is maintained by the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago and is supported through grant funding, sponsorship and endorsement from a variety of faith-based sources. www.webofcreation.org
The Peace and Justice Ministries Office focuses on Environmental Stewardship through its active participation in the ecumenical Eco-Justice Working Group of the National Council of Churches (see site below) and by providing liaison support to the Episcopal Ecological Network. The Eco-Justice Working Group sponsors a bi-annual conference, publishes an annual Earth Day resource (which every Episcopal congregation receives), is actively involved in issues of energy, stewardship and global warming, and works with seminaries and youth to raise the issues of environmental stewardship. www.episcopalchurch.org/1829_ENG_HTM.htm
Also from the Episcopal Church, through Episcopal News Service, come new materials and reflections on the intersections of faith and the sciences.
www.episcopalchurch.org/3577_59978_ENG_HTM.htm
The Eco-Justice Programs office of the National Council of Churches works in cooperation with the NCC Eco-Justice Working Group to provide an opportunity for the national bodies of member Protestant and Orthodox denominations to work together to protect and restore God's Creation. The Episcopal Church is a member. www.nccecojustice.org/
Caring for Creation: Anglican Communion Environmental Network
www.aco.org/ethics_technology/introducing_the_network.html
Energy and the Stewardship of Creation
"Welcome to The Regeneration Project and our Interfaith Power and Light Program. We are associated with Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, and with the Episcopal Church, but we are an entirely interfaith ministry devoted to deepening the connection between ecology and faith. Our goals are aimed at helping people of faith recognize their responsibility for stewardship of God's Creation. We are particularly concerned with the issue of global climate change. Thanks to advances in energy efficient technologies, the deregulation of the electric industry, and the development of renewable energy resources, people of faith now have an historic opportunity to put their faith into action and help reduce the devastating effects of global warming." www.theregenerationproject.org/index.html
Greater Washington Interfaith Power and Light is the local Interfaith Power and Light ministry with whom the Episcopal Diocese of Washington partners. www.gwipl.org
ENERGY STAR is a government-backed program helping businesses and individuals protect the environment through superior energy efficiency. This site provides a host of resources for saving energy including working with congregations. www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=small_business.sb_congregations
The Chesapeake Climate Action Network is the first grassroots, nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to fighting global warming in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Our mission is to educate and mobilize citizens of this region in a way that fosters a rapid societal switch to clean energy and energy-efficient products, thus joining similar efforts worldwide to slow and perhaps halt the dangerous trend of global warming. www.chesapeakeclimate.org
The Interfaith Climate Change Network (ICCN) is a collaborative effort of the Eco-Justice Working Group of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA and the Coalition on the Environment and Jewish Life. The ICCN's goal is to pursue justice for the poor around the world and protect all life on Earth by taking action to address global climate change. We hope that you'll become part of the network and make your voice heard in our campaign to protect the Earth's climate.
http://www.protectingcreation.org
Development and the Stewardship of Creation
United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Global Climate Change
This site provides a wealth of information about the Agency¹s Global Climate Change Program which aims to integrate climate change into USAID¹s development programs. The site includes information on policies and programs, annual reporting, publications and outreach, and country narratives. It also features information on the following sectors: clean energy technology, land use and forestry, adapting to climate variability and change, capacity building, and climate science for decision-making. Finally, the site provides links to various climate change related documents and reports, as well as links to other U.S. Government climate change efforts. http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/environment/climate/
Water and the Stewardship of Creation
Various organizations in the Washington, DC metropolitan area work on efforts to clean up the Anacostia and its sister waterways. Jane Osborne - jane@religiouspartnership.org - 202/544-2232 - http://www.religiouspartnership.org
The Earth Conservation Corps, is a 501(c)(3)nonprofit organization founded in 1989 as a White House domestic policy initiative. The Earth Conservation Corps supports young people with limited opportunities to take pride in themselves and their community through important conservation service and training. Earth Conservation Corps' mission is to: Empower Our endangered youth; To reclaim the Anacostia River, their communities, and their lives. Restore - Educate - Strengthen: Three principles of the Earth Conservation Corps mission that infuse communities and Corps members with the vision to change the world around them. http://www.ecc1.org
The mission of the Casey Trees Endowment Fund is to restore, enhance, and protect the tree canopy of the Nation's Capital.
http://www.caseytrees.org
The Anacostia Watershed Society (AWS) is a local, 501(c)(3) non-profit environmental organization that is working to protect and restore the Anacostia River and its watershed. AWS seeks to fulfill its mandate of a swimmable and fishable river through its programs of education, action and advocacy. This site provides many activities throughout the year to learn about and participate in activities related to the river and its watershed.
http://www.anacostiaws.org
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) is the largest conservation organization dedicated solely to saving the Chesapeake Bay watershed. Our motto, Save the Bay, defines the organization's mission and commitment to reducing pollution, improving fisheries, and protecting and restoring natural resources such as wetlands, forests, and underwater grasses. CBF headquarters is in Annapolis, MD, and has state offices in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania. CBF also operates 15 environmental education programs.
http://www.cbf.org
